| Show THREATENS TENS FIERCE SEA WAR AR March or April Set for Drive Drivet c. c Fuehrer Nazis Spent Winter Building Subs Training Men for Spring Drive I Leader Ass Asserts on Party Birthday Birthday By ALVIN J. J MUNICH Germany Feb 24 AP AP-Adolf AP Adolf Hitler rf Britain Monday of a great naval offensive to come in March or April and gave point to the thc threat with a report that tons o of en enemy my merchant shipping sp space c had been sunk In the past two days including a convoy of tons o Of the total he I e credited tons to submarine cn D N B B. B news agency later rep reported r ed a British convoy presumably convoy presumably the same as that mentIon mentioned by the fuehrer rhad r- r had be been n scattered b by German war r vessels after alter a series serles of bitter and that that tons of sl sill Including an auxiliary cruiser cruis- cruis er errin erT n this convoy had had been been sunk LONDON nO Feb 21 24 INS INS ItiS There is i no truth whatever er in Adolf Slitter Hitler's s assertion th that t T S- S r tons of British naval natal and merchant shipping shipping have Jve ye ben been e sunk in the last 48 hours II tt IIa a va U t I stated in London tonight i i D N B set the total fo for two days' days action at tons His Ills reference to the successes against shipping in full Two hours ago I received new that German surface craft and submarines submarines submarines sub sub- marines sank tons of enemy enemy ene ene- I. I my shipping space in the past two days Claims oy Convoy Sunk Among them was a convoy comprising comprising com corn tons Submarines share this success by Those gentlemen the British tI however must be prepared for still bigger events In March and April Then they will find out whether J er we slept through the winter or made use of our time He said that Germanys Germany's submarine submarine rine w warfare thus far had been fought by few submarines while crews were being trained for U- U i boats which are now ready That r the undersea fleet is prepared Hitler Hitler Hit Hit- iler i ler said is demonstrated by the sinking of the tons of ship j ping Our struggle at sea only now now iI can begin he declared t A little later he returned to the theme of a springtime offensive I I wish to assure the enemy that I am feeling especially fresh now 1 he said Spring is ia coming the season in which we we will be able to challenge the opponent l Mentions A Army Any ny According to the Berlin radio the fuehrer added at this thU point And I know v that in this 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 Hillers plans for the spring drive J He addressed the whole German nation but his visible audience was was j made up of f the nazi comrades who gathered In Munich's house The occasion was the twenty twenty- Continued on Pa Pare Page Two o Column Out One HITLER THREATENS TO LAUNCH VAST SEA OFFENSIVE IN MARCH Continued from Page One On ti first st anniversary of the founding 1 of the national socialist party at I Munich He paid tribute to Italy as one I real friend of Germany and credited credited credit credit- ed her now with tying up vast I British forces In the Mediterranean His IUs speech followed by one day that of Premier Mussolini in which it duce said Italy would march with Germany to the end He taunted the British for hopIng hoping hop hop- Ing for revolution In Germany The few fools In Germany who believe In revolution are locked up rap he said I First First Talk Since Jan 30 I It was the first time that Germany Germany Ger Ger- I many had heard the fuehrer's i voice since January 30 when in inthe inthe inthe the Berlin Sports he warned the world that every ship approaching approaching ap ap- ap the British Isles would be sunk In a 8 tightening of the counter counterattack He failed Monday to r repeat at the January 30 assurance of victory In 1941 but said it would be a year of great decisions We all know that this year will bring great decisions he de de- As Providence up up- to now has blessed our battles so will it make our cause prosper Inthe in inthe inthe the future Look to the the- future with fanatical confidence With these words Hitler ended his address to the glamorous cheering cheering cheering cheer cheer- ing of his hearers He had failed to mention again the previously heralded Invasion of England He explained that he would not set definite dates datel for major operations Lauds Bonds With Axis He pictured the axis bonds with Italy as an indissoluble union of two revolutions and two men The tremendous revolution which we we started In Germany was slept over by the rest of the world Even today those outside do not conceive that two nations in Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope have created something new and vast Between the two rev revolutions exits exists ex ts not only an identity of alms aims but also ways means and absolute friendship which Is more than a mere purposeful purposeful purposeful pur pur- going side by side Referring to Mussolini he said that the rest of the world does docs not grasp that if I recognize a manas man manas as a a friend I stand by this man H He said that it is a mutual enemy enemy en en- emy whom we shall d defeat feat There was a time when Italy tied up very strong forces for us Numerous British ships had been locked up and numerous British I planes had been confined in British British Brit Brit- I ish North African colonies and similarly numerous land forces That was very good for us Our struggle at sea now can begin The following is based on on Hitler's Hitler's Hit Hit- lers ler's speech as picked up and translated by NBC Hitler said that the spring offensive offensive of of- at sea would employ new types of submarines adding One thing is sure Where British British Brit Brit- ish ships will appear and where Britain will fight us we will fight them and destroy them Every nation including the United States must realize that Germany is an immensely powerful powerful power power- ful factor In world economics Hitler said in a warning that Germany Germany Ger Ger- many must be reckoned with tau rant and go to the American legation The Identity of the German and how seriously he was Injured was not established as no trace of him has been found Earle said he had been informed ned that the man was a German army officer who was ordered by his superiors Sunday night to return to the Bucharest headquarters of the German Balkan army No confirmation of this this' report could be obtained from German circles here which are maintaining silence over the episode The trouble began Earle explained explained ex ex- ex Sunday night when the German cornered me in a washroom washroom wash wash- room and demanded demand to know why I had given the Orchestra 10 bucks to play Tipperary |
