Show Portugal E Expects e t Nazis to Invade Early in June Observer Finds I Editor note ole A. A sIth R. R manager nf of the London bureau of nl International Ne New Newn lia Iu t returned I to 10 III 11 hi punt post following an Rn extended d leate leae In lIe th United Unite Staten Stales HI tim III account of nf the conditions he lie found find at al Lisbon en route to London are the mo mot t recent to tn reach thin Ihl country from Iron a n qualified By CHARLES A A. A SMITH S LONDON May 20 INS The INS The seeming inevitability of a German invasion of Portugal is being openly open open- ly Jy y admitted on all sides in Lisbon Speculation over the date of der Older tag has become the Portuguese capitals capital's favorite indoor sport The general agreement l is li that it itcan itcan itcan can happen at any time but more probably between June 1 1 and 15 Prime Minister Dr Oliveira Salazar's Salazar's Salazar's Sala- Sala zar's exhortation to Portugal to resist an attack from whatever direction it may come come is being given given given en the laugh horse-laugh by informed diplomats This attitude is based o on knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge edle of Portugal's poorly armed and trained army the best of f which has already gone to guard the Azores and the tiny navy the bulk of which is now significantly concentrated at the mouth of the Tagus river at Lisbon apparently in readiness to evacuate the government government government gov gov- itself to the Azores in the event of an emergency The manner in which Portugal rapidly is being denuded of fighting fighting fighting fight fight- ing men is causing cynical for foreign ign observers to remark This is the first time in this European war that an army is being evacuated before the invasion It is the diplomatic consensus the Germans will go westward through Portugal like a knife through soft cheese when they decide decide dodde de do- cide to move Civilian nazis are plentifully in evidence in Lisbon Many are negotiating busi business ness deals mostly on a barter basis There are many of BritIsh British Brit Brit- ish intervention in Portugal but hut such a step is considered extremely unlikely until the Germans move h |