MASSING IN WEST

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 247, 16 October 1939, Page 3

MASSING IN WEST

ARMED MIGHT OF GERMANY PLAN TO FVACFATE CIVILIANS ALLIED FORCES READY - AND CONFIDENT -MODE NAZI. PATROLS RE PELS ED LONDON, Oct. 13. Tin* Secrotiirv of State* for War, Mr. L. Hnre-Helisha, stated to-day that Germany was massing troops on the Western Front, hut the Allies were ready and confident of meeting any eventuality. The- condition of the British Expeditionary Force was magnificent. Messages from Paris statJ* that fog and rain have superseded ' the sunny weather on the Western Front. Enemy* patrols were repulsed in the Warndtforest. After the Premier of France. M. Paladier. had made a statement on-the war position to the French Cabinet today. the President, M. Lebrun, thanked him for expressing, in his recent speech, tin* unanimous feeling and will of the’whole of the French nation. A communique issued in Berlin states that activity on the Western Front was confined to artillery: and local patrols. The French blew up bridges at Wint-erdlorf, Breisach and Neuenburg. * The Berlin correspondent of the Amsterdam paper Telograafs states' that the German Chancellery seems to he preparing for Herr Hitler to take up his headquarters near the Siegfried Line,' which is interpreted to portend an aggravation of the situation on the Western Front, inhabitants of Aachen, Uusseldori* and other Rhineland cities have been ordered to prepare for evacuation.

NOTABLE FEAT

BRITISH ARMY MOW.! TRANSPORT IN FRANCE FIRST ALLIED VICTORY RUGBY, Oct. 13. The Secretary of State for War, Air. L. Horo-Belisha, has revealed that a French mititary expert has described the transportation of the British Expeditionary Force to France without a single accident as one of the greatest military feats and the first victory for the Allies in the war.

31 r. Hore-Belisha said: “It is an achievement about ,\viiic-li, not. only the Germans, but the French also wore ignorant.” SUBMARINES SUNK TWKLA’E . IX . MONTH BRITISH SHIP LOST FRENCH TANKER AFIRE. LONDON', Oc:C 13The Admiralty announces that Friday 13-, proved an unlucky day lor. lv.-boa.Ls.,.. two having. been Hunting craft . were able to rescue some of the survivors. It is stated in a semi-official. commentary in. Paris. that- I'2 E-boats were sunk or badly damaged ij) Sep-, hemline. Jt is announced that the steamer Herouspool, lias lieeu attacked by a U-boat. The crow is reported all sale on am American ship. The Heron spool which was -of .5202 tons gross, is the \ second, ship to be* sunk this week. A N.e-vv York message stair's that, the steamer President Harding.. i adlioed'that she had rescued the crow of the Heron spool numbering 3(> off the Irish const- while proceeding to aid a French tanker. \Y. Emile Aliquot, whose s.o.s. the President Hairdjiig: iiitereepted. She found the tanker in flames and the crew missing. A. message from Washington states that the chairman'of the Military Affairs Committee of the House of 'Repr.eseutrttives following an inspection, of fijie coastal fortifications, auhouneud tliat he- had been ■-informed.., that. six. if submarines, ostensibly German, were j! operating in the Caribbean Sea. SIX PLANES LQ.S.T ' • G EiEUiAX ADMtSSJON NORTH SEA ATTACK LONDON.. Oct. 13. The Admiralty announces that the German information service has-now admitted that alter the attack on British naval forces in the North Sea on Monday, four of. their planes fell into the sea, and, two made forced landings cm Danish territory. PLEAS FROM BALTIC INDEPENDENCE OF FINLAND DOMINATION WORLD BE RESISTED LONDON, Oct. 13. A. Paris message quotes official radio reports stating that the Russian-Fin-nish talks at Moscow lasted for an hour last night. It is understood tliatthe Soviet demands at present have not lieen fully stated, but the basis apparently is the cession to< the Soviet of a small island at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland and territory in the Karelian forest. A Copenhagen report says that the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs an-

nounced that the Danish, Norwegian'" and Swedish Ministers''in. Moscow had separately sent notes to the* Soviet Government urging respect for Finland’s independence. The Finnish ' Foreign Minister,. M. Erkko, broadteasting, said that Finland’s precautionary measures did not mean that she had given up the will to peace, hut were meant to show that Finland could not 'submit outside -interference, nlaking her international and political activity dependent on ' something other than her own free will. GERMANY’S DESIRE FOR PEACE ""'tHmAXl v OF AIR. PROWESS LONDON, Oct. 13. The Bor!in ; correspondent.of the Associated Press of Great Britain reports that Dr. Dietrich,"'the Nazi press .chief, after a conference with Herr Hitler early this- morning, declared that only one Power, the United jStates. could yet intervene:.to prevent a major western war. y ’§ Dr.. Dietrich said . that Germany hitherto liad not attempted to display her s«o* prowess in the west. He re—called, thtyt in the attack oy the Polish city of Modlin SOU power-diving bombers were unleashed. A similar number operating against: British ships could dm ’j.utohl damage. WOOL BRITAIN TERMS APPROVED SALE BY DOMINIONS 9.SD. FOR NEW ZEALAND if ; LONDON, Oct. 13. i It is offi.-'iaUy announced that an. agreement has been 'readied among, the British, Australian, New Zealand, Governments for the duration of the. War and one clip thereafter as far as,' is not required! for domestic eonsump-. tion. . . The agreed price is lOfd in steyljng for Australian and 9.8 d for New Zealand wool. Each Domiuitht shares equally with Britain in made by re-sales -outside the United Kingdom. Other details are still being discussed.

The average price of .wool .sold in News Zealand sales last season was, D.lrd. per lb. ~,A rate of O.Sd. in Einglisfi currency is equal to approximately 30 per cent, on last season’s aver-s age for wool sold in the Dominion.