The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1941-03-28

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end of his gilded dream OF world con-
quest There are some reasons why !
am beginning 10 doubt the vaunted
strength Of the German war machine,
Had II l3scn AS strong rs fepitea why y
did not svclMhclm Britain alter the capi-
tulation Of France nation armed ~
Hitler made claim for Germany, should
moi have been exhausted ~ tho as.ack
OH France and Poland. The battse sc
France and Poland should have been ~
The nature III "Wolk-onl for he grea
German WaY machine. But Hitler paus-
I'd III the channel last summer and 3 1 Y
pausinr'
Before an utterly nnprepafed England
there came pause hat Is diiiieull 70 eN~
plain The fight ol the .ritisn from
Dunkerane showed conclusiyely that ter
rorism has lis limits. Hitler promised 10
destroy the entire British amy but III
stead thousands and thousands were re-
turned 10 an nnprepared ENGLAND before
which Hitler paused, Nearly i year has
passed and all Of the British empire has
been called into service, Ii Hitler could
not take England last summci. Ire cannot
take II at I'LL II his war machine was
eearea and oiled as he had boasted why
the delay Ii he has To pause 70 felAel
~ early his reputedly inylnelble war ma
chine Ii was not SO ''hol q begin With
Then too. there arc tn bombings
which he has not followed up. Il he
did not do to other cities what he did to
Coventry there Is reason IN this rea-
son il not the nder-heartedness Of Hit
Ter. How do we account for the fact that
after each devastating air bombing Of the
British Isles there is lull instead OF 4
follow up? My guess is Hitlers oil re-
serves are running low and before these
devastating outbursts there must be q
period Of conservation
1t does not make sense that when we
give 4 man a good punch we stand BY 60
see him rally Joe Louis does not do il
like that Once he gets his man off bal
ance Louis comes back with The fury OF
an avengnp angel To make it another
lucky night" When the fifth columnists
had destroyed the morale of the French
at the Maginot line ii WAS said that the
soldiers were moving about rs III daze.
The Germans capitalizing on their terror
psychology said there was some secret
gas they were using, But this gas did
not seem To affect the English except to
make them dig in antl light back.
That kind Of gas Is proving as bad for
the Germans as for the English If ii
Hitlef's old speech about the war Was
forced on the Germans is threadbare and
flat 1t is no longer interesting. Hitler's
time for victory Is becoming more and
more indefinite. Instead Of the six weeks
he promised after the fall Of France, il
is Sometime this year Our HEAVIER
sent Roosevelt and his wisdom and sa
gacity have proven too much for Wheel
ersm and his recent fireside talk is about
the straw to break the back Of Hitlerism
Hitler's boast is becoming a Whimper IN
stead Of a whoop TO thinking men. Ny
guess is Hitler is through and the great
caution we are invoking as nation is il
the nature Of safety first" measure
When this war is over the Hitler re
gime will doubtless 60 down ia history
as the greatest lying machine the worlo
has known. As long as bully car
bull. he may be ever SO imposing; but
once his bull and bluff are called ht
becomes colossal tragedy Then too
it may have occurred to Hitler that he
must pay the bill bye and bye; and it il
wise to make it as light as possible. Ger
many paid only "in part the last time
this time She will pay lin full Those
great boasts Of the size and efficiency al
the German armies and the great stores
of reserves and supplies are all Ii part
Of the terror tactics. Hitler's star ii fast
declining and the cloud Of his terrorism
is lifting. | am not afraid any more.