ALLIED WAR EFFORT

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 December 1939, Page 6

ALLIED WAR EFFORT

GREATEST IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD BROADCAST BY COLONEL REITZ. FORTIFICATIONS IN FRANCE IMPREGNABLE. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY. December 2. Colonel Reitz, South Al'riean representative at the recent. Empire discussions in London, in a broadcast in Afrikaans from London, said the fortifications of the British front and the Maginot Line were impregnable. Ten million soldiers could not break through them. “Hitler now realises this,” he added, “and his troops, are holding, back and making no effort to attack France. “Hitler will now try to win the war by sowing mines in the seas and by the more intense use of submarines. These measures may cause a good deal of damage before they can be overcome but will not win the war, as effective counter-measures will be taken. “There are more ships at sea today than motor-cars in Johannesburg, and I do not believe Germany will achieve her objects by such methods. I have further seen what is being done in England and France in regard to the building of fleets, military strength and other activities, and I can only say that this is surely the greatest war effort in the history of the world. "The French and English do not boast. They do not rave and bluster on the radio all day long, but they are determined to put an end to the policy of force and plunder under which no nation or country can feel safe. “Fellow South Africans, remember one thing: If that system of vultures and robbers were to triumph, our freedom, our language and all we hold dear would be lost.”