HITLER IN FRANCE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 71, 26 March 1940, Page 2

HITLER IN FRANCE

CROSSED FRONTIER ON CHRISTMAS TOUR. i Hitler, hailed in Christmas editions as the Messiah of the German people, • visited his soldiers on the Western - Front during the holiday. When he had retired to a safe distance his 1 publicity men claimed that he had. crossed the French frontier in the i course of his tour near Saarbrucken. » ! The official account handed to neu- • i tral correspondents saids: ‘The Fuhrer • I spent some time with the advanced ’ ! posts and gave the soldiers Christmas - ' presents —pocket knives, pencils and : ' cigarette-holders.’ ’ His Old Regiment. ’ i At this point, reports the Daily Herald, London, there are both i French and German villages in No-nian’s-land, the French having left their advances posts on low ground with the onset of winter. In the line, Hitler met men of the regiment in which he served in the ’ i last war. It was recently reformed. ’ While he was inspecting the billets, ■ some soldiers went out into No-man’s- ’ i land and played the traditional tune, “Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht” (“Calm L and Holy Night”) on the church bells • ‘ of the deserted village of Spichern. ’ When he left the front, Hitler at once entered the bullet-proof train - which guards him against unwelcome expressions of disagreement with his regime. In his rolling stronghold, 1 which has four cannon and 12 ■ 1 he went to Munich en I- . route for Berchtesgaden. ’ ! The Villa Zirio, at San Remo, Italy, r ihas been offered to Hitler by Frau • 1 Martha Selve. Hitler has accepted if. Perhaps he thinks he may need a retreat in the sun soon.