NO MORE U-BOATS

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25048, 11 November 1944, Page 7

NO MORE U-BOATS

BUILDING STOPPED GERMAN STATEMENT SUPPLYING LAND FRONTS (Reed. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 9 Germany has stopped building U-boats, states the German news agency. This change in armament production has been made in accordance with measures to reinforce the land fronts, says the agency, and the increased output of artillery and tanks will soon be felt at focal points. Referring in li Is .Mansion House speech to the German submarine campaign. Mr Churchill said: "The U-boat' menace for the time being has been practically effaced. There was one month recently in which up to the last day they did not sink a single ship. On the last day they got one. That was the great peril which hung over us for so long and at times called for the concentration of the whole defence organisation of this country and the United States. That "peril has been effaced." The scope of German U-boat activities in October was materially below that of any other month of the war, in consequence of which the number of United Nations merchant vessels sunk by German submarines during the month was the lowest of any month of the entire war, says a joint statement issued by Mr Churchill and President Roosevelt. Although the number of D-boats destroyed is less than what has come to be considered a good monthly bag, the statement adds, it compares very favourably with the number of Allied merchant ships sunk by U-boats. The Allies continue to supply on schedule their ever-growing armies in Europe. FORLI ENTERED BRITISH IN ITALY GERMANS DRIVEN FROM CITY (Reed. 11.30 p.m.) LONDON, Nov. 10 British troops of the Eighth Army in Italy yesterday entered Forli after driving the Germans from the city and to the line of the Montone River beyond. They closed in on Forli from three sides. A correspondent says a Scottish battalion led the way. i'fbese Scots immediately pushed on to the far outskirts of the city and established command poste overlooking the Montone River. They were kept under constant machine-gun fire from Germans across the river, and Spitfires were called up to attack the Germans. The enemy also started to shell the city and kept this up throughout the day. Our troops are reported to have sent patrols as far as the eastern bank of the Montone River below the city. STALIN AND JAPAN TOKYO EXPRESSES SURPRISE NEW YORK, Nov. 9 The Tokyo radio said that Marshal Stalin's speech branding Japan as an aggressor nation "surprised and offended the Japanese people." The radio stated that the -address had become a central topic of discussion in Japan, but members of the Government were refraining from comment. .Japanese propagandists have reiterated the claim that Japan is fighting to free Greater East Asia from the imperialism of Britain and America. The radio said the Japanese were surprised by Marshal Stalin's statement because liberation and aggression were opposite things. "It is naturally expected," the statement proceeded, "that Russia's foreign policy will change as new situations demand. Consequently it is the firm belief of the Japanese general public that Japan must also adopt a realistic policy which will conform to any new situation created by the Russians." The Tokyo radio, in another broadcast, said: "The Japanese General Staff has established a bureau to study the secret of certain victory."