Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-20
New Type
I actics Of
Nazis Told
Drive Wedge Then Rush
through Fonwise
BY PAUL MALLON

n Il 4
w technical new German term
for their expanded mechanical
method Of warfare in Russia is
wedge and keSSel." Both the
name and the formula are the
outgroWth OF what originated in
Poland as the blitz attack. Then
The Germans erely shot
through weak points in the
enemy lines with small motor
cycle units and fast armored
ears 10 cut communications and
raise havoc.
The scheme was developed
further in France when
stronger longer columns were
thrust through to establish
more powerful moving positions.
The power of the thruSting
units has been greatly enlarged.
The area OF attack has been
Wldcncd into a wedge. and as
The German word "kcSSel" de
notes, the operations Of the
units, once they have broken
through have been extended.
"keSSel' is hunting term con-
Veylng the impression Of a semi
clrCaar sweeping movement, as
IN the sport of fox chasing.
PIlE House debates shed little
Il light on the protective eff
cheney 10 be expected from
arming American merchant
ships A letter from Admiral
Stark, chief Of naval operations,
was put into the record. con-
ceding no official record existed
of merchant ship having sunk
a sub IN the last war. One con-
gresham claimed information
that a number had been hit.
\ d m in IS ira ton debaters
thought the record might be
better this time because the
guns are better. However, anti
aircraft weapons will have TO
be carried in addition to the
usual large rifles.
Skeptics on the SidelineS were
still waiting 10 see whether the
shoot first policy would eX-
pand further towards a get
shot first" program as suggested
by the brief record so far.
T'ffE J pS apparently have
Il been working both sides OF
the street in their negotiations
with the state department.
Within a very short time
after an eminent Japanese
spokesman presented serious
proposal for permanent ami
cable relations with tho United
States and informed our Off
cialS the tie with the AXIS has
been dropped the Toxic cabinet
withdrew and the reinS were
offered 10 A mllitariSt leader
with the opposite intentions.
THE strategy Of the admins
Il tration to white down its
Neutrality Act repeal TO the
single point of arming merchant
ships worked very well. They
got 80 Republican votes for that
generally favored proposition.
compared with only "a Repub-
lican votes on the original lease
lend bill and Il on the draft
extension
Success Of the idea in the
House encouraged the admins
trauon leaders TO huddle over a
change in plans for consideration
of the bill in the Senate. The
original intention of trying 10
add a repeater Of the war zone
restrictions viii probably be
dropped.
4 BAD break against the Rus
n slams IS the nature of the
terrain eastward beyond the
Dnicpcr River The Reds had
natural obstacles in which TO
lodge their delenSeS west Of the
river. But once the Germans
crossed they encountered fiat
territory upon which they could
bring their tanks to bear more
effectively BY that time. the
Red tank losses had mounted to
a dangerous degree.
THEY closed tho doors Of the
House committee TO hear
supposedly very confidential por-
tlonS OF the testimony of State
Secretary Hull and some other
official witnesses. But in one of
those secret sessions. Hull him
self disclosed how confidential
most OF the data was.
"Conhdcntially." said Mr. Hull.
'aS ! told my press conference
last week."
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