THREAT BY HITLER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 21 September 1939, Page 7

THREAT BY HITLER

REFERENCE TO SECRET WEAPON ATTEMPT TO MAKE FLESH CREEP. BRITAIN NOT ALARMED. By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright LONDON, September 20. Herr Hitler’s speech did not produce any surprise at Whitehall. A reference by him to a secret weapon does not worry the British Government. Herr von Ribbentrop mentioned that such a weapon existed on a number of occasions. It is believed that secret service officers have already discovered the plans of the weapon, enabling the defence chiefs to lake effective coun-ter-measures. The “Daily Telegraph” in an editorial says: “Herr Hitler’s harangue betrayed, if not the conviction of sin, at least uneasy consciousness that his attack on Poland was badly in need of justification, not only to the world but to his own people. His harangue holds a threat intended to make the flesh creep—“ The moment, may come when wc will use a weapon which is not yet known and with which wc could not ourselves be attacked.” ' The editorial adds that those who are at war with Germany know they have to reckon with frightfulness. They will not be dismayed now any more than they were 20-odd years ago.