Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-12-19

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RAD NEWS FOR HITLER
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fraurrf with tho more 1''or>
news for der fechrCr Toy ne must
have assumed that 30 was COM
nlete doyeta.lnc of Turkish Win
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. CHANG "a Turkeys status ir". "
strict neutral 20 q h'nDFo''H'
,,or-i,of f.e,- r.-rf vv'7-rii7 -rr-ry -f-s'-
tor q showdown IN the Ba hanS.
During recent years turkey
neutrality has been UotlNaloa. 10
large extent by opqortunlSm.
The role she has PLAYED m NE
Drescnt war has been dictated nv
= combination OF her friendship
for Great Britain her fear OF Ger
many her traditional suspicion OF
Russia and her genuine desire 20
stsv ont OF tho war This desire
has been due "a tho lack OF mod
'ern weapons Tor her army and nc
f. s7llnerahiify AZ her cities 70 ar
attack from nearby Balkan bases
NAILS on DEFENSIVE
The Nazis now are definitely on
the defensive on all European
fronts and the war is approaching
SIS climax
II is only in tho Aegean area
where the Germans are on
,rencbed in Greece and the Aegean
islands that the Allies can not
hone for a successful attack WIN
out cooperation Of Turkey VINO
holds the key 10 a drive IN ha'
area. 1T.
With Russia moving relentlessly
toward the Balkans-of when
Turkey is the back door--it has
been evident for some time that
Ankara would have 10 make a
definite decision as 70 her future
stand
TURKEYS KEH POSITION
A glance al the map shows the
strategic value OF Turkey 10 the
Allies and how operations from
!. the south would be greatly iaclli-
: tated If il could be used as
springboard for q Balkan INVASION
thus hy-pasSinG the Dodecanese
where the Germans are once more
entrenched in force
Turkey has the only ready made
bridgehead into the Balkans. nut
the Bulgarian border IS heavily
fortified.
Though undoubtedly Turkey
will become an active belligerent
eventually. in the present circum-
stances she probably viii remain
neutral for a whole longer-unul
better prepared, militarily
PERFECTs DEFENsEs
N For the past several months She
has been perfecting the defense
of the entire DardanelleS zone N
an intensified program OF war
like moves. and is now mobiliZ'
ing 1000. 900 reserves 10 augment
her present army OF 800, 900 men
Meanwhile Turkey could main
tain nominal neutrality and still
under her mutual aid pact witt
Britain-lend bases for a Balkan
Invasion by Anglo-Amcricar
forces, following the precedent
set BY Portugal when she allowed
/, the British air force TO use tht
Azores
sTME OF EMERGENCY
Even though a state of emer
eency exists along the entru
+ boundary. II is believed that onI'
Nazi preventive. attack OF
I Turkey bhtz 10 forcstaN A.
Allied could provoke 81
immediate crisis The German
are not likely % await q blow
In view OF her present man
power shortage. when ever
available reserve Is needed fo
service elsewhere Germany Nigh
be hard pressed 70 find p suill
cient number OF mon 20 wage
preventive campaign against IN
Turks without using -larEe par
Of the Balkan oeClpa i0lc
"A risk chance m The prcScn
disturbed state ~ tho people
througholt fae whole area iC0r
YugQsIsv.a 20 Bulear a or
ErepNe0
on -He other hand because r.
TURKEYS geographical situation
f,er army probably c0alc 0C 70
sist The initial Germ r-EI'ge
thrust or tar exposed Fu-pea
border while much Of Scr Ann
tclan CO.'S would boz ourr 81. "a
tack from trr sea ard hy a
Turkish solrccs suggest THAT
sopn as she receives r5rr,
from tne AZ ee that trrt rra ur