Evening star., 1939-11-06
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

WIllle IL is Stlll COnSlQereQ un-
likely that there will be any in
tensified action on the western front
this year, spectacular sea actions are
expected to start shortly.
The Germans are reported ready
to try and slip through the British
blockade as many surface ships as
possible. The submarines that have
been active during the last few
weeks have been called to home
ports to be reconditioned for in
tensified action in the Atlantic.
Besides the three large surface
ships, the Admiral Scheer, the
Deutschland and the Emden, it is
believed that two other ships have
slipped through the North Sea ring.
These vessels will endeavor to in
tercept ships going to the allied
ports from every corner of the
world.
The Admiral Scheer, which had
been signaled in the South Allan
tic. is reported now to be on its
way to the Pacific. 1t is believed
this fast battleship will try to inter-
fere with British shipping from Aus
tralia and New Zealand. There are
no British battleships in the Pa
cific and the gun power and the
speed of the German raider is su-
perior tc that of the cruisers patrol
ling the Pacific sea lanes.
In allied naval quarters it is be-
lleved that the Russians will allow
German crews to take some of the
so submarines from Vladivostok to
raid the South Pacific. The intelli-
gence services have been reporting
the presence of large number of
German sailors in the Siberian port
for the last two weeks, and their
conclusion is that these men will
man, partially at least, the Soviet
SubmerslbleS.
Il
! But the real campaign will take
place in the North. Atlantic. The
Gelman high command is deter
mlneG to prevent at any price the
transportation of American war ma
terlal to France and Great Britain
In order to achieve this, the Ger
man submarines, the airforce and
possibly one or two surface raiders
| will cooperate. Berlin knows that
the allied fleets will send every
available unit to convoy the ships
laden with American war material
Berlin also believes that many of
the bombers purchased here will be
flown across the Atlantic.
German agents in the United
States are making desperate efforts
to ascertain how and when the ships
and the airplanes will leave the
American shores in order to facili-
tate the task of the navy in sinking
the ships or bringing down the
planes. An unofficial spokesman of
the German admiralty said that the
Atlantic will be very hot this winter
and certainly it will not be the place
for any pleasure yachts to cruise.
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The allies don't seem to be un-
duly worried over these prepara-
tions. They know there is bound
to be a certain amount of loss, but
are confident that on the whole
the German naval and air forces
will not be able to handicap seri-
ously the traffic between the Ameri-
can coast and Europe.
Small craft being built rapidly
will take care of the shipping close
to the Irish coast and the Channel
while destroyers and heavy and
light cruisers will convoy the mer-
chantmen from close to the terri
torial waters of the United States
to the safety zone partolled by the
fast subchasers.
Important Belgian, Dutch and
Swiss manufacturing establishments
are now preparing to move com.
pletely from Europe to the United
States. They are tired of these re-
current wars. Every Is or 80 years
they say, there is another major
, disturbance in Europe which throws
everything into turmoil. The dis
advantage of paying much higher
wages in this country is easily offset
by the security the United States
and Canada offer and by the fact
that however heavy taxes may be
placed on business in the Americas