STOP PRESS NEWS

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20919, 26 September 1939, Page 6

STOP PRESS NEWS

BRITISH LEAFLETS WARNING TO GERMANS LONDON, Sept. 25 Following is a translation of the latest leaflets dropped by the Royal Air Force over Germany on the night of September 24: ‘To the German people: Germans, note that despite its German blood which has been shed in the Polish war; (1) Vour Government’s hope of a successful Blitzkriez (lightning war) have been destroyed by the British War Cabinet's decision to prepare tor a three years war; (2) the French army crossed the frontier into Germany on oeptember L, or tour uays oetore German oihcial sources admitted it. in the west British troops are slanoing shoulder to shoulder witn the French Allies; (3) the Hritisn Sind French Fleets have swept the German merchant shipping from the oceans, therefore your supplies of a whole range of essential war materials, such as petrol, copper, nickel, rubber, cotton, wool and fats, have almost gone. You can no longer rely, as you aid in the last war, upon neutral supplies, because your GovMigh- after night the British mu* Force (the luftwaffe) has demonstrated its power by flights far into German territory. WAR IN EUROPE A MYSTERIOUS WEATH LONDON, Sept. 25. The mystery regarding the circumstances of the death of General von Fritschs deepens. The Swiss paper Neue Zurcher expresses the opinion that he was not given a command but joined as a gunner in the Twelfth Artillery Regiment. It adds that his presence at the reconnaissance operation was, if he was a general officer, contrary to the elementary rules of warfare, therefore it was only shoulder to shoulder with soldiers, not at their head, that he could have fought. The official German news agency states that decrees have been issued ordering staffs of public services and schools to observe mourning on the occasion of General von Fri'tsch’s funeral, j* The /Btockiholm correspondent of the Times says the press and public are indignant at the German sinkings. The Dagensr.yheter says that assurances of loyal regard for friendly neighbours appear to be void against such a background, and urges that shipments continue, as interruption might be cited as weakness. Reuters’ Berlin correspondent says It is announced that a proportion of two age groups, women between 17 and 25 years of age will soon be called up for the labour service camps, for 60,000 women will 'work on farms in the morning and study politics, housekeeping and rural economy in the afternoon. TERRIBLE HURRICANE MANY LIVES LOST LOS ANGELES, Sept. 25. A hurricane, sweeping across Southern California, has taken at least 30 lives. More than a dozen boats are over* duo at west coast ports. One carries 25 anglers. Of the 25 people aboard only two were saved from another fishing boat which r.opo.zed.