Hitler Leaves For Front To Control Army
(Received 12.30 p.m.) . . "... • BERLIN, September 3. **.• JN UNIFORM AND ACCOMPANIED BY A BODYGUARD, HERR HITLER MOTORED TO THE, EASTERN FRONT AT$,45 P.M. TO ASSUME COMMAND OF THE ARMY, .
“The British Government has let its mask fall and has proclaimed war on a threadbare pretext.” declared Herr Hitler in a message to the German army on the Western front. •* r' v •|| “Britain, driven on by those war mongers whom we knew last 'L wia.r. has done this, despite that Germany made no demands against any state to the westward of the Reich, and despite Germany’s offer for a cordial understanding and even friendship.” : ' * r|i
Led to Polish Aggression Herr Hitler repeats the allegation that lire British protection led to Polish aggression. “I am determined to blow up this ring which has been laid round Germany,” he declared. . Claiming success of 'the army and air
force against oPyis attacks, Herr Hit- ff ler declares that eastern comrades ex- i|| ect soldiers on the Western Front to G protect the Reich. v ' L d|l He refers to the Siegfried fortifications as 100 times stronger than those in the Western Front during thfe Great L(| War, which were never, conquered. • v (
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Northern Advocate, 4 September 1939, Page 5
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