Evening Star Newspaper, May 10, 1940, Page 4

A—4 ®% S o e ABRER 'THE EVENING 'STAR, 'WASHINGTON, FRIDAY,” MAY 10, 1940, - Allies Warn Germany They Will Bomb Civilians ‘If Nazis Begin i Reported Blasting Of Kent in England Brings Threat Allies ‘Reserve Right' To Take Any Course Considered Appropriate By the Associated Press. LONDON, May 10.—Great Britain and France todsyarned Germany of possible “appropriate” action in event of bombings of eivil popula- tions by - her. ‘The British government “publicly proclaimed that they reserve to themselves the right to take any| action which they consider appro- priate in event of bombings of civil populations” by Germany. A sim- 1lar announcement, was issued by the French government in Paris. Britain’s proclamation followed a reported bombing of Chilgam in rural Kent, 40 miles southeast of London, and raids on various towns in the Netherlands and Belgium. Four incendiary bombs were said to have been dropped at Chilham. A communique issued by the Foreign Office said: “His majesty’s government in the United Kingdom, who, in their reply of September 1 to the appeal of the President of the United States, gave assurance that their air forces had received orders prohibiting the bombing of civilian populations in limiting bombings to strictly mili- tary objectives, now publicly pro- claim that they reserve to them- selves the right to take any action which they consider appropriate in the event of bombing by the enemy of civil populations whether in the United Kingdom, France or in coun- | tries assisted by the United King- dom.” French Take Stand Similar to British PARIS, May 10 (#).—The French government announced today its in- tention of replying with air bom- bardments on other than military objectives if the Germans bomb such targets. The announcement said such bom- bardments would break the accord of September 1, 1939, sponsored by President Roosevelt. The French government “pro- claims publicly that it reserved, and does reserve, the right of recourse to any action which it would con- sider appropriate in case of bom- bardment by the enemy of civil populations in France, Britain or the countries aided by Ffance,” the announcement said. The French pointed out they had assured Mr. Roosevelt that orders ;‘l:b? i;een rl;en tHe air force: pro- ting bomi t of civil - ulnucms and lm pop to “military.obj A7) The air force hnweve await action by the euql Wn nouncement said. Only Military Goals <., Bombed, Nazis Claim BERLIN, May 10 (#)—Apparently in response to foreign radio broad- casts, a German government spokes- man today declared nothing but military objectives had beeh bombed in the sweeping Nazi drive against Belgium and the Netherlands. Foreign reports concerning bomb- ings of Antwerp, Nancy and Lyon ‘were mentioned in this respect. The spokesman reiterated that Adolf Hitler had told his air force nothing but military objemves should: be attacked, Suspected Bank Robber Caught After 6-Year Hunt The capture of Clyde Hamilton Nimerick, sought by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for mearly six years on a charge of bank rob- bery, was announced today by . B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover. Nimerick, who is wanted in con- nection with the robbery of banks in Kansas City, Mo:, and Burling- ton, Vt., was captured in Chicago last night, Mr. Hoover said. F.B.I. agents, took Nimerick into -custody in an apartment house on Chicago’s | South Side, the F. B. I. head added, and he was apprehended without re- sistance. According to Mr. Hoover, Nim-| erick has heen indicted by a Federal | grand jury at Burlington on a charge of robbing the Caledonia National Bank on June 4, 1934. ' He will be arraigned - before a United States commissioner in Chicago looking toward removal to Vermont. Nimerick, Mr. Hoover’s announce- ment sald, also is wanted in Kansas City in connection with the $45,000 robbery of the Interstate National Bank there on December 10, 1930. invasion Shocks Pope; His Paper Blasts Nazis By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, May 10.—Pope Pius XII is “shocked and deeply grieved” by Germany’s invasion of Belgium, the Netherlands and Lux- embourg, high Vatican quarters said today, and L'Osservatore Romano strongly condemned the Nazi ac- tion, saying civilization ‘would “sor- rowfully” protest. ‘The reproof in hu Vatican City newspaper was written by its edi~ tor in chief, Count De La Torre. Chn!lcngmg the German explana- tion for the invasion, the news- paper said, “Belgium and Holland always have .preserved their neu- trality with scrupulous vigilance, with vigorous loyalty.” NABE Oftcial Piano Metropoiftan anu i7s bes :loum " Ne mw llld l|l- presenes Shows s du:rlnun ‘,lflfii'li 0 !!0 G Stroet H LONDON.— “PLENTY HAPPENED”—*I think you will under- stand plenty happened last night and something is happening today,” said Winston Churchill, shown as he left a cabinet meet- ing after the German invasion of the Lowlands last night. The allies pledged full aid to the Netherlands and Belgium. Photo radioed from London today. —A. P. Wirephotos. Germany’s Memorandum Text of Message Sent to Belgian % And Netherlands Governments By the Associated Press. BERLIN, May 10.