Show War Germany Will Surrender Today y Before Figh Fighting ing on Home Soil By Dew Dewitt lit Mackenzie 1 Associated Press War Analyst That's a n grim picture British Prime Minister Churchill gives us of the flying death which is swooping swooping swooping swoop swoop- ing down on England mainly England mainly on London London London-In in the form torm of Hitler's robot bombs Its It's a terrifying weapon but we should recognize that this is its chief mission mission to to cre create te terror and break morale It must be largely luck If it causes heavy military damage since It can b be directed only at broad targets This winged death Is being use used indiscriminately ly against the BritIsh Brit British ish civilian population The fact that hat Its It's being employed mainly against th the metropolis speaks for Itself Theres There's where the mot people are congregated and that's the easiest target to hit Today's German gives us a a. further glimpse Into Hitler's evil mind when it boasts Our vengeance fire is still di directed directed directed di- di against London with minor in intervals Military Value While the chief chie purpose of this winged death is to sh shatter morale it does have a lue a aswell as a's well Churchill one indicated na nazi f gain when he said that much allied air power had been diverted from tram other pursuits to deal with the robots Obviously too these bombs would be effective against a big industrial area We cant can't brush lightly aside a weapon which in three weeks kills 2752 people and hospitalizes others However the Britain which went through rough the horrors of the thc German air blitz early Inthe in inthe inthe the war isn't g going ing to crack Under under under un un- der this new frightfulness As 13 a matter of fact the robot bomb undoubtedly was intended In large degree as a booster of German German German Ger Ger- man morale V With th disaster tearIng tearing tearing tear tear- ing at the reich from all directions Hitler had to have something to bolster the spirits of his people His smartest propaganda was the promise of a devastating secret et weapon which would be used at atthe atthe atthe the crucial moment To give him credit he has produced the goods However when it becomes ap apparent apparent apparent ap- ap parent to the German public that the robot cannot break allied morale Hitler will have to pull another another an an- other rabbit out of oC the hat or cry quits His anxious reiteration this week WeCk that we shall not capitulate before any the e echo ho hoor of or a hope In which he has no ho confidence I Beaten Man He speaks as a beaten man who as this column has emphasized previously is hanging on in the forlorn hope that some lucky break will give him a peace which will be less harsh than unconditional unconditional unconditional surrender In which direction docs does the fuehrer look for for this good fortune It hardly can be toward the eastern eastern east cast ern cnn front where he has no more chance of halting the onrushing red tide than Canute had of ruIng ruling rule rul ru- ru ing the sea Rather it would seem he has been gambling that some mishap would bring disaster to the western allies as they undertook undertook undertook under under- took the frightfully dangerous amphibious invasion of western Europe There were a hundred and one misfortunes jnes Which could have overtaken overtaken over over- taken this Invasion invasion and and some of them almost did Now however w we are past the likelihood of disaster disaster dis dis- dis aster and once we have bave broken through Rommel's guard on the road to Paris Hitler HIUer can ca'n can whistle for his lucky wind Does he intend to fight to ta th the death I think not Or let us say that If he personally intends to resist to the bitter end theres there's small chance that his followers will back bace him to such a limit The consensus of or close observers seems to to tobe be that Germany will surrender short of fighting on the home soil The general view alsis also als is that she will try to o submit herself herself her her- self to the mercies of the western allies rather than to the Russians against whom she has perpetrated rated some of or the most horrible atrocities atrocities atrocities ties of history |