Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-11-26 | Page 6 | The Nazis Confess Failure

The Nazis Confess Failure HE ANNOUNCEMENT by authorized nazi T. T 1 spokesmen in Berlin that the signing up of Slovakia with the axis completed the present series erles of diplomatic negotiations and that Bulga Bulgaria Bul Bul- ga garia ia is not expected to join the axis alliance is extremely significant If It that statement is not just a smokescreen smoke for some diplomatic blitzkrieg ea a possibility which must not be overlooked then it means that the German diplomatic offensive in southeastern southeastern south south- eastern Europe has failed It means that Russia Rus sia ia has not yet been won over overto to the axis camp that Turkey will probably stand fast as a barrier bar bar- rier jer to axis expansion southeastward across the theD D Dardanelles and into the near east and that Bulgaria supported by Russia will attempt to remain neutral that is the true picture then it is a major defeat for lor Germany It means that the circle around the axis Is complete Home defenses of the British isles prevent Germany from winning the war a direct assault on Britain The British fleet bars Germany from the ocean and from anything more than tenuous and hazardous communication lines across the Mediterranean Mediterranean Mediterranean Medi Medi- I to Africa Russia holds the line to the east from Finland down to the Black sea And now Turkey sits firmly astride the only rem remaining Ining outlet across cross the vital straits to Asia Minor Germany would thus have to fight her way out in any direction There can be no more easy invasions as in Scandinavia There can b be no more pressure conquests as in Hungary and Rumania It will even be difficult for Germany Germany Ger Ger- many nany to come to Italy's aid by attacking Greece through Bulgaria or Yugoslavia It seems that whatever the nazis do in southeastern Europe from now on will open up another war front and bring new foes into the conflict For days the axis propagandists and forecasters forecasters fore fore- casters have been telling the world that the diplomatic push to the southeast was all cut and nd dried ried Bulgaria was going to join up Russia was being bought off with the promise of ot India and Persia Turkey menaced on every side zide would succumb without a struggle It sounded good good on on paper But now the nazis have officially admitted that it was just talk Bulgaria wont won't join joIn and and without Bulgaria Bul Bul- garia garla the whole scheme Is a dud And the most significant part of it all is that Bulgaria is certainly not defying the axis alone She wouldn't dare She has Russian and Turkish support support and and that support must be based on he belief belie of these latter powers that the nazis are not not omnipotent th that t they have reached the limit of their strength and that from now on they may start to slip Granted this Is guessing but it isn't sheer fancy The apparent failure of the German diplomatic offensive in southeastern Europe Europ may nay well prove to be the turning point in the war