Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1940, Page 6

Reich Puts Blame For Invasion of Norway on Allies Acted to Beat Britain And France to Scene, Von Ribbentrop Says By the Associated Press. BERLIN, April 27.—Adolf Hitler, in a characteristic stroke of light- ning diplomacy executed in the re- splendent setting of ‘the seat of Nazi state, sought today to justify his Scandinavian invasion to the world with alleged secret “war guilt” documents attributed to Britain and Norway, declared the Reich at war with the Norse kingdom and ab- splved Sweden of un-neutral con- nivance with the allies. Within a few hours after publish- ing a sweeping proclamation from the Fuehrer, dated Wednesday, proclaming a state of war between Germany and Norway, his foreign minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, was telling the assembled diplomatic corps, German and foreign press and high German Army, Navy and Air officials that Great Britain and France began on April 6 and 7 to spread the war to the north and the German invasion of April 9 merely beat them to the Norwegian scene of battle. Producing documents which, he said, were taken by the German Army from captured British offi- cers, from the Oslo Foreign Office and from allied consular and other sources in Norway, Von Ribbentrop said it was clear that British troops were on their way to Norway even before the British announced the laying of a mine field off the Nor- wegian coast April 8 to halt Ger- man ships in Norwegian territorial waters. Charges Norway Aided Plans. Von Ribbentrop, speaking in the new Reich chancellery to the im- pressive assemblage, declared Nor- way's government “aided and abet- ted” these plans for an allied Scan- dinavian front from which Germany might be “destroyed.” < But he complimented Sweden for staying out. “Sweden,” he said “interpreted its declaration of neutrality very seriously indeed, and at no time did anything or let anything hap- pen which might not have been in accord with it.” The Foreign Minister, unsmiling and grim throughout his half-hour speech, was particularly vehement | when he accused the allies of mis- | representing their true aims in! Scandinavia. Allied Assurance Termed Lies. The knuckles of his clenched fist were white as he declared that “the assurances of those in power in Britain and France (that they did not plan to send troops to Norway) are only lies and falsehoods.” He was equally bitter in his de- nunciation of the Norwegian gov- ernment of Premier Johan Ny- gaardsvold, “In full consciousness,” he said, “it disregarded the vital interests of the Norwegians in order to aid the western powers in their plans for extension of the war.” Those plans, Von Ribbentrop as- serted, had been developing for months. “Since the beginning ot this year England and France have tried with all their means to bring about a new scene for the war.” He said, ascribing these efforts to the allies’ inability io win the war on the western front or in Poland. Quoting Norway'’s foreign minister, Dr. Halvdan Koht, as saying that Norway should nbt take any ac- tion “which might involve her in the war on the wrong side,” the Foreign Minister said the only ex- planation for this was that “the Norwegian government at that time (March) was from the very outset prepared not only to put up with British violation of her neutrality, but even to join forces with Britain.” Documents in “White Book.” The foreign office issued the docu- ments in Germany's fourth “white book™ of the war. Divided into five general groups, the documents were said by the Nazis to have fallen into German hands in the course of the occupa- tion of Norway. The major space in the white book was devoted to Group “A,” concerning “Commands which were taken from English officers captured in Lillehammer.” One of them was presented as dated April 7, 1940, aboard the Brit- ish cruiser Glasgow, and sllegedly concerned operation orders of the 8th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters. This purported order covered everything from general policy—"to effect a landing at 512, 547 and 548 and to occupy these ports with a view to denying them to Germany"— through the order of March and matters of ammunition and raticns. The numbers, the Germans said, hid the identity of places. “Stratforce Plan. Another document contained the so-called “Stratforce plan.” “Stratforce,” according to the Ger- mans, was the secret name applied to the general operations plan for the English expeditionary force in Norway. “This plan,” aecording to the ma- terial in the white book, “is for despatch of small forces of infantry, engineers and attached troops to 512, 547 and 548." It continued that the force was to be maintained from England by weekly or 10-day sailings in normal shipping to “548” and “thence by local ships.” In a page from an alleged diary of an officer of the 5th Company, 1st Battalion, Leicestershires, ap- pears the notation: “Sunday, April 7—Rosyth, on to H. M. S. Devonshire, to go to Stav- anger.” Subsequent entries indi- cated a delay, but finally, on Satur- day, April 13, the entry was given: “Aboard about 1700 (5 p.m.) Lux- ury.” Group “B” contained .principally purported exchanges between the British Admiralty and consulate in Narvik and between British con- suls in Tromso and Narvik in De- cember, 1939, and January, 1¢8, re- garding port facilities. “Espionage Orders” to Consul. Group C bore the label “Espionage Orders of the Director of the Intelli- gence Section of the British Ad- miralty to the British Consul in Narvik.” It was devoted mainly to a pur- ported 13-point questionnaire on Narvik from the director of British naval intelligence to the senior naval control service officer in Narvik. Group D bore the title “Excerpts from Papers of the French Naval Attache in Oslo.” THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, | and the port of Narvik are suited, | Presentations in this group, the 2 NAZIS ADVANCE ON THREE FRONTS—Surprising the allies with a daring flanking movement over. dangerous mountain roads, Adolf Hitler’s mechanized heim tonight. Meanwhile, the Nazi war machine rolled forward on two other fronts, but appeared halted at Steinkjer (top of At Tynset (1) Germans swept to the northwest over mountains to Inset in an attempt to outflank the allies defend- ing Storen. Another Nazi advance column was reported nearer map). Dombas (2). The third active dr Oslo to consolidate gains in that area. column moved closer to Trond- ive was from Bergen (3) toward —A. P. Wirephoto. Germans said, are intended to show that “the west powers had covered | Norway with a tight espionage net.” One of the papers alleged that the | Norwegian military, in answer to a | query put “under pretext of military transport 4to Finland” advised | against use of the port of Bergen “in view of the long railway journey and | difficulties arising therefrom. Only the ports of the fjord of Trondheim according to their view, for such an operation.” Norwegian State Papers. Group E carried the title: “Docu- ments of the Norwegian Foreign Office found in Oslo.” Here was presented an alleged re- port on a Norwegian government | conference last March 2 after the| British minister to Oslo informed /37105 —Famous make, popular model sewing machines, spectacularly reduced to clear! Demonstrators and floor samples in the group. All one and two of a kind, so come early for complete selection! Every machine fully guar: Norway of the allied desire to aid | Finland and had said that troops| would have to march through Nor- | way and Sweden. | As reported in the “White Book,” | the Norwegians got in touch with | Stockholm regarding the Swedish government’s stand and further, in the course of debate Norway's For- eign Minister Koht offered the opinion: “We must be satisfied with a protest—we should not present ourselves in such a way that we enter the war on the wrong side if | we cannot avoid being drawn in.” Denmark in Strange Position. The state of war existing be- tween Germany and Norway under | the Hitler proclamation puts Den- | mark in a queer position, since she | is serving as a basis of operations| for a German Army fighting agsinnl OFF anteed! PORTABLE ELECTRIC. Regularly $38.00 DESK MODEL ELECTRIC. Regularly $52.00. CONSOLETTE: ELECTRIC. Regularly $84.50 DESK MODEL ELECTRIC. Regularly $89.50 CONSOLETTE ELECTRIC. Regularly $96.00 FREE-WESTINGHOUSE DESK MODEL. Reg. 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