Evening star., 1943-09-11
Brifons Are Warned
Nof 10 Underrate
Killers Appeal
BY the Associated Press.

:, LoNDON, sept. ll.-brlCOnS
were warned by the London
Times today not to underrate
The force of Adolf Hitler's ap-
peal yesterday to the German
soldiers and people.
- In an editorial, the newspaper
declared that the German leaders
address, his first in six months, left
no doubt that the Germans intend
to fight strongly to maintain their
hold on Italy and that the capture
oof Rome suggests they plan de-
tense line in that area.
"It was the most direct of Hit
,ler's speeches." the Times diplo-
nmatic correspondent wrote. HE
lied about the origins of the war,
but even then he did not indulge
in spasrns of self-pity Almost
2 his only promise was his assertion
, that Germany would be avenged for
1.-THE air raids =. So far as words
can spur the Germans to fresh ef-
forts it cannot be ignored"
- Hitler started off his speech by
saying, Il now see that the moment
has arrived to speak again to the
German people without taking ref
uge in lies either to myself or to
the public"
May Have to Cede Territory,
- He told the German nation that
the italian surrender was of slight
Importance and that the ring of
steel forged by the German home
front will never break"
1--WE may have to cede some ter
ritory," Hitler said, then declared
the German Army would be able to
guard the nation from all assaults
except the British American bomb
ing attacks.
= But" he said, technical and Or
ganizational means are growing
which will not only break the en-
emy's air attacks forever, but will
retaliate with other and more effec-
tive means"
"a Stockholm dispatch said
that in the opinion of men who
have been listening to Hitler for
years his speech turned out to
. be the weakest oratorical effort
. of his career. 1t was even weak
G.. er, they said, than his speech on
German heroes day last Feb
ruary.0
Hitler swore that the "treachery"
of Premier Pietro Badoglio's gov
ernment in deSerting its Axis part
oner to make peace with the Allies
would be avenged by hard meas
ures," and he denounced Premier
.Badoglio and King Victor EN-
manuel equally for their action. Up
until a few hours before the armi-
Etice was signed, both had given
assurances of continued Italian par
ticipation in the war, he insisted.
J Whereabouts of Badoglio Mystery.
1 The whereabouts OF Badoglio and
: the King was a mystery today.
: Stockholm dispatches quoted the
: Svenska Dagbladet as reporting
!. that Badolgio was in Sicily and
! that Palermo would be the seat of
the Italian government, following
Rome'sf capitulation to the Ger
mans.
Berlin broadcasts insisted that
King Victor had abdicated in favor
! of Grown Prince Umberto. The
! Berlin correspondent of the Zurich
: newspaper Die Tat quoted Berlin
: officials as saying that not a single
I member of the Badoglio government
. or of the royal house was still in
Rome.
4 (According to information re-
4 ceived at Allied headquarters in
North Africa, Victor Emmanuel
is in Rome and still Is reigning
i rs King)
Duce's Son May Be Puppet.
= In Mdarid, Italian travellers said
sit was likely that Hitler would get
Victor Mussolini, son of the fallen
s.Duce, to head their proposed puppet
siItalian Fascist regime if they are
.iunable to obtain the release of his
Efather, reported to be a prisoner
3 in italian hands. In his speech
Eyesterday Hitler professed undying
q admiration and affection for the
sformer Duce.
In seizing Rome, the Germans,
! according to a Berlin broadcast,
also have assumed protection of
I, Vatican City,"
Apparently the Germans had not
( interfered with the Vatican radio
+. station, as it broadcast statement
last night in which German Cath
olic bishops asserted that the Nazi
government was attempting to de
Christianize" the German people
and that Church services are being
made more difficult and are still
being obStructed in many places"