Show NEWS 1 BEHIN 1 11 1 toy By Released by Western Newspaper Union NAzI NAZI DISINTEGRATION WASHINGTON Our Our Our enemies are in the final stages of disintegration The end may come soon Their growing weaknesses are evident plainly in hi their confessed switches of military leadership leadership-in in Japan the dethronement of Tojo in Germany the jump from Von Runstedt to Rommel Rommel Rommel Rom Rom- mel the attempt on Hitler's life etc These glaring symptoms of their approach to collapse are so obvious as to hardly require comment comment comment com com- ment or interpretation on Yet no one in authority here expects the end to come through internal collapse There will probably have to be a military breakthrough In short our leaders leaders leaders lead lead- ers are counting only upon crushing crushing crushing crush crush- ing the foe by superior military might There are no signs to justify an assumption that internal internal internal inter inter- nal revolution will do the job For instance the Japanese change from Tojo does not in any degree denote a change in the ruthless military military military mil mil- leadership of that country The Theold Theold old ld gang is still firmly entrenched They just changed faces not con con- They are having a problem to keep their people working for war in inthe inthe inthe the face of our overwhelming displays displays displays dis dis- dis- dis plays of superior power and their cabinet change simply reflect their efforts to improve internal morale HAS RESERVE STRENGTH So also in Europe Von Runstedt was vas ousted because he failed to bring up his forces refused to commit commit commit com com- mit his reserves at once to the Normandy Normandy Nor- Nor mandy battle Rommel wanted to push his power fully into the fray and has brought 21 to 24 divisions into that front sin sinde e he assumed control Yet this is not more than a third of his potential strength in m western Europe Hitler can still command 58 to 60 GO divisions on that front They are not full strength divisions or crack troops most of them being merely police forces for forthe forthe forthe the Lowlands and France Hitler las had to keep much of his power in n Belgium where hidden local reisting reisting resisting re re- re- re forces last week took a toll tollof Df of f 1000 Nazis killed and disrupted railroads at points and otherwise otherwise other other- wise vise his potential is scattered But Butt t t is true that in Normandy we have aced the best he has about six rack crack armored divisions and while these have been defeated they are till to be routed Italy he apparently considers as a sideshow and has produced produced produced pro pro- there no more than 28 divisions divisions divisions di di- visions largely second grade His is main show is still on the Russian front where he is yet able to maintain about di di- di visions Thus he still controls g great at military mili- mili cary tary power Say there are only 1000 1000 10 00 men in the average German division division di di- vision now as against normal strength of f and he still is able to present present pre pre- sent ent an army of nearly men in Russia in western Europe and in Italy To win we must crush this strength break breakthrough breakthrough breakthrough through it demoralize it by fighting DEFEAT IS SURE Yet the inevitable destiny of defeat defeat defeat de de- de- de feat for our enemies is handwritten on the wall for all to see on every front we arc are able to present superior power In the Pacific for instance our sea might is reputed to be so far above the Japs as to be a joke among navy men We do not yet appreciate the growth of the navy One congressional authority I trust says our three or four task forces in the Pacific are separately the equal of the Jap navy The change in cabinet may bring them out to fight may cause a new sea offensive against us but it is foredoomed if we can muster a semblance of our power at the point of battle Some think the Japs will try attack upon the Pacific coast to restore home prestige or in some other sensational sensation sensation- al way attempt to cast off the yoke of Jf defeat which is upon them It cannot succeed We have pro out them and when we can get our overwhelming power to bear at any point they will be defeated Any attack by them will probably bring the end sooner The boys may be coming home before long At the Chicago convention convention convention conven conven- tion I heard several officials predict both of our wars in the east and west would be over by September The nature of our enemies is such that this is really the crucial point of the war war They understand no language language language lan lan- guage of reason in their fanaticism Indeed they proudly proclaim fanaticism ism cism which is a lack of reason and i What we must look for next is a pause ause in the Russian marching to bring up communications lines That they have gone as far and as fast as they have without stopping for this necessity is truly remarkable But the pause is apt to be covered by a switch in Russian emphasis to the Lwow area The Nazis proba- proba aly have removed most of their men In Normandy the same Nazi weakness weakness weak weak- ness ress is evident The slow fighting there lately has merely represented cur Dur of strength for th tho gush ush ahead |