Show Views of the Press I ON TIlE THE EASTERN FRONT FRONTAs 1 As was to be expected when Germany and Russia locked horns official of the struggle as given out In Berlin Berlin Berun Ber Ber- lin un and Moscow continue to be filled with contradictions and obvious obvious obvious ob ob- ob- ob Inaccuracies At times it has seemed as though the two capitals were reporting on different different different dif dif- dif dif- ferent wars However one point seems to be plain Germany i is winning now flow Whether Russia Russia Russia Rus Rus- sia can withdraw masterfully from the battle line and take up strategic positions farther east and harass the thinning ever-thinning German forces are questions yet yetto to be answered On their answer depends the outcome of the battIe battle battle bat bat- tle tIe for Russia From all accounts it appears that the Germans have successfully successfully success success- fully maintained the offensive which they seized a week ago said the New York Sun Whether they can capitalize this advantage advantage advantage tage to win a complete victory in the field depends a good deal dealon on the ability of the reds to maintain maintain main main- tam tain adequate supply and transportation transportation trans trans- facilities behind a rapidly rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly shifting scene And the theOre theOre- Ore Oregon gon Journal of Portland declared that Hints are vague but Rus Pius Russia sia sla under Stalin may assume a similar method of defense to that used against Napoleon Napoleon flexible flexible resistance and steady retreat Untim until until un un- til tim the enemy is stretched out to the breaking point Possibly a policy of scorched earth to Increase In In- In Increase crease the burden of the nazis in keeping their armies supplied H However wever the Philadelphia Inquirer Inquirer Inquirer In In- pointed out that If the destruction of Russian planes and tanks has been anything like as heavy as the German statement makes it and if the nazis have won command of the air observers observers observers ob ob- ob- ob servers at this distance may well ponder whether the reds have what it takes to block the march to Moscow and to delay Hitler's advance long enough to give Britain time to deal smashing blows at the reich and for Amer Amex ica to rush substantial quantities quantities ties of defense goods to England Then the Chattanooga Times reported that in German com corn there are re certain contradictions contradictions con con- Military spokesmen spokes spokes- men in Berlin intimate that Russia Russia Rus Pius sia sla made a strategic blunder of the first water in concentrating two-thirds two of the defending troops in a sector of the front which the panzers have pinned down or encircled Yet from rom another another another an an- other Berlin source comes come the report that the nazis have hav found round large Russian forces in sectors where here they imagined their invasion invasion invasion inva inva- sion would not be resisted And the Atlanta Constitution set forth that on the southern sector of the eastern front the Russians have the advantage of five river lines The Bug per Don and Volga rivers in that order make it possible to stage major stands The Constitution Constitution Con Con- added It is too early tobe to tobe tobe be optimistic But Bu It is better than was to be expected The worlds world's military brains had to learn a lesson leison some day And there Is is' a defense for every attack at at- tack tack tack-if if discovered in time England England England Eng Eng- land found it in the air and it is barely possible Russia has found It on the ground Meanwhile the rival propaganda propaganda propaganda ganda machines irk American editors As the Mobile Press s said id At best It Is a very sketchy picture picture picture pic pic- ture that can be obtained of the red nazi-red war while the Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Plain Dealer declared that The literary efforts which the nazi high command has expended on the production of 12 ques allegedly detailing the first seven days of the Russo-German Russo war fail to produce the promised sensation And the Columbus Dispatch pointed out The almost al almost al- al most ludicrously conflicting com com- issued by the Russians and the Germans so far indicate what may be expected in the way of accurate information from the war zones All rights r reserved by Editorial Symposium |