Evening star., 1941-02-24
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MUNICH, Germany, Feb. "a
Adolf Hitler warned Britain to-
day of a great naval offensive to
come in March and April and
gave point to the threat with a
report that 215,000 tons of
"enemy merchant shipping
space" had been sunk in the
past two days, including a con-
voy of 125,000 tons.
Of the total, he credited 10000
tons to submarine action.
DNB, official German news agency,
later reported that British con-
voy-presumably the same as that
mentioned by the Fuehrer-had been
scattered by German war vessels
after a series of bitter fights and
that 125,O00 tons of ships, including
an auxiliary cruiser. in this convoy
had been sunk. DNB set the total
Sinkings for two days action at
217,300 tons.
Hitlers reference to the successes
against shipping, in fulls
Two hours ago I received news
that German surface craft and SUBJ
marines sank 215000 tons of enemy
merchant shipping space in the
past two days.
Among them was convoy COM
prising 125,000 tons. Submarines
share this success by 100 900 tons.
Those gentlemen (the British,
however, must be prepared for still
bigger events in March and April.
Then they will find out whether
we slept through the winter or made
use of our time"
He said that Germany's subma-
rine warfare thus far had been
fought by few submarines" while
crews were being trained for U-boats
(which are now ready" That the
undersea fleet is prepared, Hitler
said, is demonstrated by the sinking
of the $4,000 tons Of shipping.
"Our struggle at sea only now can
begin" he declared.
Feeling Fresh Now"
A little later he returned to the
theme of springtime offensive.
II wish to assure the enemy that
I am feeling especially fresh now"
he said. Spring is coming, the sea-
son in which We will be able to
challenge the opponent"
according to the Berlin radio,
the Fuehrer added at this point:
And I know that in this moment
millions of German soldiers are
thinking exactly the same way"
This perhaps was an indication
that the army, too, figures largely
in Hitler's plans for the spring
drive)
CHis address was picked up in
the United States by N. B. c. and
c. B. S. short wave monitors, but
was not rebroadcast in fullD
Hitler addressed the whole German
nation, but his visible audience was
made up of Nazi comrades who
gathered in Munich's Hofbrau House.
Most of Hitler's 89-minute speech
was devoted to the history of the
Nazi rise to power. its battle with
the restrictions of the Versailles
Treaty and Jews. The occasion was
the 21st anniversary of the found
ing of the National Socialist party
at Munich.
PAYS Tribute to Italy.
He paid tribute to Italy as one
real friend of Germany and credited
her now with tying up vast British
forces in the Mediterranean. His
speech followed by one day that of
Premier Mussolini in which II Duce
said Italy would march with Ger
many to the end.
Its all the same to us whether
German Stukas sink British ships
in the North Sea or the Mediter-
ranean," he said, adding that "the
enemy" has shifted his offensive"
but wherever he goes we will find
him."
He taunted the British for hoping
for revolution in Germany.
The few fools in Germany who
believe in revolution are locked up
he said.
Year of Great Decisions"
1t was the first time that Ger
many had heard the Fuehrers voice
since January 80, when in the Berlin
Sportspalast he warned the world
that every ship approaching the
British Isles would be sunk in