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fAGE I THE corns CJIRISTI CALLER THURSDAY MAY 1C 1910 Paris than that they have bases for direct attack against th whole of Defense (Conttnaeg Frem Fagt after less than five days of terrifying blitzkrieg This war of movements was declared by Lutch Foreign Minister Van Kleffens today to have cost the Dutch army 100000 men or one fourth of the entire Netherlands armed force Queen Wilhelmina's government pledged the entire resources of its empire to the Allies and in- Hie direction of P-rU parallel to the North Sea roust The third already has created a shallow salient north of Namur Belgian town about 60 miles north of Sedan on an elbow cf the Meuse "By the crossing or the Meuse in the Sedan sector" the high command communique asserted "the northwestern extension of France's fortification the Maginot has been pierced in close collaboration with the air force" (Although Sedan is In a fortified belt a British military spokesman declared German penetration there does not mean a break through the Maginot defenses) Berlin Exiled Uulcli (Juerii Broadcast Prayer- Nation Will Be Sated LONDON May 13 The German army marched Pave-fully into the Dutch capital or The Hague today while Queen Wilhelinina from the rite or government in exile here told her people by radio to wait for the da freedom will be re-stored to The Netherlands Queen Vilhelmina her country fallen to the Germans id "no happiness can be expected in this world If those who are solely responsible for the present situation are not definitely rheckcd their course of unscrupulous destruction" Several hours later Queen Wilhelmina repeated her statement in a broadcast to the United States calling attention to her radio message to America on March 15 at a time "when two peace loving low countries wore stiil hoping it would be possible to limit the European conflict and establish a reasonable basil for a lasting peace" "I pray to she declared our Allied caue will be Messed and that the dawn of th day when freedom will be restored to The Netherlands and all other victims of German aggression is near" The conquering German army marched into The Hague in peaceful fashion while fighting against Hie Nazis apparently was continuing in remote district of Holland despite an order to Dutch troops to lay down their arms except in the Zeeland area England this age of modern warfare th insularity of th British Isles has ended Harwhlch is less than 123 miles from th conquered Dutch main land British officials rushed their eir defense program issuing a new call for volunteers to train as pilots and air crews Tli menace of an Invasion by parachutist brought new streams of sharpshooters into police sis turns to Join th force of minute men Tha admiralty announced tonight the British destroyer Valentine had been beached after being damaged by a German air attack off the coast of Holland Deny tVanhlps Hank Other German claims of British losses at sea were brushed aside earlier as "entirely groundless1 "No British warship" said the admiralty "has been sunk set on fire or seriously damaged since the German invasion of tha low countries with the exception of the submarine Seal" Neutral military experts meanwhile saw status growing more perilous by the hour and regarded it as virtually certain that a German swing around tha French right flank would be undertaken the moment the battle of the Meuse reaches th peak of ils intensity This fesr was based in part' at least on the German radio announcement that the conquest of most of The Netherlands had "freed essential forces to be shifted elsewhere at a moment's notice" Tonight the British broadcasting company began a series of talks on air raid precautions to Jteep the population alert Puri fie Greyhound Bus Drivers Strike LOS ANGELES May 15 WV-A strike of Pacific Greyhound Bus drivers effective at 5 a tomorrow was announced today byW Nutter general chairman of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Greyhound Lines on the Pacific coast in Utah Arizona Nevada and parts of New Mexico and Texas will be afrected Nutter said The strike order Nutter added climaxed a dispute between the brotherhood and the Pacific Greyhound Lines whp'h he said refuse to recognize and bargain collectively with the drivers through the brotherhood although it had been certified by the labor board as the bargaining agent Between 050 and 700 drivers have been ordered to strike Nut-tor said Ackerman vlre-prealdent of the company asserted at San Francisco that the strike was called "by a few members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen" He asserted the AFL union with which the company has a contract would "continue operate ing busses and additional mcn will be furnished as needed" (Continued Horn fsge 1) rear Then some French units had to retreat Both tn the Sedan sector and along th Meue to the north the German assaults continued despite French counterattack with tanks and planes At tha asm time the French suddenly