Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 November 1939 — Page 4

1 Paris ReacTioN

| ON PEACE PLEA

Cabinet Decides on Talks; . | Chamberlain Expected to |" Reply Tomorrow.

! LONDON, Nov. 8 (U. P).—The Cabinet decided today to consult with France on the appeal of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and King Leopold of the Belgians. - Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain declined to comment on the appeal in response: to a question in the House of Commons from Lahorite Leader Clement R. Attlee. "The first official Allied reply to the proffer of good offices by the Belgian and Netherlands sovereigns was expected to be made tomorrow when Prime Minister Chamberlain . giscusses the international situa- - tion at the /Lord Mayors luncheon at mansion house. : The Prime Minister's speech will take the place of his weekly “‘war pulletin” to the House of Commons. It was expected that Mr. Champerlain, while expressing appreciations of the intentions. of Wilhel-

mina and Leopold, would} make Sid

clear that Germany could (net have péace on easy terms. Plea Adds to Excitemient

The formal reply will be; drafted after consultations with the \French. The Cabinet decided also’ to obtain the views of the Polish Government, now established ia Paris. It was pointed out that the \AngloPolish = agreement, under which Britain . declared war after, Germany’s invasion of Poland, provides that in event of hostilities no separate armistices can be concluded. ; The peace plea produced today only new war excitement in most of Eurcpe. : Here and in France, the impression was that Belgium's King’ Leopold and Holland's Queen “Whlhelmina must have made their plea and offer of mediation under German duress. : “Neutral countries generally regarded it as a futile gesture. Only the German press ignored the development. Adolf Hitler had gone to Munich fo celebrate the anniversary of his “beer hall putsch” and no one would comment offi- - cially. None Make Formal Reply None of the Governments to whom the Belgian-Dutch - message

was sent—Great Britain, France and |

Germany—had made a formal reply. But semi-official speculation was rife and newspapers treated it 45 a sensation. The London Daily Express ban-ner-line today read: “Secrets Behind Wilhelmina-Leopold Appeal to Powers for Peace!” An editorial said: “The suggestions are nebulous. and mean nothing in themselves. Everybody hoped Belgium and Holland would issue. a joint declaration of their intention to de-

fend themselves if invaded by Ger-|

y. The Daily Sketch banner-line read: “Nazis Mass on Dutch Frontier as Holland and Belgium Appeal for Peace.” The paper commented: «1f it were not for certain circumstances which had arisen at the very hour the offer was made (re-

ports that Germans were massing | .

an the Dutch frontier) we should say the British Government would have had little hesitation in accept-

ing it.”

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French fear Nazis may slice off this area to relieve Sear industries

Germans isolate French garrison . with artillery fire

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- _ German guns today south of Luxembourg.

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PARIS, Nov. 8 (U. P.).—German troops have started local operations along the Saar front from Moselle River to the Ohrenthal salient, ending three weeks of inactivity, it was announced today. German patrols roamed “no man’s land” and three raiding parties attacked French outposts. There was lively fighting in sections that long had been dormant. At the same time, French frontier reports told of heavy troop movements just inside the German lines and cencentrations of German troops within striking distance of the Dutch border. It was announced that the French had shot down 11 German airplanes in Monday's battles, instead of the nine previously reported. The first attack on a French outost was east of the Moselle, it was announced. The raiders lacked artillery support and the French drove them back. The second and more important attack, supported by artillerv, was 12 miles east of the Moselle. A third raid on the east side of the Ohrenthal salient also was repulsed. :

Nazis: Claim Nine Enemy

Planes Downed This. Month

BERLIN, Nov. 8 (U. P.).—Nine enemy airplanes were shot down during the first’ week of November, the German Army High Command announced today. During the same period two German planes were shot down and three were listed as missing. Este British plane was shot down ear the confluence of the Rhine

and Wuppe Rivers, the communiqe said, and one French plane was

dowyged near Volklingen. - Three

German T 1700DSs Active Along Saar Front

renewed their barking at French outposts just Among their targets is the French town of Forbach, central defense point of small villages in the Lorraine loop, shaded on the lower map. French believe the Nazis hope to seize this

area in their first major offgnsive of the war. and iron, chemical and glass operations in the Saar, now shut down because

of the commanding nosition of the French.

resume coal, steel,

eported

other enemy planes were shot down near Saarlautern.

Thunder of Artillery Heard in Luxembourg LUXEMBOURG, Nav. 8 (U. P.).—

NAZIS INDICATE

Halifax Speech Is Regarded As Direct Rejection. of Monarch’s Appeal.

