OPTIMISM DASHED BY STALIN
NO HOPE OF AID IN WEST FRENCH ANSWER TO PLOTS FOR RIFT FUEHRER’S ASSURANCE TO GAULEITERS STILL "STRONGLY ANTI-COMMUNIST” (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Oct. 24, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 23. Several Paris newspapers'declare that M. Stalin’s refusal of military aid and also his refusal of Germany’s request for a fleet of 2000 warplanes bitterly disappointed Herr Hitler. It appears that M. Stalin wrote to Herr Hitler on Saturday finally ; dashing hopes of Russian intervention in the West. Neutral Chancelleries in Berlin declare that M. Stalin reserved the right to trade with Britain and the United States of America, to w’liom he is delivering manganese which Germany wants.
The French press has launched a counter-offensive in order to offset what is described as the Russo-German attempt to destroy unity in France and Britain, and induce in France a separate peace, It is declared that the German effort no terrorise England by means of repeated air raids, and so r indirectly destroying the French morale, is doomed to failure. Europe awaits with extreme interest the outcome of Herr Hitler’s conference with the Nazi state governors and party leaders. It is realised that on the decisions made the future course of the war will probably depend. The talks are keeping the Wilhelmstrasse extremely active. Blind Confidence Demanded. Amsterdam messages quote reports of Dutch newspapers that Herr Hitler demanded blind confidence in himself and Providence from the Nazi leaders. It is also reported that in his consultations with the military leaders he assured his hearers that the coming week would be decisive, recalling the quick suppression of Poland. It is stated that he promised that England would be brought to her knees very soon as a result of an intensification of the sea and air campaign.
The gauleiters (state governors), however, mentioned the uneasiness felt as a result of the evacuation of towns on the Western Front and also the resentment in Bavaria and Austria over I he friendly policy toward the Soviet, Herr Hitler is reported to have given assurances that he is still as strongly anti-Communist as ever and that the present policy was a temporary one, dictated by necessity.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 5
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364OPTIMISM DASHED BY STALIN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20076, 24 October 1939, Page 5
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