LATE WAR NEWS

Greymouth Evening Star, 16 October 1939, Page 8

LATE WAR NEWS

ALLIED AERIAL SUPREMACY. LONDON, October 15. The Exchange Agency’s Paris correspondent states the Air Ministry reports that, when France completes her war-time mobilisation, the aviation factories’ output will be five fold that in peace-time, whereas German production was on a ■war-time basis for several years, and has reached its maximum, not allowing for a great increase, especially in view of the blockade. The combined Anglo-French Air Forces can soon claim supremacy. FIGHT FOR SEA-POWER. STOCKHOLM, October 15.. Swedish correspondents in Berlin ‘stress the importance which the Nazis attach to the fight for, sea power, and their declaration that a continuation of the present rate of British losses will eventually ensure a German victory. The Nazis admit the sinking of some' submarines, but discount this by announcing that Russia will furnish submarines to Germany. . The “Dagbladet” suggests that a German land offensive can be expected only when the results of the operations against British sea-power are known. German planes, hitherto, have been attacking in twenties, whereas 800 were sent against Polish strongholds. Meanwhile, the army is building up reserves and the Government is reconstructing the occupied territory. Six hundred thousand war prisoners are at work, of whom 110,000 are harvesting the crops. WARSAW’S LORD MAYOR. LONDON, October 15. A Rome wireless message from Riga states that M. Starczynski, Lord Mayor of Warsaw, has arrived at Kaunas.