HITLER INDICTED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 November 1939, Page 5

HITLER INDICTED

AS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR WAR ATTEMPT TO FASTEN YOKE ON VICTIMS. BRITISH LIBERAL LEADER’S DECLARATION. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. November IG. lieft'i'i’ing in t lie I louse of ('ominous I oday to tlie replies to the Bul'ro-Diiteh mediation offer, the Liberal Leader, Sir Archibald Sinclair, said that Britain had delivered to tin 1 Dutch and Belgian sovereigns’ initiative a reply which seemed to him and his Liberal friends to be admirable. ■ No one dares to suggest." he said, ••that the aggressor should be left with the spoils of aggression or that we should make peace before the countries which have been victims of Nazi aggression are liberated. "Some people have suggested that if only we would negotiate now with Herr Hitler we could' achieve that purpose without going on with the war.” he said. "Britain and France have answered that they do not want to continue the war a day longer than is necessary to achieve their object. They have welcomed Queen Wilhelmina's initiative. Herr Hitler refused to even answer the Queen's original letter. "It is now abundantly clear to the whole world that Herr Hitler is continuing this war for no other reason than to fasten the Nazi yoke firmly on the Czechs and the Poles, and the sole responsibility for refusing negotiations rests on him." Sir Archibald Sinclair was commenting on references to the mediation offer which were contained in the weekly war review given today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Simon, on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Reports are appearing in neutral newspapers of dissension among the Nazi leaders, a Daventry news broadcast states. Throughout Thursday Herr Hitler received a constant stream of Nazi chiefs. He is said to want an immediate offensive, but the High Command is opposed to such a course. Herr Hitler’s reluctance to order an offensive is attributed to his realisation that should the offensive fail, the army would thrust him aside and depose him. Herr von Ribbentrop is reported to have received a large number of threatening letters from people who regard him as a traitor because he has sold Germany to Russia. A number of high officials are said to have been arrested at the command of Herr Himmler. Minister in Charge of Police.