Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-11-11
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BEHIND
The NEWS
BY Paul.
MaIIon

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE
w stock market has been
saying, I'M fact ShrlcklnG off and
on, that the war rs near an end
in Europe 1t knows whereof 1t
speaks.
This latest trend toward
optimism was started officially
about 10 days back when Lord
Halifax, the British ambassador,
called a press conference 10 say
the war might end suddenly,
that anything could happen IN
Germany now.
He would not have spoken
without sound ground. The Brit
iSh have been sending men into
Germany by parachute all along
and these men have been get
ting back 10 Britain with eye
witness accounts. Anonymous
reports from London lately thus
have pictured Germany as a
madhouSc from bombing.
Hitler pretended in his speech
that he was resting his army
implicitly TO meet invasion by
the British and Americans in
France or the Lowlands.
True. ne has about 40 unused
divisions there as reserves Ia
formidable force of 600, 900
mem. He also has some unused
reserves in Germany. But the
bulk and the cream Of his army
is not only being used in Russia
and Italy, but used up. His
troops on the southern Russian
front are demoralized.
ONLY a month and a half ago,
" Hitler publicly promised the
German people that he would
stop our bombings with a new
secret weapon. He was talk
ing OF the aerial rocket gun
which was then put into COM
bat. IT not only failed to put
a stop 10 the bombingS, but our
losses have lately sharply de-
clined.
our communicates Signif-
cantly no longer speak of these
bombings as raids" Now they
are officially proclaimed as
attacks, " meaning fullnedged
military operations, not just air
cavalry haraSsmentS.
In a short time. Hitler will
appreciate the full meaning Of
the change of language. The
defect in our system of air at
tackS has been that we must
come into Germany on one line,
from one point and return 10
one point, Britain.
IT is revealing no military Sc
cret tin fact we want Hitler 10
know that the big Italian air
bombing fields at Foggia are
now about ready TO launch at
him from a new direction, and
that Russia approaching the
Polish and -Rumanian- borders
is now reaching air positions
from which attacks will be
launched upon Germany from a
third side.
4 MAN who I believe is the
"A best judge in the stock
market does not believe the
Nazis can last in the face of
these prospects more than 60
to 80 days more. and l would
not doubt but that his guess
might prove correct.
! know of a manager of a
Fifth avenue hotel who has been
receiving letters from people
asking reservations for victory
parade which has not even been
scheduled or considered That
kind of guessing costs less
money than the stock market
and is more indefinite.
For some time also an I'M
happy situation has prevailed
from the belief of certain Of
tlclalS that the long war pros
poets had to be stressed TO keep
the people working at utmost
pitch.
This belief carried question:
able inference, not only on the
patriotism of the people. but a
downright underestimate of
thpir dpSirp IN win this war and
a woeful miscalculation of their
ability TO understand events
themselves.
1t was both unjustified and
unwiSe. Facts are always the
best propaganda.
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