HOPE OF GERMANY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23491, 31 October 1939, Page 7

HOPE OF GERMANY

ACTION BY SOVIET EFFECT ON THE WAR MAY BE TURNING POINT By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright STOCKHOLM, Oct. 29 Germany hopes that the mpeting of the Supreme Soviet Council on Tuesday will prove the turning point in the -war, says the Berlin correspondent of the newspaper Tidningen. The consultations between Germany and Russia in recent weeks have now ended after a minute definition of the two countries' mutual relations. Action as to the direction of which there will be no doubt is. now coming, it is stated. It will not be against Belgium or Holland. The German concentrations on the Belgian and Dutch frontiers are described as merely the overflow from masses of troops who cannot be' accommodated on the main front. FEAT ADMIRED BRAVE GERMAN PILOT SURRENDER AFTER CRASH 4BADLY DAMAGED MACHINE LONDON, Oct. 29 Every part of the German reconnaissance aeroplane which was forced down near Dalkeith yesterday bore traces of devastating British machinegun fire. British fighter pilots Bpeak admiringly of the German pilot, who, although he had received numerous wounds, pancaked his machine on a hillside and staggered out of it with the aid of the navigator, the only unwounded member of the crew. The pilot said in English to a policeman: "We surrender as prisoners of war. Please see to my gunners," but both gunners were dead. FLIGHT OVER GERMANY BITTERLY COLD WEATHER BRITISH ACHIEVE OBJECTS LONDON. Oct. 30 The bitterly cold weather experienced last week by Royal Air Force pilots in a reconnaissance flight over Germany is now disclosed in reports which have been issued. » Snow and sleet is stated to have formed ice on the wings of the aeroplanes, and the pilots had to wrestle with the controls to prevent their becoming locked. On the return journey even worse conditions were experienced, visibility being reduced to nil. In spite of the weather, the pilots achieved their objects, and all the machines returned safely. While British pilots have been fiyi ing in all kinds of weather, Nazi machines have been kept on the ground by fog and incessant rain.

POPE'S ENCYCLICAL - ACTION BY GESTAPO FULL TEXT NOT PUBLISHED 'i ' • LONDON, Oct. 30 The Gestapo has prevented the Roman Catholic clergy in Germany revealing the full test of the Pope's encyclical, states the German freedom wireless station. .

The Pope said in the course of the encyclical, which was issued on Friday, that, "to consider the State as something ultimately subordinating everything cannot fail.to harm the true lasting prosperity of the nations." The Pope expressed sorrow for Poland, and promised to do all in his power to hasten the restoration of peace. RESIGNATION ACCEPTED MADRAS CONGRESS MINISTRY LONDON, Oct. 30 The resignation of the Congress Ministry at Madras has now been accepted by the Governor, who has appointed an advisory board. THOUSANDS VOLUNTEER SOUTH AFRICA'S ARMY LONDON. Oct. 29 Thousands of volunteers are increasing South Africa's Army, and many regiments are already at war strength, savs the Capetown correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. Units are being formed from the overflow. Intensive training is in full swing and the whole organisation has been widely extended. , The striking power of the Air Force has been greatly increased. PETROL AND IRON NAZIS FEEL SHORTAGE ; PARIS. Oct. 26 "Shortage of petrol and iron, due to the Allies' unbroken blockade, is worrying the Nazi leaders," Madame Tabouis writes in the newspaper l'Oeuvre. "The German motorised columns in Poland used petrol far in excess of the experts' calculations. The Nazis now realise that Moscow has no intention of delivering petrol in any important amount. Russia needs the petrol herself, for both her army and farm tractors."