The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-21
GERMANY
MAY GIVE
PEACE TERMS TODAY
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devious WIN uue 4ueIlIeI VI "S
delegates to learn at what further
cost to France Germany would
halt the lightning wal which has
engulfed half of that nation.
The exact time and place Of the
meeting were as secret as the
terms which Hitler, in consultation
with Premier Mussolini Of Italy,
worked out in response to Premier
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain's
overture for a soldiers peace.
Ready for Blitzkrieg
German conquest of most OF the
western European coast-the last
success being the capture OF the
French naval base Of Brest, re-
ported today-placed Germany in
strategic position for a blitzkrieg
against the British even while
peace is being concluded with
France.
The German press and radio &C.
knowledged in repeated reports
that French officials disagreed over
laying down arms, but added that
this was of no importance.
mo logical mind in England or
France is able to make a de-
cision which envisages putting up
resistance against German troops
on French SOIL" one newspaper
commented.
A message, by way of Spain,
from the Petain government was
received at l pm. Is pm, Wed
nesday, E.S.T.) announcing four
plenipotentiaries had been chosen
General Charles Huntziger, Leon
Noe, former French ambassador
to Poland, Vice Admiral Leluc and
Aviation General Bergeret.
Hitler Advised
The high command Of the Ger
man forces thereupon gave the
necessary instructions immediate
ly and made preparations for re-
ceiving the French armistice dele
CATION" said a German announce
ment.
Shortly afterward a French radio
announcement disclosed that a
French plane, hastily painted white
to shield it from German gunire
had taken off from a southern
French airport, carrying the pleni-
potentiaries to their armistice
meeting.
During the day German bomb
ers were declared to have raided
the English harbors of Bristol and
Southampton and the a n e
plants of those regions, hitting and
damaging a cruiser and several
freighters of an aggregate tonnage
f about 5000.
Lorient, La Rochelle, Bordeaux
and St. Nazaire in France also
were visited" by bombing planes.
The tide of Nazi military might
has swallowed Lyon, manufacture
ing and shipping center near the
Alpine frontier, and Brest, on the
Brittany coast, where thousands Of
American doughboys marched
from their transports in 1918.
Planes Help Infantry
From the coast to the Switzer-
land : Alpine frontier, German
planes helped infantrymen, tanks
and armored car to wipe out
nests of resistance" wherever
formed by the largely demoralized
French forces.
Thousands Of Frenchmen laid
down their arms while their COM
rades continued what the Nazis
termed "aimless" resistance. Pris-
oners yesterday alone numbered
more than 200, 900, the high com.
mand reported, and among them
was General Altmeyer, command
er of the 10th French army and
his staff.
Waves of German bombers swept
over England during the night to
start what the high command call
ed "reprisals" for Allied raids,
mostly British, on allegedly open.
Or unfortifed, German cities since
May 10.
Numerous heavy "aliber
bombs" were dropped c. nj
trogen plant at Billin. nd
started fires in oil tam. the
eastern port of Hull, the high COM
mand said.
Flames from the Dillingham;
bombardment, the Germans rela-
ted, served as a 30-mile beacon to
succeeding waves of bombers.
With the German capture of
Breast, the British Isles faced an
arc of potential jump-off points for
air attacks, extending from e
Brittany coast opposite Plymouth
to Trondheim, Norway, hundreds
Of miles north.
Since May 10, enemy planes,
mainly British, have raided open
German towns at night" said the
high command in announcing the
air offensive against England.
Last night again eight civilians
fell victims to the attacks. The
German air force now has begun
reprlsals against England" l