NOT INVINCIBLE

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23392, 7 July 1939, Page 11

NOT INVINCIBLE

FACTS ABOUT GERMANY REMARKABLE BOOKLET THE INTERNAL ENEMY Independent Cable Service BUDAPEST, July r, The publication of a booklet: "Germany's War Chances, in the Light of German Literature," has created a sensation. The booklet, based exclusively on the opinions of German experts, was compiled by Dr. Ivan Lajos, a professor at the University of Pecs. "I want to destroy the belief in Germany's invincibility which lias been cleverly propagated abroad and has been the main cause of her easy successes," the author writes. His conclusion is that Germany's military and economic situation is worse now than in 1914. The number of Germantroops is lessening because of the everincreasing numbers of men needed for war industries.

Above all, there is clanger from the "internal enemy," and mass reaction against deprivations which are inevitable in war, says the writer. "Germany stands 110 chance of winning a war—neither a lightning war nor a prolonged war. Her Army is not nearly sufficiently trained and her railways are in an appalling condition."

BULGARS' DEMANDS DELEGATION TO BERLIN PARLEYS WITH HITLER BERLIN, July 5 The Bulgarian Prime Minister, Dr. G. Kiosseivanoff, has arrived in Berlin on a State visit, accompanied by his wife and daughter, and experts and journalists. They met Herr von liibbentrop, who accompanied them through beflagged streets to Bellevue Palace.

Hcrr Hitler received the Prime Minister at the Chancellery in the afternoon and conferred with him for an hour. A State banquet was held in tho evenin SAccording to indications, tho Germano-Bulgarian talks will deal not only with political and economic relations, but with the position of Bulgaria as regards her neighbours, particularly Rumania and Greece, says tho Berlin correspondent of the Times. Thus the Bulgarian claim to Southern Dobruja, which, according to official statements at Bucharest, will bo retained by Rumania at all costs, is on the agenda for tho present discussions, as also is tho demand that Greece shall grant Bulgaria direct access to tho Mediterranean by the cession of a part of Thrace.

WARSHIPS FOR GREECE DESPATCH FROM EGYPT BRITISH NAVAL MOVE ALEXANDRIA, July 5 Several British warships have been sent to Greek waters. They will return before August. It is pointed out that this relieves tho congestion in tho bottle-necked harbour at Alexandria, which is flanked by petrol tanks that might bo dangerous in a time of war. It is understood that troops and antiaircraft guns have been despatched to the Libyan border.