—Fallowing {s the text of the German memo- randum addressed to the royal Belgian and royal Netherlands governments. The Reich government for a long time has known of the main aim of British and French war policy. It consists of the expan- sion of war to other countries and the misuse of their peoples as auxiliary mercenary troops by England and France. The last attempt in this direction was a plan to occupy Scandinavia with the aid of Norway in order to establish a new front there against Germany. This attempt was frustrated at the zero hour through Ger- many'’s interference. Germany gave the world public documen- tary proof of that. Immediately after the failure of the British and French action in Scandinavia, England and France resumed their policies for the expansion in other directions. “Thus, during the flight-like re- treat of the British troops from Norway the English Prime Min- ister announged that England, beuuse 6f the changed situation, JOW in a position to translep.: main force of her fleet to the Mediterranean and the English and French units were already on the way to Alexandria, “Lass of Prestige * Following Defeat. The Mediterranean now be- came the center of the Anglo- Prench war propaganda. Partly this was intended .to conceal the defeat in Scandinavia and the . great loss of prestige thereby suf- fered from their own people and from the world, and partly to make it appear as if the Balkans now had been selected as the next theater of war against Germany. In reality, however, the osten- sible shifting of Anglo-French war policy to the Mediterranean served an entirely different pur- pose: It was nothing other than a large-scale maneuver to divert attention in order to deceive Ger- many as to the actual scene of the next Anglo-French attack. » For some time it has- been realized by the German govern- ment that the true object of Britain and France is this: A carefully prepared and now im- minent attack on Germany in the West with the view to ad- vancing toward the Ruhr district across Belgian and Dutch ter- ritory. Germany has recognized and re- spected the integrity of Belgium and Holland on the natural sup- position that the two countries would preserve the strictest neu- trality in the event of war be- tween Germany on one hand and Britain and France on the other. Belgium and Holland have not complied with this condition. Support of Allies By Two Countries, It is true that so far they have tried to retain the outward ap- pearance of neutrality, but the countries have favored Ger- many's enemies with complete partiality and have even sup- ported them in their intentions. Basing their views on docu- ments in their possession and particularly on appended reports of the Reich Ministry of the In- terior of March 29, 1940, and of the German high command of May 4, 1940, the German govern- ment desires to draw attention to the following facts: Pirst, since the outbreak of the ‘war the Belgian and Dutch press l&lve shfuwn an nntl-mrn.'n:n t.l::; tude excess even - . In -of contin- ual protests on the part of the Reich they have not up to the present time changed their atti- - tude, In addition to this, leading per- sonalities in public life in both countries have to an increasing extent in recent months expressed the view that the place of Bel- gium and Holland was at tae side of Britain and France. Many other incidents in the political and business life of Belgium and Holland emphasize this tendency still more. Aid in Attempts to Bring About Reich Revolution. Second, Holland, in conjunc- tion with certain Belgian circles, has lent herself to giving support to attempts of the British secret service to bring about a revolu- tion in Germany, which amounts to a flagrant breach of their most elementary obligations as a neu- tral ‘The organization built up by the secret service on Belgian and Dutch soil, which enjoyed the fullest support of the Belgian and Dutch authorities reaching as far as the highest circles of offi- cials and of the general sfaff had no other object than the removal of the Fuehrer and of the Ger- man government by all the means at their disposal, and the setting up of a government in Germany which would be ready to work for the destruction of the unity of the Reich and would agree to _ASK for CIRCULATION DEPT. " The tv-m & Sunday Ster___..._._75¢ Do, menth The: M Final' & Sundey lhv..-..l’u‘:v-mfi ‘hqfl.u Finel Ster_ ... month 14s. ver week N‘Q‘fl [ D ——————— S~ R the formation of & :::twn of indi Mzuuru taken by the Belgian government and the Dutch goy- ernment in the military sphere make the position even clearer. They provide - incontrovertible proof of the true intentions of the policy pursued by Belgium and Holland. —They are, in marked contrast «fo all declarations made by the Belglan government and the Dutch government to the effect that they would, with all their power and in every direction, op- pose any attempt to make use of their sovereign territory for the passage of troops or as & base for operations on land, at sea or in the air. Charges Belgium Promises ‘Were Not Fulfilled. Thus Belgium, to give an ex- ample, has exclusively fortified ftself. Facing France no fortifi- cations of any kind have been built. The repeated urgent rep- resentations of the German gov- ernment were, it’s true, answered each time by the Belgian govern- ment with assurances that care would -be taken to put an end to this state of affairs, which oper- ates against Germany only. In actual fact, however, nothing was ever done and all promises in this direction remained unfulfilled. On the contrary, Belgium up to this very moment continued ex- clusively and unabatingly to per- fect her fortifications. Her Dutch coast represents an equally open and unguarded means of entry for the British Air Force. The German government has fur- nished the Dutch government, by & series of communications, with proof of the violation of the Dutch neutrality by the British aircraft. Since the outbreak of the war, British airmen have been appear- ing almost daily over German territory coming from Holland. There are 127 cases in which British military aircraft has crossed over Dutch territory. It has been proved indisputably in every detail, the Dutch govern- ment being duly notified. In reality, however, the num- ber is far greater, being many times the number of cases noti- fled. In all these additional cases there is likewise no doubt that the British planes were involved. fed- edge and consent of the Dutch government, - Concentration of Troops Along Frontiers Cited. 