Evening star., 1940-07-22
British Fight On to Freedom,
World Is Told, as Nozis Warn
Reply Will Bring Zero Hour
Officiul Statements
Awaited by Hitler
Before Striking
BY LOUIS P.LOCHNER,

BY LOUIS P. LOCHNER,
Associated Press War Correspondent.
BERLIN, July 22.-Englands
"zero hour" will come after Foreign
Secretary Lord Halifax and Prime
Minister Churchill have replied to
Adolf Hitler's final" proposal for
peace, authorized German sources
said today.
Nord Halifax gave Britains
answer in a world broadcast, say
ing Britain would fight on for
freedom)
The authorized sources intimated
official British answers are all Hitler
is waiting for before starting his
threatened great offensive on the
British Isles themselves.
1t was said it was apparent, how
ever, that the Fuehrer Is willing
to wait even longer in case the
English people disavow the leader
ship of Mr.. Churchill, whose answer
to peace proposals, it was taken
for granted here, likely will be
negative.
The German high command re-
ported its latest air raids on Eng
land had caused destructive fires
and explosions at airdromes, sea-
ports and oil storage tanks, while
an attack on convoy in the Chan
mel sank a tanker and four mer-
chantmen
British aircraft losses yesterday
were Used as eight planes, one of
them large Sunderland flying boat
brought down off German occupied
Trondheim, Norway. Four German
planes failed to return, the army
communuique said.
Authorized sources said it was
not quite clear why Lord Halifax
spoke before Mr. Churchill, who is
expected to speak in the House of
Commons tomorrow.
Perhaps Lord Halifax is intended
to give the answer for the pious;
Churchill for the worldly minded
one commentator remarked causti-
cally.
AS for the Pan-American confer
ence at Havana. it was said, Ger
many intends to play the role solely
Of interested observer.
Hope for Disavowal of Churchill.
Government spokesmen main
tanned silence on reports of the re-
ception accorded the Fuehrer's offer
in London, but the German press
clearly indicated the hope that the
British people would disavow the
Churchill government and take into
their own hands the choice between
peace or destruction"
Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goer-
ing's newspaper, the National lei
tung, declared the British people,
"bombarded with lies and decep-
ton" by their own radio and press,
were not being given an opportunity
to express their real opinion.
The paper indicated, however,
Britain will not be given long to
make its choice.
THE clock of history pushes for
ward at fast pace" is said. "It
strikes the hour of decision upon
which hinges the fate of the Brit
ish Empire and people"
Newcastle Is Bombed.
The German radio, meanwhile.
continued to broadcast messages to
the English people to listen to Hit
ler's appeal to reason" and ac-
cept his offer before it is too late.
The Sunday communique of the
German high command said Nazi
warplanes bombed industrial works
at Newcastle and attacked airports
and storage tanks in South Central
England with good effect during the
week end
Hits also were scored on a British
cruiser and two destroyers during
attacks on ship conveys, it said. The
British were said to have lost a total
OF "a planes Saturday, while the
Germans lost only five.
-Four of the British craft were
reported destroyed during an unsuc-
cessful attack on the Wilhelmshaven
naval base. British planes were said
to have bombed points in North and
West Germany Saturday night. kill
Ing seven civilians in one town, but
causing little material damage.
Roosevelt Blamed.
President Roosevelt is described
by the editor of the Frankfurter
zeitung as "to a gigantic extent
responsible for the present adamant
British attitude.
The newspaper, a radio report
said today, "blames Roosevelt for
the illusions still prevailing in Eng
land with regard to foreign reaction
to the Fuehrer's speech and said,
The world at large, apart from
England, understood correctly the
reasons which induced the Fuehrer
to make this last and stirring
appeal
Roosevelt is the man who ought
to hang his head If the appeal to
reason is to end in the destruction
of England
"'Now that he wants to be elected,
he openly admits that he sys-
tematically agitated for years
against National Socialism.
For seven years it (the United States
GovernmenD has agitated
and nourished many illusions among
those whose belief in active help
from America has been their strong
est hope"