German Reserves Large But Limited; British Press Stress Allied Preparedness for Move London, May 13. ECOGNITION that the war has now entered a decisive stage with Hitler having staked everything on one card, and satisfaction at the formation of the new Churchill cabinet, are the tenor of the morning press today.
"The Times" diplomatic correspondent writes "Despite the somewhat obscure news from the Low Countries, there is little doubt that Hitler, with his generals, is staking almost all in a great summer offensive against the Allies.
"At the beginning of the-war' Hitler hesitated, wondering if the British and French could be duped by peace proposals.
It was only when that failed—when the French stood up magnificently against the great weight of propaganda and when the British people responded to the sham German "peace plans" by demanding more energetic prosecution of the campaign—only then Hitler realized that, having failed to win the war by pretence of peace, he must "Belgium Will Not
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