NAZIS AND THE ARMY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLVIII, Issue 21555, 18 January 1940, Page 4

NAZIS AND THE ARMY

DISAGREEMENT REPORTED Dissension between the Nazi Party and the Army is described by Mr Beach Conger, the New York “HeraldTribune” correspondent, who because of his outspoken reports on conditions in Germany was forced to leave the Reich; in a dispatch from Amsterdam, said a New York message to the London “Daily Telegraph" on November 22. “Before I left Germany.” he states, “I was informed that General von Brauchitsch had offered his resignation as head of the German Army High Command, but that his resignation had been refused. “Army men are after all practical gentlemen and are considering all possible contingencies, but party officials seem solid on the idea of pressing forward with the announced destruction of the British Empire. General von Brauchitsch is still head of all the German armies, but it is apparently only a question of time until the party or the Army wins the dominant position.” Discussing the attitude of the German public, Mr Conger says: “Despite reports of German opposition to the general Nazi Party policy, I can see no possible reason for a general revolt against the Government, for wnich the British have been hoping. “After all, the average German is subject to supervision by numerous party organisations as well as by the Gestapo, to say nothing of other groups. “Furthermore, those opposed to the Nazi Government have no outstanding leader for their cause. For this reason I am inclined to believe that Englisn propaganda attacks against Germany will not have any effect.”