Evening star., 1939-09-25
Ministry Reports
Safe Return; No
Serious Opposition
London Says Troops
Are Moving Toward
Bottle Positions
0y the Associated Press.

Dy the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 25.-The minis
try of information announced today
the Royal Air Force had carried out
new reconnaissance flights over Ger
many yesterday. It said the planes
had dropped more propaganda
leaflets.
One flight was made in daylight
over Western Germany, the COM
munique said, and the second at
night over Western and Northwest
ern Germany"
"All planes returned safely" it
added. There was no serious op-
position"
Preparations Intensified.
Resumption of Britain's confetti
raids" was announced as Britain
intensified her preparations for a
fight to the finish-that being her
answer to Premier Mussolini's sug-
gestion to end the war on Germany's
military conquest of Poland.
The scattering of pamphlets by the
r. A. F., generally believed to have
been Prime Minister Chamberlain'S
own idea, began in the first week of
the war when millions of leaflets
were dropped over Germany in an
effort to tell the people their leaders
were taking them down the road to
ruin.
The air ministry, however, asked
today that British newspapers make
no reference to the previous raids.
An authoritative commentary on
Mussolini's speech in Rome Satur-
day declared Prime Minister Cham
berlains statement of -Britain's war
aim-"to redeem Europe from the
perpetual and recurring fear of Ger
man aggression"-still held good.
Britain remained determined, it
said, despite the complication of
Soviet Russia's occupation of Eastern
Poland.
Informed sources, however, said
Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax, who
- called Russian Ambassador Ivan
Maisky to his Office for an hours
interview Saturday night, had re-
quested clari1cation of Soviet aims
III Eastern Europe.
Move Toward Positions.
Meanwhile, these war develop
ments were disclosed:
British eXpeditionary troops are
moving toward battle positions
alongside French poilus, who
already have carried operations
onto German soil.
The general manager of the
Southern Railway, who was senior
transport officer of the British
Army in the World War, has
been assigned to direct all mill
tary transport by land and sea.
The British fleet and air forces
are widening their warfare at sea,
trying to cut off the escape of
raiding German submarines to
hideouts.
Plans have been made to speed
up production in British ship
yards to replace tonnage de-
stroyed by submarines.
A ministry of information COM
munique, describing relentless war
on submarine raiding, said the Ger
man underseas feet must be feeling
the full effect of British navy
operations.
1t contended the submarine crews.
with supplies running low and
nerves shaken by the necessity of
running a gantlet of depth charges
to get back to port, eventually
would crack under scientific hunt
Ing methods.
Suggestion Rejected.
The comrunique yesterday, COM
menting on Mussolinis "end-the-
war speech, said British official
circles understood and appreciated
the Italian Premier's sincerity, but
rejected the suggestion that an ac-
complished fact in Poland made
continuation of the war purposeless.
The suggestion that by not
spreading the conflict farther, in
view of the Russian fait accompli,
Great Britain and France have COM
promised their moral justification
for attempting to annul the German
falt accompli, is not recognized
here" the communique said.
THE decision of the British peo-
pie to declare war was indeed the
direct consequence of the invasion
OF Poland-but the invasion of
Poland was itself but further il
lustration of the laWlessness in in
ternational affairs which it is tre
principal purpose of this country tO
resist"
Mr.. Chamberlain was expected 10
amplify the governments attitude
tomorrow in his fourth war bulletin
to the House of Commons.