LAST NAZI CHANCE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20919, 20 October 1942, Page 3

LAST NAZI CHANCE

WIN THIS YEAR REVIEW BIT GOEBBELS CONTENT WITH PROGRESS (By TelnsTapn—Press Assn. —Copyright.) (9 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 19. “We are well content with the course the war so far has taken. The have-nots have now become the haves, while the haves have more and more become the have-nots,” said Dr. Goebbels in a speech at a meeting of the Nazi Party in Munich. “We will not be misled by grumbling. It is only a question of time and patience to exploit the gigantic areas in the East.” Dr. Goebbels said that while he knew of the difficulties which beset the German people, the present year was not only their last but their greatest chance of victory. “We are faced with a threat .from our enemy to subject us to a second Versailles — something worse than Versailles,” he said.

“It is not only silly, but cowardly, to speak of .distinction between Prussians and Bavarians, between Saxons and Wurtembergers, while a dispute between great Powers and continents is going on. We want to change the standard of living of our people by this war. We fought in the past for sham aims—Prussians or Haps.bffrgs, socialism or national socialism, proletarian or bourgeosie. . We are fighting at present for coal, for iron, for petrol, and, above all, for wheat for our daily bread. Digestion Process

“We conquer territory in order to organise it for ourselves. We possess command of the Dnieper and the Don and when Stalingrad. after heavy battles, is ours, the Volga will be ours. Whoever has wheat, oil, coal, and iron in addition to the strongest army, will win the war. If we are engaged for some time in digesting the .territory we have swallowed, even this process will end. “How desperate the position has become for our enemies is shown by the Kremlin’s urge for a second front. I warned the British sometime ago hot to make the attempt. The British took no heed. They are hankering after a repetition of Dieppe. The British are not in a position to open a second froipt because they are without the necessary shipping. Mr. Churchill lately said in a statement that September was so far the most favourable month for British shipping. In reality, U-boats in September sank more .than 1,000,000 tons of shipping. “Our enemies say that the socalled German war criminals will be tried by an international court. Perhaps some day we wilt make good use of the court and its statutes against their authors. “Nothing remains for our enemies but to carry out terror air raids. These, admittedly, can inflict painful damage, but It is childish to believe that the British could hit the German war potential decisively. People ask why we do not carry out reprisals We. reply, because most of our bomb ers are urgently needed at Stalingrad, in the Caucasus, and in Egypt. Wars are won by concentrating forces at focal points.”