The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-13

hinted that 1t was now time for Turkey to patch up its differences with Soviet Russia and re.estab- fish "a natural, traditional friend- shp" in the southeast - through which Germany hopes to keep on getting supplies.
 4-NaA political sources said that as a result of the Finnish peace German prestige among the neutrals had risen in ratio to the slump" in the prestige of Britain and France.
 5-A tone of still greater confi- dence in the German press regard ing the next development in the western European war, including warnings that 1t would be advisable for the British and French people to re-examine carefully the policies of their governments in view of the improved strategic position of the Reich.
 Der Angriff emphasized the pos abilities of reconciliation between Russia and Turkey.
 pacification of southeastern Europe in the German view would rob the Allies of another possible avenue for flanking attack on the Reich, such as Nazis now believe has been avoided from the north. If the southeastern situation could be stabilized advantageously to the Germans, 1t was pointed out, the nation would be free to concen- trate entirely on the war against the British and French in the west.
 This same view was taken by the Essen National Zeitung.
 In an admonitory note to the Danubian and Balkan countries, the newspaper said:
 "Southeastern European states have learned a valuable lesson and have preserved a sensible and pro- fitable neutrality"
 It was asserted that Russia had assumed the leading role which was its due" in the "entire Euro- pean east from Murmansk to the Black Sea-"
 "England's attempt to e flank attack against Germany has failed" the newspaper continued, land she has been thrown back from East Europe to her island, and from this vulnerable position she must now face further developments in a de. cisive struggle"
 Common Sense Victory
 An authorized Nazi spokesman said that the peace treaty was "a victory for common sense."
 "The terms bear a fair relation to sacrifices and also fair relation to the need of a great state within its living room-(Lebensraum)," the spokesman said.
 He added that Germany never had sought to extend its influence to Finland but that from the be- ginning of the Russo Finnish war Germany had detected French and British hand trying to extend the western conflict" The ef1ort, he said, had now been shattered be- cause the Films were mot as short sighted as the Poles" , In this sense, the newspaper B. Z.-Am- -Mittag said that Britain tried to make Finland another Poland. and said that French and British newspapers had urged the extension of the western front to Scandinavia Despicable Game The newspaper carried a banner 1 line reading: "England's Despicable . game with war firebrand in North Europe was to become New Poland affair" The article , reiterated the theme expounded by the German Press for many weeks 7 that the Allies encouraged Fin. land to war against Russia in order l to gain new front for attacking 2 Germany"
 Peace in Finland, he said, ''killee the Allies hopes of extending thu A war in Scandinavia - hopes based on the realization that they wer' not able to defeat Germany unde
 present circumstances" N The spokesman said he consider
 ed the Russian terms rather mod
 crate" He believed that Finlant would be happy over the peace
 now that they realize they woul'
 have received no help from tn
 Allies"
 Other German spokesmen said tn
 end of the Finnish war had throwl
 the Allies back to the starting poin
 of their war against Germany.
 No longer, they said, could tn
 Allies hope to see all scandinavi
 embroiled in War and Germany