Show GERMANY STILL GIRDLED CIRCLED BY FOE STOCKHOLM Sept 3 UP UP- UP After three years of military ef effort effort ef- ef fort hardly paralleled in history I ef-I Germany ermany still is encircled the encircled the circle circle circle cir cir- cle has become wider but also stronger and the front has turned around degrees I But the foe in Germanys Germany's back backis is still undefeated and is more menacing than ever Thus Germany entering her fourth war year is a vastly changed nation from that which was informed by Britain in 1939 that aggression on Poland would not be tolerated and she is confronted confronted confronted con con- fronted by the nightmare of all her tier statesmen beginning with Bismarck two Bismarck two fronts Separate Peace Hinted The new line of German propaganda propaganda propaganda prop prop- expressing less vituperation tion toward Russia has been interpreted interpreted interpreted in in- in some quarters as preparing preparing preparing pre pre- paring the way for a separate peace But best informed sources have another explanation Hitler they believe has cometo come cometo to the bitter realization that the two-front two situation is unalterable with victory over Russia impossible impossible impossible sible this year and perhaps not in the next Therefore he has decided to tell the Germans that final and absolute annihilation of the bolshevik world pest is neither needed nor has indeed ever been his objective As concrete proof of this this ex ex- explanation explanation explanation they point to the east wall now under construction Few Knew of Wall all Few persons in Germany know this fortification system is being built German papers have however however however how how- ever hinted on several occasions of the possibility in order to cushion cushion cushion cush cush- ion public opinion against the shock of the announcement In contrast to the massive fortifications fortifications fortifications for for- comprising the ill-fated ill Maginot line and the west wall constructed to balk a British invasion invasion in invasion in- in the Russian front fortification fortification fortification tion is designed on the hedgehog hedgehog hedge hedge- hedgehog hog principle the Germans developed developed developed de de- de- de during the winter offen offen- sive A chain of citadels is planned across Archangel Archangel Archangel Arch Arch- angel to the Caspian The gaps between the citadels which may maybe maybe maybe be as wide as 50 kilometers will willbe willbe willbe be defended by their garrisons of from to men each Each citadel is to be equipped with its own air unit and have huge underground magazines to store sufficient supplies to maintain its independence throughout the win win win- ter Tell Secret Joke Long before there was any talk of an east wall the German people people people peo peo- had realized that the war wax willbe will willbe willbe be long They secretly tell this joke An optimist says We will lose this war Yes replied the pessimist but when The realization was no joke however to the Germans and has had a bad effect on morale The effect has not affected the war effort to any appreciable degree but it has made Germans irritable tempered ill-tempered and impolite The grumbling is outward evidence evidence evidence evi evi- dence of real concern Possibility Possibility Possibility ity of a second front still is rather remote in the eyes of most Germans Germans Germans Ger Ger- mans but the actuality of air raid dangers is very real The material material material mate mate- rial as well as the moral effect of the bomber 1000 raids has been enormous especially in the big cities in the west Travelers who have visited Germany confirm this German pro propaganda p a g and a ano no longer attempts to ridicule the threat from the air The nazis hope that the war in the east will soon assume a defensive character charac charac- ter enabling them to better cope with the aerial menace by defense and by retaliation Sick of War ar WarThe WarThe arThe The average German by now is certainly sick of the war and to toa toa toa a degree also of Hitler But he carries on because he is convinced that he is in the same boat as Hitler and that the allies if victorious victorious victorious vic vic- will not differentiate between between between be be- tween nazis and non nazis Many Germans are convinced that they will not be able to save even their lives if Germany is defeated practically all the population population population pop pop- envisages a fate much worse than after the last World war Few have heard of the Atlantic Atlantic Atlantic At At- lantic charter and its promise of equal access to the raw material resources of the world for all countries whether defeated or victorious victorious victorious vic vic- and those who have most likely take it for another trick like Wilsons Wilson's 14 points |