ISLAND OF SYLT
SENSATIONAL CONCLUSION DEPRECATED LONDON, April 11. Mr. Hector Bywater, writing in the Daily Telegraph, says that British circles deprecate the sensational conclusions concerning Sylt Island, which is considered to be defensive, coupled with the chain of fortifications at Heliogoland, Borkum, Norderney, and Wangeroog. Germany-’s aerodromes for overseas operations would be more conveniently placed at Oldenburg, Westphalia and in the Rhineland.
A message from London on April 7 read:—Although it is most difficult to secure authentic information, it has been frequently reported in the past two years that Germany is constructing a secret fortress on the island of Sylt in the North Sea, only 400 miles from Britain. The Mirror, in a special dispatch from Denmark, asserts that Sylt has become the strongest fortress in the world and is gravely menacing Britain. It contains giant aeroplane hangars, camouraged as gardens, flanked by gun emplacements disguised as farmhouses. Ships are ceaselessly unloading guns and munitions from Germany.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 87, 13 April 1938, Page 7
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