Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-11-19

gives so much reason and
basis for enthusiasm as good
news from the war front. And
nothing since September, 1889,
has given the peoples of the
world (outside the Axis) so
much real basis
Bad News for exultation. Two
For weeks filled to the
Japs, Nazis brim with favora-
BILE news. Big
happenings which have come in
such rapid succession that an
anlysis Of even the geography
becomes hard to absorb. Never
theless, it is true, and if it be
in the making, another period
as brimful Of good news for the
United Nations and bad news
for the Nazis and Japs will
likely bring out Of those coun-
tries an indication of the effect
such news is having on the Ger
man and japanese morale.
Unless some unforeseen
strength lies unknown in North
ern Africa British and Ameri-
can forces viii dominate every
mile of the very important
southern Mediterranean shore
line. With the Axis forces
knocked completely out of Africa
the German might in the Medi-
terranean viii be reduced to a
point where British and Ameri-
can shipping viii have free use
Of that shortcut to the Near
East. Just how much that
means doesn't register with
many Of US but when it is real
lied that thousands Of miles of
ocean travel consuming weeks
y sne win be eliminated some
mental picture Of the extent of
value of the African maneuver
can be imagined.
A thoughtful survey of the
changed conditions which face
Hitler and his satellite advisors
might be summed up, in part,
like this: Turkey, always recog-
nized as among the strong mill
tary nations of Europe, has
maintained a neutrality friendly
to the Allies. With the recent
turn of events Turkey is placed
in a position where her interwen-
ton in the Balkans on the
Allied side may well prove the
final blow toward sinking the
Nazis dream Of conquest. Re
ports from Ankara indicate that
there IS a clamor for that coun-
try to enter the war now. Tur-
key, from a selfish viewpoint,
2ssJ9ll to win and little to lose
Y Chg her military strength
n . alongside the forces
I'VE Have Of the United Ma
Just Begun lions. She lost a
To Fight great deal as a re-
suit of the First
World War. Unless she gives
help when it is needed she will
not fare well when this war is
ended. Looking at the Turkish
situation from world stand
point it seems possible that her
armies, fresh and well-equipped,
could cut its way through the
Balkans and sever the long COM
munication lines which Germany
must maintain for her big estab-
lishment in southern Russia. ALI
along it seems now that Tur-
keys friendly neutrality has
been one to keep the Nazis
guessing and stalled.
Hitler also faces what Prime
Minister Churchill calls "the
under belly Of Europe" exposed
to Allied attack. Even though
he has spent many months and
many millions terrifying the
Western coast of Europe from
Norway to Spain he finds i'm
minent possibility Of invasion
through any one Of number Of
points adjacent to the Medi-
terranean. Can he successfully
attack Turkey to relieve the sit
uation there? Can he occupy
Spain to relieve the pressure
there? Can he have, at one and
the same time. a force suffi-
GENTLY strong to repel several
invasion attempts in the soft
spots? Is there any answer
and IL SO does Hitler have it?