8till more striking proof of the real attitude of Belgium and Holland is, however, the concen- tration of the entire mobilized Belgian and Dutch troops which is directed solely against Ger- many. While at the beginning of September, 1939, Belgium and Holland had their troops distrib- uted fairly evenly along their frontiers, some time later and as collaboration between the Bel- glan and Dutch general staffs and those of Britain and France in- tensified, the western frontiers of these countries were completely denuded of troops and the entire Belgian and Dutch forces con- centrated against Germany on the eastern frontiers of these two countries. ‘This massing of Belgian and Dutch troops on the German frontier took place at a time when Germany had concentrated no troops on her Belgian-Dutch frontiers, but when Great Britain and Prance, on the contrary, had assembled strong mechanized attacking forces on the Franco- Belgian frontier. In other words, at a time when the neutrality in the West ap- peared more and more menaced by the attitude of Great Britain and France and by a massing of British and Prench troops, and when Belgium and Holland would consequently have had every rea- son to strengthen their protective measures here, they withdrew their own troops from the erf- dangered western frontier where no German troops at all were stationed. It was not until that moment that Germany adopted her counter measures and now also passed her troops on Belgian and Dutch frontiers. However, the Belgian and Dutch general staffs by these sudden measures, quite Only Crosley has the ex- EASY PAYMENTS ON YOUR ELECTRIC LIGHT BILL..... Buy on .this easy plan. There is no fuss or bothe: you pay both: at one time, when you pay on your reg- ular electric light bill. $1 WEEKLY NO FINANCE CHARGE if paid within 90 Days! tra shelves - in - the - door — AND MAIL THIS COUPON + .« the most talked about lall UPON door in the world. 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Means of transport were stationed in readiness on the frontiers in Belgium and recently advanced staff and troop units of British and French armies ar- rived in various places in Bel- glum and Holland. These facts, as well as addi- tional reports which have become more frequent in the last few days are undeniable proof that an Anglo-French attack on Ger- many is imminent and that this attack on the Ruhr will take phu through Belgium and Hol- An impression of the Belgian and Dutch attitude as gained from these irrefutable facts is incontestible and clear. From the very outbreak of the war, contrary to the declaration os- tensibly made by their govern- ments, both countries have se- cretly sided with Britain and Prance—that is to say, with the very powers who had determined by " tude, has in the nothing changed On the contrary, the Be! Minister for Defense tly made a statement in Belgium tantamourit to admission that the general staffs of Belgium, France and Britain had come to action sgainst Germany. If in spite of this BelI:lum and Holland still persist in making a pretevt of a policy of independence and, neu- trality this cannot lighten these indubitable facts which must be regarded as anything but an at- tempt at deception as to the real intentions of Belgian and Dutch policy. In view of this state of af- fairs, the German government can no longer doubt that Belgium and Holland are determined not only to tolerate the impending Anglo-French attack, but sup- port it in every direction and that agreements reached between the general staffs of the two coun- tries and those of Britain and France can serve only this pur- pose. The objection advanced by Belgium and Holland, that this development does not conform with their intentions and that, in consequence of their help- lessness before Britain and France, they were simply being forced to adopt this attitude, cannot be accepted as valid. In any case, as far as Germany is concerned, it has no bearing on the situation. ‘The struggle for life and death ‘was thrust on the German people by Britain and France, and the RCA MODEL 45X1 The famous “Little Nipper™ p::-e- calls, too. New Who do you think is the best mews broadcaster? Tune In GLORITONE MODEL 361-3Q 4 sh button tune m.l m—AC-DG. SOeo 5125 model. AC-DC or battery. wmatic switch. Smert cose. 50c & week German government does not i tend ‘o await an attack of Britain and France nor to allow the war to be carried through Belgium and France on to German soil. They have, therefore, issued orders for their troops to safe- guard the neutrality of the coun- tries with all the military means at the disposal of the Reich. The German government de- sires to make the following sup« plementary announcement: Ger- man soldiers are not entering Holland and Belgium as enemies, for the German government neither desired nor brought about this development. The responsi- bility rests with Britain and France, and on the Belgium and Dutch governments, who toler- ated and favored them. The German government fur- ther declares that Germany does not intend by these measures to attack the integrity of the King- dom of Belgium and the King- dum of Holland or their posses- sions or property in Europe or in their colonies, either now,or in - the future. The Belgian and Dutch govern- ments today still have it in their power to safeguard the welfare of all peoples at the last moment by insuring that no resistance is offered to the German troops. The German government here- with requests the two governe ments to issue the necessary orders without delay. Should the German troops encounter opposi=- tion in Belgium or Holland it will be crushed with every means. The Belgian and Dutch governe ments alone would bear the re- sponsibility for the consequences and for the bloodshed which could then become unavoidable, (A similar note which ac- cused Belgium and Holland of “secretly siding with Germany’s opponents” was dispatched at the same time to Luxembourg.) program — does yoxr radio ever foil you? GLORITONE PORTABLE bes— ks 51995 Will the Yanks win again this year? Don't 'miss a single game! S TUBE EMERSON 282, § tubor— ig:li.c?z’umd. tone szz ss Sutton tuning.