PLANS OF GERMANY

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21176, 27 July 1940, Page 7

PLANS OF GERMANY

SERVITUDE OF FRANCE BONDAGE OF BELGIUM (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, July 26 The German destruction of French liberties has been furthered by the creation of a Breton National Council which, according to the German News Agency, has proclaimed a new national State of Brittany independent from France, with which future relations will be regulated by treaty. The Daily Telegraph gives prominence to what purports to be a Ger- | man plan to destroy Belgium as an • independent nation and to create a • vast vasal State acting like a buffer ! between Germany and Britain. | According to the Daily Telegraph j reliable information from Belgium j and inspired comments in the Italian | and German press and radio indicate that Germany aims to reconstitute j Flanders with notable additions at i the expense of Belgium, France and • Holland. 1 Cannot Invade Britain j The opinion is expressed in Beli gium that Germany realises she will 1 not conquer Britain by invasion, for ! which reason she is attempting to build up a barrier against British offensive action. The new State would have a sea coast from the ridge beyond Boulogn to the northern Schedlt, embracing the islands of Southern Zeeland. Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend, Zeebrugge, Flushing, Antwerp and the Hook of Holland would be maritime bases, and the whole plain of Flanders would be an air base. In addition to the provinces of East and West Flanders, the new State would include the Belgian province of Antwerp, as well as Belgian and Dutch Limbourg, in order to provide access to the North Sea, and the great part of the French northern provinces. A report from Basle, Switzerland, says the German press deals sharply with the French newspaper discussion on war guilt. “Such polemics,” says the German press, “will not help to clarify Franco-German relations.”