Show I Whither England I V w Writer Says Peace May Result From Stalemate J By y PAUL PALMER PALMIER WASHINGTON What WASHINGTON What cart can the English do now That is the question of the moment In diplomatic diplo matic and military circles here The he German victory In Norway appears to have hilve been decisive and the nazi invaders now have effective control of Norway Nor Nor- 5 way This outcome of the northern campaign previously forecast in hi these dispatches focuses attention anew on the English dilemma The situation is analyzed by competent authorities authoritIes authorities au au- In the following specific terms First of all the point point is stressed that the present extremely ex- ex extremely extremely ex ex- unfavorable military position position position po po- po- po of Great Greaf Britain is In no noway noway noway way due to lack df f courage or spirit No one could have asked for braver troops than the Ute British British British Brit Brit- ish sent to Norway No one could have hoped for more heroic heroic he he- role action But the cold facts are that the poorly-equipped poorly English terri terri- were no match at all for forthe forthe forthe the mechanized heavily-mechanized nazi battalions bat bat- The invading German horde represented six long years of intensive training utter concentration concentration con con- on war strategy and the regimentation of an entire people to the ruthless will of a dictator England Lacks Army Unpleasant as it may be to acknowledge the truth of the matter is that England simply lacks the army to match Germans who are trained to toa toa toa a point of mechanical tion What is more now that Norway is lost Britain no longer has a battlefield even for the gallant effort of desperation The French army is locked in the Maginot line and will stay right there for the duration unless attacked attacked at at- tacked It is perhaps not generally realized that France has not actually actually actually ac ac- been in this war at all so far as offensive action is con con- No English plane with a single bomb has taken off from French soil for a German objective objective ob ob- ob- ob since the war began The French have not allowed it Of Ic course urse no no French plane has bombed Germany Those are facts which will bear thinking about As a result England is fighting the war alone But how can she get at the enemy With what And where True the British navy has performed brilliantly at times But this war must be won on onland land by the destruction of the German army Experienced observers observers observers ob ob- ob- ob servers here simply do not see how this can be done It certainly certainly certainly cannot be done with the French inactive Russia and Italy making the blockade ij sight and no new alli shies II II I U. 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S No Nearer War Var VarIn 1 In this last donne connection coon it It r not felt that England's u N Norwegian h g adventure bu f L moved the great mass of ft th American people any nearer nearer T- T intervention in the war I s pathy for invaded f r Norway j widespread A emi f rs tion for the individual h hero ni of the young sacrificed to the noel who w u. u ere Fe e a r machine is expressed eve eve where But there has been n Dp spontaneous movement tow participation in the CU conflict V our part as there was s d after fter t tv tte d 1 invasion of Belgium in n 1914 1911 t i What then is the P Picture are the immediate future Auth Authors Authors- f ties here agree that all there Is considerable first Pot 10 t tIn in store for Mr Chamberla When a full fun realization r of th the failure failure- of their Norwegian es t force is ts brow home to the English people tJ u I Chamberlain government will s 4 faced with the t necessity c pi nr r of f reorganization p of resignation Someone e- e e mut st take the blame for a fiasco S I Inow now threatens to be as COB com as the Gallipoli disaster o 1915 Is Peace Like Likely 1 ti i 1 I i Any government succeed i t the the Chamberlain hip group will necessarily be fa j with three unattractive tives First that of attempting Z J to prosecute a war without i battlefield and without a co eom army Second talking the war war again a t tali tic which has undoubtedly ex en hausted its usefulness Or Ot third that of initiating tenta tenia teota tive steps toward peace an ah 8 a fraught with the mo mo- mo momentous n o difficulties of victori s' s nazi i n t ran s 1 g e ance and andl- andl 1 m. m trenched domestic The possible peace however is thought to be flu lb logical course for the l members of the English ru class could get out of their he head a the idea that America is eventually even eves going to come In std fight the war for them mili men here say the way to pea peat peas would be opened Or if our o administration would make it clear to the British U.- U. that despite commit commitments commit commitments ments made under grave a mu apprehensions as to al d' d strength we have now no of getting into the a peace negotiations might I tit t tin in a matter of weeks An in IBM t and eventually struggle against the iron iron might of nazi aggression seems I Ito to be the only other tive J J i |