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Hokitika Guardian, 22 May 1940, Page 5

IN GERMANY

GQERING’S BOASTi V' s\ OF HITLER’S PART. f! •7 ’ > •,' • ... . . -. 1 •M'.'u ;•• V {United Press Association—By Electrif . 'ieiegrupu—oopyrignij. LONDON, May 20. 1 Field-Marshal Goenng. in ,a broad-,; cast to tlio German people . said that Germany's attack in tncf west was Herr timer’s own lUea. Tins’ revolutionary practice was conceived' 1 by Heir Hitler, and its break with weii-t established punciples of warlare came> as tone itsun- 'Oi hto laeas, and not alter• long staff discussions. BERLIN, May 21. Field-Marshal Gouing ‘•Lamiiy” answcicu u iviue variety oi’queotidas tnui., had been raised’ tiuougnout tuo nation; * wiieii he aduresseq Uerinan- prossiiiui., lie assorted tuat •Germany's paiaenute? troops nau uocii cieated by.iieir in tier,' autl mat tnese troops always wore tneir’ own unnonu. it was nuamous, he stuu,; to suggest tliat tney had iaiitied lii any ; disguise, • i ■ iuarslnil Goofing fulsonioly ’ paid a’ tribute to Herr Hitler. ire deciuivu that lie was the bravest of soldiers,! an outstaiiunig statesman, ail extiaoiu-, inary strategist and the greatest living.war leader. ‘ : ’ ; ■. He auded that Herr Hitler’s exper- “ ieiipe in the foremost trenches iir tiro; last war gave him an. exact knowledge concerning the need and the capacity' of tiie troops, ■ and .had also enabled' him to revolutionise the German stra-' tegy. ' ■’ , •• vm," :—-—V - ' ' ‘ v ATTACKERS OF NAZISM. : BER tIN, May 21. ; J ! The German Ministry of Defence has, issued a decree, which is applicable not only to Germans abroad, but also to the nationals of other countries, and which i provides penalties “for malicious'uttef- 1 ances, against Nazism -or against Naaji. leaders!-”; The decree' says that,- any. ■, journalist and any ’eountry a!n.y; • time shall have* thus.’ been guilty, r-willf t bo severely punished. -- \ ' »’• . RAW RECRUITS IN BIG PUSH. : - BERLIN, May>l. ; Hie High Command spokesman, “in',-. a broadcast address, admitted: that TRe I German soldiers "who are participating'! * in the Western Front push those who • had been trained for eight weeks. “But they set their* 'teSeth).7 and they did their. duty y ’’ho added. ;■;' •f , * • '7 "'.'/' '!* ’ T * V -i T-'t.yy ?. ‘i ■ ENEMY’S FLAMETHROWERS, ivi » MELTS GU ; N«BARReLS. ' j LONDON, May 21. 1 A German flame-thrower, generating j ! a heat of thirty-six hundred' degrees; Fahrenheit—which is oil'e-third of the, 1 estimated temperature on the surface'’ of the sun—has been instrumental iff. 7 capturing the Ebeiiemael .Fortress at .■ Liege. ' 7' •■:• 1 , This flame-thrower weapon was dj(- j ' rected against the apertures of the gum-i barrels of the fortress.; It is claimed, that the flame-thrower renders guns useless. - - - ' * '