Evening star., 1939-04-01
Hitler Broadcast Is Interrupted
MysteriousIy After Few Words;
News Reports to y. S. Delayed
Technical Reasons
Held Responsible
In Berlin
BULLETIN.

W1LdELNlSHAVE April
P).-Reichsfuehrer Hitler to-
day warned Britain that if she
was heading for a war with
Germany, he would not hesi-
tate to cancel their naval ac-
cord of 1885.
The Fuehrer spoke for 62
minutes. beginning at 5:44
pm. Q1:44 am, E. S. T.).
He warned Poland indirectly
by saying:
He who is willing to pull
chestnuts out of the fire for
others must expect to get
burned"
His words on the naval
treaty were:
"Once 1 concluded a naval
agreement with Britain. 1
was animated by the fervent
desire that we might never
again have a war with Eng
land.
IF, however, that wish does
not exist on the other side,
then the practical pre-c0ndi-
tions for concluding such a
treaty have vanished"
American radio listeners were
mystified today by abrupt discon-
tinuance of the broadcast of Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler's eagerly awaited
speech from Wilhelmshaven, Ger
many. while the Associated Press
reports from Germany failed to
carry the address as the Feuhrer
delivered it.
Chancellor Hitler started speaking
at II IA a I'm. (E. S. TD in Wilhelms-
haven. and American listeners heard
only the first three sentences, which
we're completed in two minutes
Then occurred the mysterious break
In broadcasting. Hitler was still
speaking at l2:37 am. (E. S. t.,
reports from Berlin said.
Hitler declared at the start of his
speech:
German fellow citizens:
He who will have the deepest i'm
preston of the decay and the
resurrection of Germany most vivid
ly must come and see the develop
ment of a city like Wilhelmshaven.
"Whilhelmshaven, reverberating
today from life and activity, was a
short time ago a dead spot nearly
without means Of existence and
without prospects of a.future."
At this point the shortwave broad
casting was cut off.
Technical Reasons" Blamed.
Broadcasting officials in Berlin
said technical reasons" were res
ponsible for the interruption.
The Associated Press reported
from London that the broadcast
was cut off at Wilhelmshaven be-
cause of German fears that the
speech would be rebroadcast to
Germany.
Radio officials suggested that news
reports might have been delayed
because newspapermen were re-
quired to remain at the point where
Hitler was speaking until he finished
his address and therefore were
unable to send anything further.
London reported no interruption in
service with Berlin, but
1t was impossible to get Immediately
from London to Wilhelmshaven by
telephone. News correspondents in
Europe use telephones largely for
transmission of reports to London,
where they are cabled to the United
States.
Little Dynamite" in Speech.
Reports from Berlin said that per-
sons who had seen the Fuehrer' 5
speech prior to delivery said it did
not contain as much dynamite as was
generally expected"
Local newspapers were deluged
with telephone calls from radio
listeners.
German broadcasting officials in
Berlin had announced before the
start of the speech that the United
States would be the only country
to receive the speech by radio.
The British Broadcasting Co.,
however, apparently also had ar
ranged for the pickup from Will
helmshaven for it also was cut out
of the speech.
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