announced suspension of main passenger trains on a number of important hnee to the southeastern part of France and the Italian border Th War Ministry said the Germans succeeded in forcing a crossing of the Meuse at several points between Namur in Belgium and Mazier five miles within France and "pierced some Allied positions" "The war of movement has begun Tho aituaUon in serious but not critical" said the war office spokesman The French took up new positions after they had announced their counterattack had driven back across tha river about half the 300000 Germans who yesterday forced a ermring south of Sedan and punched a ten-mile sulicnt into French territory Sedan is 5l airline miles south of Namur and east of Mezleres The Germans were using their favorite tactics sending waves of bombing planes ahead to clear the ground of de-lenders then tliclr tanks and armro-ed units to force Hie river irotiriiigx and finally their musses of rapidly advancing infantry Four Air Raid Alarms Four general air raid alarm were sounded in northern France during the day To Hie north of Namur the French said Allied forces had repulsed numerous "violent" tank charge To the east along the Maginot Iinc only artillery fire was repoi ted The major struggle of the long Meuse front In France and in Belgium involving perhaps 20 di-viHions or 300000 men on each side apiwnrcd In he concentrated about Sedan a town which saw the collapse of the Napoleonic armies at the end or the war of 1870 and lay in tha imperial German gup fur four years of World War- The French high command reported DiKTrsfiful counterattack on the northwest Rank 0f the front in Belgium and said the German assaults on the Maginot Line In the Moselle Vulley of France southeastern flank of the front were dwindling against firm de-lenses The Netherlands virtually were marked out of the war Dutch capitulation in all except the coastal province of Zeeland came (Continued from Page 1) ground the Germans asserted they still held easy control of the air and were inflicting losses on the enemy at a ratio of six or seven to one Observers recognized that every mile of tha Belgian coast taken by the Nazis put the German air force that much nearer to England With the new closer ramie they said German bombers could be sent across the North Sea fully protected by pursuit planes against defending British air fighters The high command announced tonight that Tha Netherlands capitulation bad been signed at 11 a in (4:40 a CST) by the German commander-in-chief and the commandcr-in-chief of the Dutch army and navy Ceneral Henri Gerard Winkelman (General Winkelman previously had proclaimed the end of all Dutch resistance except in Zee-land Province Reports in London said the Germans had entered The Hague Holland's capital (In London a Dutch source said most units of Holland's fleet had crossed the North Sea during Tuesday night and had reached British porta This source also announced that remnant of the Dutch army which could reach Belgium were being reorganized to continue tin fight) Menace Allied Drfetwe France also ia under the shadow of German invasion It has been divulged that the Nazis are repeating the famoux Von Schlieffcn plan of 1914 which means a drive into France around the Allies' JefL flank Hitler and his general staff seemed confident tonight that the plnn which failed Jn 1914 would succeed ill 1940 With Germany's army and air force infinitely stronger Three main Nazi efforts to drive through western Belgium were made clear from the progress shown in the high command's reports Most menacing fn the Allied defense evidently was the German army which penetrated French soil at Sedan across the Meuse River Another wan hitting southwest-ward in a path east of Antwerp MILLIONS The Germans threatened to attack "military objectives" in Brussels unless they were removed On the Meuse to the south ths french said the action had shifted from stationary to mobile warfare and that they would meet the German threat by abandoning their prepared fortification and fighting the battle In the field With Holland fun as a mill tary factor the Allied defense in Belgluma little triangle was the last stand In the lowlands against tha Invader pushing toward the western coast and the long-promised direct blow at England Illtler Praises Troops "You achieved a performance which is unique" Hitler said in a proud order of the day to his troops In recounting their exploits in bringing Holland to her knee in five days He added: "The future will demonstrate its military Importance" The Fuehrer who is personally directing hi troops at the front failed to mention England but th German pres implied that an sir storm soon may break over the British Isles Anxiety fn Britain was sharpened by a German broadcast that the Nazi army now is Standing at with Its bombing planea less than an hour at newly acquired bases In The Netherlands Ths British Admiralty Credited Royal Air Fore fighters with playing havoe with German communications and troop concentrations