The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-20
HITLER PROMISES
TERROR IF BRITISH
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mine by saying it is merely porn
Of fear and doubt in our final VIC
tory.
''In that case I shall have re-
by conscience in regard to
things to come.
Warns People
Hitler warned the people OF Great
Britain that their leaders prob.
ably have no real conception OF
what it will mean once the Ger
man offensive begins in earnest
against the British Isles"
However Hitler said his con-
science made him appeal o c e
more for common sense.
Referring to Britain's air war
against German munitions centers
and other strategic points Hitler
said:
IA short time ago Churchill be-
gan to bomb the civilian popula'
ton in Germany.
II have thus far hardly answered
this bombardment. But when my
answer comes it will be terrible
for millions Of people.
Churchill should for once be-
lieve me; a great world empire
then will be destroyed. And this
war will not be ended before one
of the two combatants is down and
out. Churchill may think it will
be we wha will be down and out.
Appealing as Victor
But l will make a prophecy
lust by way Of exception: l know
hat destruction of England will
be the end Of further struggle. . ,
My conscience conpels me to ap'
peal once more to England's COM
I am not doing that as
1 defeated man but as a victor.
Briefly touching on Russo-Ger.
man relations Hitler declared
:hese had been fixed once and for
Ill by a clear delimitation OF
spheres of interests" and tn a t
British efforts to lure Moscow into
an anti German front were not only
futile but foolish.
Victory in this war Hitler also
asserted will be a victory for both
tally and Germany and the
wrongs of both will be righted."
Italy the fuehrer said had en-
cred the war entirely of her own
record without any pressure from
This action however had helped
o make the French realize more
speedily the hopelessness Of furth-
sr resistance. And once Italy was
the war Italo-G German military
and political cooperation was COM
olete land the cpd of it all will be
joint victory"
Arriving today from Rome Count
Ialeazzo Ciano Italian foreig n
and son-in-law of Premier
occupied a place of hon
in the front row of the diplo-
matte corps box.
Will Discuss Problems
Ciano will discuss axis problems
With German officials tomorrow
and will catch a night train home.
All the bloodshed Of the past 10
months could have been avoided
said for it was not Germany
Who wanted war. The great aim
If the Nazi movement he ex-
was simply to Strike off
he shackles Of Versailles; and
t would have been possible to
achieve this aim peacefully.
His pre-war policy in puruit Of
his aim he said was two-fold:
Real friendship with Italy and a
similar relationship with England"
At Munich in September 1913 it
even seemed as though this peace
ful revision actually would be rea-
lied he told his uniformed audi
ence.
1t was a time when thanks to
growing common sense it appear
ed as though international cooper
alton might lead to peaceful solu-
ton of the remaining problems.
But the agreement to this end
in Munich on Sept. 20 1913
oy the four leading interested
states was not only not welcomed
Longon and Paris but was ac-
condemned as a sign OF
abominable weakness"
The Munich agreement was con.
.emned and sabotaged he went
On because peaceful revision
threatened TO upset the plans of
Jewish capitalist war-mongers
free-masons armament manu-
f%acturers and war profiteers inter-
national business men stock ex-
Pushed Into War;
And so it came about that Poland
was pushed into war" and the
peace offer Germany made after
.conclsion Of the Polish campaign
as "cowardly."
In the subsequent Norwegian
campaign which he explained was
to hit at Germany through
Scandinavia German soldiers met
very brave" resistance from Nor.
wegian troops. But the British
there he continued were poorly
trained badly equipped and def.
inferior in every respect
Turning to the great westward