MILITARY CRISIS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 18, 22 January 1943, Page 4

MILITARY CRISIS

GERMANS WARNED

"GREATER THAN IN 1918"

(By T<JlW*pb-*Press AsswtaMoß^Copvrlght > (Rec. I p.m,) LONDON, Jan. 21.. In an appeal to the Germans to aid their troops in Russia by unity and self'sacrince, the "Voelltisoher Beabaehter" warns the nation to prepare for a military crisis greater than that of 1918, A special correspondent of "The Times sfcys that Kironnler has become Germany's defence dictator, mtler has secretly appointed Rimmler to the post of Reich Defence Commissioner, with immense powers to organise emergency defence measures. The appointment was made after two significant developments in the relations between Germany and her satellite Powers. They were a meeting, with negative results, between Hitler and Antonescu. and a point-blank refusal by Admiral Horthy to supply more Hungarian troops. Horthy gave possible developments in the Balkans as the. reason for his refusal. Hitler has also launched a new labour drive of astonishing proportions, says the correspondent. It is clear that what Hitler now demands from Germany is identical with what was planned for a similar national emergency in 1&18 by Walter itathenau, known as the ©athenau plan. It consisted chiefly Of substituting women for men in the factories, the shortening of the German battle line, and the converting of the Reich, into a selfsupporting fortress. The Istanbul correspondent of the British United Press says that, according to reports from Budapest, the \:ity panicked on Tuesday after the issue of the Hungarian weekly communique admitting the Russian break-through on the sector of the Voronezh front held by the Hungarians. Another an^ nouncement cancelled all army leave, Many men will be unable to find their mauled retreating units. Three Hungarian divisions are reported to have been almost wiped out,