Evening star., 1941-11-09

have been captured. He placed
Russian losses in equipment a.
15.O 900 planes, more than $4,000 tank
and more than $1,000 guns.
The entire industry of the world,
he said, could only slowly replace
these gigantic losses and "the in
dustry of our democracies in any
case can not replace 1t in the mex
year"
Referring to possible British
attempt to open a second front
against Germany, Hitler declared
If the English choose to under
take an offensive. whether it is ii
Norway. on our German coast OF
in Holland, Belgium or France, We
can only say:
step up, you will leave agair
faster than you came!
I'VE have transformed these coast:
into a status different from what
they were year ago.
I'VE have worked there with Ma
tional Socialistic thoroughness
and naturally we are continuing tC
work there.
Il have never known a stand
still. In some places there are IL
batteries, then five are added, and
then there are Is, then, five more
and still more. Our enemies them
selves deliver us cannon.
British Supply Minister Lord
Beaverbrook declared in Man.
chester today that Britain even-
tually would be up against 100,-
600 guns
I'VE also have left sufficient forces
everywhere in order to be prepared
at any time" Hitler asserted.
The fight, he added, has become
"a fight not only for Germany, but
for all Europe. fight for existence
or non-existence"
Says Leningrad Will Fall.
Turning to the Leningrad situa-
ton on the eastern front, Hitler
declared the city is surrounded and
no one will free it again and it will
fall into our hands"
In response to those who say the
Germans are on the defensive
around the Soviet Baltic city, he
said, We %ere on the offensive be-
fore Leningrad as long as it was
necessary in order to encircle Len
ingrad"
Now We are on the defensive
and the opponent must break out
but he will starve in Leningrad,'
Hitler asserted.
Il will not sacrifice one more
man than necessary. If today there
were some one TO relieve Leningrad
then l would give the command TO
storm the city and we would take
it by storm.
For whoever has advanced from
the East Prussian border to within
10 kilometers (about g.. miles be-
fore Leningrad can also march those
10 kilometers into the city
Discussing the Balkan campaign
and the need for freeing the Ger
man southeastern flank. Hitler said
Germans must really thank Musso-
lini today because he made thrust
into this as early as 1910 and pune
tured it"
Hitler ridiculed silly attempts
of certain Americans TO create
dreams Of fear in Germany through
threats and plans for gigantic arm
amentS"
New Measures Forecast.
German troooS acnnrSi,1o N uit
Ter, have occupied 100000 square
kilometers about $4,000 square
miles in which so to Is per cent
of all Russia's industries and raw
materials are located.
Without disclosing in what di-
rection the Germans intend TO strike
next in the East. he said: II hope
in a short time we will be able to
take a couple of further measures
by which we will choke off (Russia)
step by step, slowly but surely"
Behind the fighting front. Hitler
said, stands the German home front
and behind that "a third front
called Europe"
Whenever I have been told SO
often recently that the democracies
now are arming' he continued, Il
have already pointed out that We,
of course, are not doing nothing.
Il did not intend to stop German
armament production in the year
1899. 1910 or 194l. What we here
tofore accomplished in this respect