Evening star., 1939-09-28
Berlin
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Flotilla Lauded.
Announcement of the Fuehrer's
visit said he came to laud the sub
marine hotilla for successful trips
abroad. Grand Admiral Erich Raed-
er, commander in chief of the Ger
man Navy, accompanied Hitler. The
Fuehrer thanked officers and men
personally and later at an informal
gathering had members of subma-
rine crews tell him of their expert
ences.
Dienst Aus Deutschland, a news
service, in commenting on the Mos
COW developments following the ar
rival there of German Foreign
Minister Joachim Won Ribbentrop,
said:
THE German strength, which be-
comes visible through these events,
allows the Reich to put the alterna-
tive of war or peace to the western
powers once more without danger
Of suspicion of weakness. Germany
Is prepared for either choice"
Hints Common Plan.
The service, which has close con-
nections with the government,
limited strongly at common plan
OF action to meet every future
eventuality in Europe.
Pointing to what have been hailed
here as successful German air at
tacks on British naval units in the
last two days-although the British
government has fatty denied Ger
man claims of such successes
Dienst Aus Deutschland observed: ::
THE military risk Of the war al
ready has been emphatically DEM
onstrated to the English. The poll
tical risk embodieS itself in the
foreign minister's second visit to
Moscow"
At the same time the command
foreshadowed the end of the cam
paign in Poland with the news that
the Fortress Of Modlin, Is miles
northwest of Warsaw, had offered
to surrender following the capitu-
latton Of the Polish capital.
Says Bomb Hit Prov.
There was no indication whether
the raid off the Isle of May had
met with British reaction.
In describing aerial activity yes
terday, the japanese Army COM
mand's conamunique said:
Heavy British cruiser was sue
cessfully attacked off the Isle of May
Cat mouth OF the Firth Of Forth) by
one air force fighting unit. One
250-kilo (550-poundD bomb hit the
Prov"
The announcement failed to as
sess the damage, but added:
"Of the heavy British naval forces
which were attacked the day before
(Tuesday), one airplane carrier was
hit by one 5O0-kilo G,1O0-pounO
bomb and one battleship was hit
at the prov and amidships by two
250-kilo bombs"
(Winston Churchill, first lord
of the admiralty, announced yes
terday in the House of Com
mons that 20 German planes
had attacked a squadron of Brit
ish ships, but without scoring
any hits. He said one airplane
was shot down, one was badly
damaged and the crew of the
third was captured on alighting
on the water)
White Flag Over Fort.
The fortress of Modlin, strong
hold of Polish forces at the juno
ton of the Vistula and Bug Rivers,
waved the white flag of surrender
"a hours after the Polish capital
gave up resistance. Modlin was
cut off from Warsaw last week and
the offer to surrender marked the
end of formidable nest of resist
ance.
That the German armies Polish
campaign was approaching an end
further was indicated in the COM
munique's announcement that the
main body of German troops in the
east now was behind the demarca-
ton line agreed upon by Germany
and Soviet Russia The mopping-
up process however, continued, with
occasional fights with remnants of
the Polish Army.
The southern wing of the German
Army, the communique said, in with
drawing toward the demarcation line
yesterday captured 500 officers and
5000 Polish soldiers in the region
east Of the San River and high Po-
lish Army leaders, commanders and
their staffs.
On the western front the high
command said there were no note
worthy fighting activities" but II
did announce that "one enemy
plane" had been brought down in an
air tight over Saarbruecken.
Believe War Near End,
The belief was prevalent among
Nazis that Germany's war would
end tomorrow with the formal sur
render of Warsaw by her 1OO, 900 de-
Tenders. But Germany further
strengthened her western defenses
and informed sources said If Great
Britain still wanted to fight 1t was
up to her.
Germany also was strengthening
herself politically in the east. Indi-
cations increased that the mission
of Foreign Minister Won Ribbentror
to Moscow might result In close,
political cooperation between Naz1