The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-11

< Hitler said that Q blind man" 4nuld have seen that Russia was Areparing to challenge Germany and aaat Soviet intentions became clear after Josef Stalin instlgatad tho soNp d'etat in Jugoslavia which pre- Mpitated dcrm&ny's campaign !n The Balkans,
 < We will always strike first" he raid, We will always deal the first Alow as we did with Russia"
 Inc United Press listening post reported that Hitler appeared to be suffering from Q bad cold, He did Aot raise his voice to the custom. afy ehrill pitch, The listening post also said the broadcast appeared 70 he made from Q recording, rather nAAn directly from radio micro nhoHea and that it as interrupted At intervals for Nn English tranSlA. ton of Aitler'a remarksl.
 {. Hitler again claimed that Britain faad Russia secretly coASnired co mtaek Germany. He claimed that Russia planned to attack Germany sn the summer of ie4l after which Britain would take the offensive. He SAid that these intentions were re- Vealed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill at c secret session ot the nrstlsh parliament,
 Hitler insisted that "only the winter" has slowed up dermanyS advance into Russia,
 . Nothing Wll Stop Germany . With the beginning of summer aaain, ho said, nothing will be able ta stop the German advance" < sHitler said that if Finland had not joined with Germany "her own existence and that of tho other Scandinavian States would rapidly have come to an end"
 ' Hitler claimed that Germany held siboe,000 Russian prisoners up to Nov. %.
 ' Every step forward in Russia, he Said, had been fought for--against Russian resistance, against Russian Beat, Russian mud, Russian cold. 2 Hitler ws interrupted occasionally hy applause, particularly in hts dis. eslsslon ot dermany's campaign @salnst Russia, He appeared to he speaking under greet stress Of ex- @Aement.
 @TuEning again to the United States, Hitler said there iS an abyss us wide as the world between the meolosy of President Roosevelt and that ot NaN Germany.
 Hitler devoted 6 lengthy section of has speech to Poland, reviewing skein the whole story-from the MaM viewpolnt-of [ he situation Whlch led up to deEmany's attack sn Poland,
 MusaOlinl Talks
 e Rome, Dec. Ii, - (UP) - (Via Huenos Aires)-Italy declared war 0n the United States today when Foreign Minister Count 0aleaEso Cian0 summoned .. 8. Charge d'Af- faires George Wadsworth to the foreign once and handed him his passports.
 . 'Kzis Majesty, the kins-emperor ef Italy, declares that Italy consid- krs herself in q state of war with the United states of America from koday," Ciano said in a communi- cation Co. Wadsworth.
 { Ikaly's war declaration was pro- claimed by Premier Henito Musso- hi in speech before e vast as- semblage of cheering Italians from tlae balcony of Venice palace.
 Fascist Italy and national social- aet Germany have allied themselves with Japan In c war against the United States of America" he said. a@We shall bring you victory"
 Agussolira said that ''one man aSone" Is responsible for "thls new ~ar because of his continued provo afions he has prepared for way 8av by day with diabolic persist acs." (T1ae reference presumably ss to President Roosevelt.)
 sItalian men and women win be artlly oG this great hOar," he ada
 IlalB iB m. great day in the his-
 uR the continent of Europe"
 n'lns continued.
 ta1g and her ally Germany to-
 M with Japan enter the war
 se tho United states.
 a8 hundred and fifty million
 gro H1golute to do everything