_ BERLIN, Nov. 8 (U. P.).—Authorized German quarters said today ‘that ‘Britain's “cynical rejection .of ‘the Wilhelmina-Leopold peace appeal, as given in a radiocast speech yesterday by British Foreign Secre~ tary Viscount Halifax, makes any German answer completely superfluous.” po i Viscount Halifax restated British war aims and plans for post-war peace in a speech to the Empire which was written and released’ to the press in advance of publication {in The Hague of the peace appeal by Queen Wilhelmina and King Leopold. : ‘

Formal Reply Unlikely

The authorized quarters said that the Halifax speech was regarded in Berlin as a direct answer to the mediation. offer by the Netherlands and Belgian sovereigns. . ; “It is obvious that any such offers do not make the slightest impression on Britain,” it was said. Authorized quarters -expressed belief that Germany. probably will consider a formal reply to Wilhelmina and. Leopold unnecessary. _ Press Attack Ceases The Belgian-Netherlands offer to mediate arrived in Berlin about 6:30 p. m. Tuesday and Fuehrer Adolf Hitler left two hours later for Berehtesgaden, where he spent the night before proceeding to Munich to participate in the anniversary of the Nazi beer hall putsch. Yesterday's shatp attacks in the German press against small neutral countries for submitting to the British blockade of Germany ceased abruptly today. It was believed that

the Government considered yester-|

day's broadside - sufficient pending

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _

Target of German Artillery PEAGE FAR OFF,

reactions on the peace appeal.

Unidentified airplanes. flew over

Luxembourg territory today. Observers near the French border saw

intensive. activity by | French pur- |g

suit planes and by heavy artillery.

Yesterday, the greatest aerial ac- || :

tivity since the war occurred .over this tiny country, which has no military” airplanes of its own.

The thunder of heavy artillery i over the border began at 10 a. m.|f=

and after a brief lull, continued.

NAZI WARSHIP TAKES

REFUGE OFF SWEDEN &

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 8 (U. P.).— The disclgsure that a German warship with a captive Finnish freighter

took refuge from a storm in Swedish | territorial waters off the port of | Fs

Sundsvall created a sensation today.

It was the first report that the ES

Germans were operating in the Gulf of Bothnia,

lands. The captured steamer, ton Otava of Helsingfors, carried a cargo of pulp wood. Dispatches from

Sundsvall did not specify whether} the war vessel was a submarine or Both vessels con-| tinued southward ‘when the storm {&

surface boat.

sbated two hours later. The entry into Swedish waters recalled the case of the American freighter City of Flint which was taken frem its German prize crew when it anchored in the territorial waters of Norway.

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LONDON, Nov. 8 (U. P.) —Bri- | tain possesses -a “secret weapon’ which has not yet been used because of humanitarian considerations, the Directorate of Scientific Research said at a press conference today. : “I am not going to imagine that there is going to be no surprise in this war from the enemy,.but we certainly have got one on him,” a spokesman declared, “Britain’s scientists have been organized to deal with any emergency. If a surprise were sprung: on us we could mobilize the scientific brains of Britain for a com‘plete investigation and a. quick

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ROME, Nov. 8-(U. P.)—Sources close to the Foreign Office said t{oday that any peace conference developing from the proposal of Belgium and Holland would have to consider Italy’s claims. These claims, it was said, while possibly called for France to give Italy Tunisia, Djibouti and a share of the Suez Canal, certainly would involve Italy's position in the Balkans in the face of Russian pressure there. : The same idea was expressed in an editorial by Virginio. Gayda in the Giornale D’Italia, which said Italy's claims would be bound to be the main Italian thesis in any peace conference. There was little belief- here that the Belgian-Dutch. offer would be accepted. Italy had undertaken to restore peace several weeks ago and had failed, and the new attempt seemed destined for no better response, it was said. Italy’s momentary concern was.

WARNS OF LONG | WITH SUBS.

Churchill Says Nazis Tun Out Two Weekly, Claims |

WAR

‘German Ship Seized.

‘LONDON, Nov. 8 (U. P.).—The First Lord of the British Admiralty, Winston Churchill, warned today that the Allies face “a long unrelenting struggle” against German submarines. he bin bg He estimated in the House of Commons that Germany is turning out ‘two ‘new U-boats every: week. “We must face the prospect ‘of :100

less whatever sinking occur in the interval,” he said. A ~ Mr. Churchill placed German losses at ‘two to four submarines

‘could - state with increased asstr-

mastery of: U-boat attacks.” ish ' forces combatting "tnem nave been tripled since the war began, he said. Claims Nazi Prize Captured Other high points in Mr. Churchill's report .on the war at sea: ’ 1. One or iwo German pocket battleships are operating in the Atlantie but have done no damage worth considering. 2. Britain lost the submarine Oxley in an accidental explosion. He gave no details. 3. The aircraft carrier Ark Royal has captured a valuable German prize. This is a ship that the Germans claimed they sank. 4. Britain under-estimated the defenses necessary to protect its naval base at Scapa Flow, where a U-boat sank the battleship Royal Oak. Additional protective measures have been taken. “What I told® the House with much reserve six weeks ago,” he said, “I-¢gan now repeat with much ‘more assurance—namely, that we

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