The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-04-12
ALLIES BLASTBY.
AIR, SEAAT NAZIS.
Netherlands EvaCuates Its
People From Border to
/ Prepare for Attack
By CLIFFORD L. DAY

Amsterdam, April 12-(UP)-The
Allies blasted by air and sea today
at German communications with
Norway.
The full fury Of British sea power
aided by bombing squadrons of
the Royal Air Force was hurled
against the 1,200-mile line from the
German Baltic to the Scandinavian
Arctic.
Germany retaliated with an i'm
piled threat that "all out" air raids
On Britain may be the Nazi answer
to the Allied assault.
Developments To Now
1. British warships mined the
southern Norwegian and Danish
coasts in the Skagerrak and into the
Kattegat-the sea passage German
warships and transports must ira
verse to Norway.
2. British bombers hurled high ex-
plosive bombs into German air and
naval bases on the Baltic and
blasted at shipping in the Great
and Little Belts, Danish waters lead
ing to the Kattegat. An 8,000-ton
munitions supply ship was reported
blown up and another ship dam
| aged.
3. Stockholm reported naval
battle appeared in progress in Oslo
ford where British warships were
said to be trying to blast their way
through to Oslo.
4. Berlin charged that British air.
men bombed a German railway
| junction in Holstein-the first bomb
in gof transport center since out
break of the war-and warned that
this way open a new phase of the
war in the air. London denied the
bombing.
S. A traveller reported that five
German deStroyers were sunk near
Narvik and that German forces at
Narvik appeared to be preparing to
resist an attack. There was no con-
f1rmation of this report. Conflicting
reports of fighting between German
and Norwegian troops in the interior
continues.
1t was reported here that German
troops had advanced up the railroad
from Narvik to Hundalen. The rail-
road leads to the Swedish border.
1t was said that last night they
were suddenly recalled to Narvik.
Other troop concentrations which
had advanced in the direction of
Tromsoe also were said to have been
ordered back toward Narvik.
Norwegian troops are gathered in
the hills and mountains back of
Na1vik and if the report of the loss
of the German destroyers should be
confirmed the German force there
would be in a serious situation. AL
ready it had been believed threat
ened by the ring of Norwegian
troops and establishment of block
adiNg force of British WarshipS in
Westfjord, the waterway approach
to Narvik.
The German force at Narvik is
believed to comprise about 5000 or
5000 men. Norwegians were said to
have modified some 10000 men in
this northern region.
Arrest Is Ordered
With the announcement by the
Norwegian government that it had
ordered the arrest of Colonel Sundlo,
on charges he aided the Germans to
seize the port 1 am now at liberty
Ito tell what happened at Narvik
where 1 was when the Germans
lcame in.
Sudlo is a personal friend of Gen.
INIyor1,pr UnYo R1nrnhapn forrnnr Cor.
imam war minister, and is a we'll
known Norwegian Nazi.
Neutral correspondents in Narvik
land many Norwegians were amazed
when-after the arrival of German
troops tranSports-it became clear
that no orders had been given for
THE defense of Narvik.
Many persons in Narvik believe
that the loss of two Norwegian war
ships with more than $50 lives in
Narvik harbor can be blamed di-
rectly on Sundlo. The warships had
been ordered to cooperate with the
land forces under Sundlo. Had they
been given the alarm which was
broadcast Monday night that the
IGermans were coming they could
have unanswered to intercept them.
Instead they were ordered to stay
moored and were trapped and sunk
10y the German warships before they
realized that the enemy had arrived.
Even without the aid Of the Nor
FWegian warShipS a well directed
force and accurate artillery fire
might have prevented the Germans
from landing. But the troops were
ordered not to fire and no effort was
made to prevent them from taking
over the town.
Netherlands Gets Ready
Netherlands military authorities
have started evacuating some civil
IAN from key frontier areas, it was
made known today, after increasing
the already extensive military prep
arations to resist any attack
Wives and children of workers at
the higue Philips radio and lamp
works at Eindhovne, 80 miles from
the German frontier, were removed
Ito central Holland, behind the "wa-
ter line" which Netherlands hopes
Ito hold in event of an attack.
Medical students were evacuated
from Groningen university and
brought to Amsterdam.
Ill soldiers from many frontier
towns were brought here.
Military authorities said that the
moves were purely precautionary
and urged the people to be calm and
Ito disregard rumorS.
One of these rumors was that the
German minister had been recalled
10 Berlin and had arrived there last
night. The United Press was able to
Establish that the minister, Count
Julius Won Zech Sonst Won Burkers-
roda, was at his club at the Hague
at 10 o'clock last night.
(The German ambassador to Bel
GUM, Viceo Karl Buelos- Schwartz,
was supposed to have been called to
Berlin also. The German embassy
/ at Brussels told the United Press
this morning that the ambassador
had been i'll in bed with influenza