FEARS IN GERMANY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 15 November 1941, Page 5

FEARS IN GERMANY

QUICKENED BY FAILURE IN RUSSIA : GENERALS REPORTED AT ODDS. BROADCASTS BY FREEDOM RADIO. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON. November 13. Disquiet is widespread in Germany after the miscarriage of Hitler's plans in Russia. It has been stimulated by the repeated allegations of the illegal German Freedom radio that not only are the rank and file of Germans despondent, but that the generals are already at loggerheads regarding the methods to be used to counteract the consequences of their miscarried plans, says “The Times” Stockholm correspondent.

The Freedom radio claims that General von Drogan, of the Military Commissariat, informed the Com-mander-in-Chief, General von Brauchitsch, that he would guarantee a continuation of regular and adequate supplies for the armies in Russia for only six weeks.

It is also alleged that General von Schell informed the German High Command that oil supplies would suffice for only a further 10 weeks, and therefore the armies must retire to, or otherwise occupy, defensive positions till oil supplies again accumulate.

The Freedom radio says that when these reports were communicated to the German generals they were furious, and that Field-Marshal von Leeb declared: “Oh. hell! That is not the moment to retire or adopt defensive tactics. If we have oil only for 10 weeks we must immediately push ahead with more determination than ever to the Caucasus and get new oil supplies.” Describing hardships endured by the German soldiers through bungling by incapable men, the announcer asserted that capable leaders must be given control—men capable of rescuing the Germans from their terrible plight. “Defence means a standstill, then negotiation, and then compromise,” he said. “German soldiers did not fight for this.”