ANXIOUS TO STOP

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1939, Page 5

ANXIOUS TO STOP

GERMANY SAYS WAR IS OVER

SO FAR AS HER ASPIRATIONS ARE CONCERNED Strategic Plans of the Allies LONG SIEGE OF THE REICH PROBABLE

(By Telegraph. —Press Association. —Copyright.)

NEW YORK, September 24

A German official broadcast intercepted in New York declared that with the redrafting of Poland’s frontiers the Reich has accomplished her war aims. The war was over as far as German aspirations were concerned. > i « . The broadcast added that England and France had no real 'cause lor war, and Germany had no quarrel with England and France. , The declaration is described by the “New York Times’’ as “not unlike an unoflicial proposal for peace.’’ It occupied the greater part of 15 minutes in an English language broctdccbsij f However, the “New York Times’’ Paris correspondent states that stock-taking of the first three weeks of the war indicates that a German military move is to be expected.

The Allies argue that events have modified the early British and French strategic conceptions, the most urgent consideration of which was to relieve the pressure on Poland by taking the initiative on the Western Front. It is evident that even large-scale opera lions on the Western Front will not retrieve the situation in Poland. There is no likelihood of-the Eastern front developing in' another form, though the Soviet policy is obscure and may bring a surprise. Official and semi-official declarations insist that Britain and France will refrain from rash offensives, and that time favours the Allies. A short war was a possibility earlier, but the probability now is that there will be a long war, in which the Allies will settle down, to the siege of Germany, arguing that the Germans cannot be better prepared than when they attacked Poland.

If the Nazis fear a long war they must endeavour to bring about an early ending by an important move, but the choice is limited either to a move to break the Maginot Line or outflank the Maginot through neutral States which would not improve the position internationally.

The Maginot Line can- be reached only by attacking the positions which have been established by the French by their own choosing. , ,

POLES IN FRANCE

MOBILISATION FOR MILITARY SERVICE. LONDON, September 25. The Paris correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain says the Polish Ambassador has ordered all Poles between the ages of 17 and 45. years resident in France to report by September 29 in readiness for compulsory service in the Polish army which is being formed in France. The Paris correspondent of the British United Press reports that 400,000 Poles are believed to be affected by the calling-up order. SIEGFRIED LINE > . EXPLOSION IN TUNNELS. (Independent Cable Service.) LONDON, September 25. It is reported from Brussels that an explosion occurred in the underground tunnels of the Siegfried line near Minden and caused extensive damage, holding up work on the line. “FOR ALL TIME” RUSSO-GERMAN RELATIONS SETTLED. ACCORDING TO BERLIN PAPER. (Received This Day, 9 a.m.) BERLIN, September 25. The “Volkischer Beobachter” says: Russia and German will never slaughter each other for the sake of Britain. Their agreement settles Russian and German relations for all time.

NAZI LEADERS

A REPORTED CONFERENCE PLANES NEEDING OVERHAUL. RIBBENTROP IMPATIENT. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) PARIS, September 25. The “Paris Soir’’. states that a long conference was held by Herr Hitler, Marshal Goering, and Herr von Ribbentrop. It was reported that German planes in the Eastern centres needed repairs and overhaul. Herr von Ribbentrop was most impatient and favours an offensive through Belgium and Holland. SUGGESTION DENIED ADVANCE THROUGH NEUTRAL TERRITORY. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) BERLIN, September 25. The official German news agency says suggestions that Germany is planning an advance through Belgium or Holland are a flagrant falsification, bound to give rise to the suspicion that such intentions exist in the enemy’s camp and that a pretext is merely being sought to carry them out. BRITAIN QUITE READY M. MILLERAND’S CONFIDENCE. (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) PARIS, September 25. M. Millerand, War Minister in 1914, said: “I am completely confident, as France stood alone in 1914 whereas today Britain is quite ready.”