Ths reported toss of 35 British planes was described as "not excessive 1 In view of the RAP's accomplishment The Germans however sail! they were shooting down seven enemy planes for every Nazi plana ost Tiie morning German communique said that ZOtl more enemy plane had been downed briug-ng tha claimed Allied loose fur tha war to 1400 Advice ta Americans Washington Jn'trucled (he Unit fd Slate consulate at Genova to advise Americana planning to ie-tum home to concentrate at Bordeaux Franca instead cf (Jenna Italy Tha Instructions apiimpHf-ly were a precaution in rase Italy abandon her "non-liclllgerenry" There still was no indication what Premier Mussolini would do although nnli-Allicd demonstration In Italy hailed as suddenly a they began last week md In the Mediterranean the Allied will fleid put to sea from Ale andrla Egypt for "scheduled maneuvers The mova rnlucutod with new reports of tension in that area Fear that Italy soon might plump to the idc nf Hitler eanv-i the Alima prompted thousand-) of Italian hi start liquidation tliclr tnldings In Egypt The Washington Instruction to th Geneva tWMilnie were fol-lowed by a blanket warning io Americans in western and southern European' countries lit wiva for th Untied Stale The State Department directed them to the Bordeaux region or to Spain or Forliigil Queen Wilhelinlna (f The Netherlands appointed Rear Admiral Van Her Stud as commander of all Hutch military and naval forres in the Hand province of Zcploiid only part of The rvih rriand which hut not mp'lulnied to the Germans The npiioiut-! brier ly A source with and 200 land to In Iter and rrease nations Day's tlonsl 1 a her 2 that craft capable 2 bill in 4 week the bo I i tha was five 1 and 2 enlisted training cuipx 1 naval building 4 Hawaii Tho is to Mr hls fs tu end the the let WM HW 25 11 FOR SIMPLE HEADACHE fMOVONT to speed up construction of warships now on the ways $23000000 slice informed said would ba devoted to providing the army's warplanes Self-Healing gasoline tanks protective armor The program also calls for expenditure of shout $00000000 for four -engined bombers about $203000000 for equipment for fore of 100000 men and $8000000 for educational orders train private industries In the manufacture of munitions the Senate Senator Lodge di-Mass failed in an effort to obtain action tomorrow on Ms resolution for a Joint congressional inquiry into the nation's defenses From tiia Senate Naval Committee came a report urging an 11 cent expansion of the fleet a statement that such an in would make the Navy so effective "that few nations not exrluding victorious totalitarian will challenge its power" Developments The day was packed with addi developments on the defense question: Secretary Woodring expressed approval of an expenditure of $liOOOOOOU0 fur the purchase over five-year period of materials necessary to warfare but produced In insufficient quantities The Seriate was Informed within a year American air factories are expected to he nf producing 17000 military aircraft annually President Roosevelt signed a tn expedite army enlistments time of war A spokesman for privet shipbuilder told the House Naval Cummlltca that If liie work is to be increased In the shipyards as recommended by Niivy to expedite fleet const rurllun a similar increase must applied to virtually ell industry Authoritative quarters said the evident would propose tomorrow an outlay of $728000000 for Army ami possibly $230000-Olio fur the Navy The money it forecast wuiild be spent fur principal purpose: 'Tanks artillery anti-air-era ft guns semi-automatic rifles other "critical" equipment sufficient fur field force of 750-OOO men and 230000 replacement An inereaMi nf 15000 In the strength of the Army ami fur 7000 additional air pilots Speeding the construction of vewelx now in process of and providing increased faeilitu-s for turning naval aviators Reinforcing sea coast de-feiinr iri this country ranaiua end I'UfrW RirO Acquiring 200 more four-en-dined lioiubers question nf how the money be provided seemed likely to produce a row In Congress but IlooKcvcIl Iihs made it plain view is Unit how the intmny be raised is a minor detail tlut' the important tiling is national defense end getting fund toward Improving it -e iS-- if ii iff tariff Murder Trial tConilnunl from Fair 1) AvST JOSEPH ASPIRIN 9m (Continual From Fs out for hta port when th showdown comes proposes to live for peace or die for peace whichever it In the belief that the principle is worth tie punishment the eventuality worth the sacrifice the ridicule and scorn to which he subjects himself worth the satisfaction of conscience rati tied If peace th reward peace Is the wespon If we would hasten the day when the meek Inherit the earth row le the time to file our will Thle column Is written for th Caller by Boh McCracken (Letters to Lookout Pare $-f Maginot Line (Continued Prom Pays 1) of German attackers and that since the Nazi offensive started at 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