London, May 5.
Chancellor Adolf Hitler's glorification of German victories in the Bal. kang created the outstanding impression here that he intimated he expects the war to continue at least into 1942, The Hitler war prolongation intimation, they said, was contained in the threat that "German soldiers possess better weapons for next year than for this.
The remark was contrasted /here with repeatedly reported utterances of Nazi leaders that they would finish the war this year.
Another passage in the speech which aroused interest was his allusion to Turkey and the reminder that Turkey was Germany's ally in the last war. Yugoslavia, Turkey's ally, recently turned against the Axis but Turkey reserved her indeypndence, he s Designs on' Turkey With Herr Franz von Papen, German Ambassador to Turkey, soon due back in Ankara from Berlin pre-ith plans to win over the s part of the speech seemed io prepare the grounds for an attempt to smash the Anglo-Turkish alliance and make Turkey subservient io Axis scheme:
The impression here regarding Chancellor Hitler's toment of German casualties in the Balkan campaign was that he obtained amazingly quick statistical results—which appeared to London commentators as a great understatement.
Commentators also suggested that Chancellor Hitler deducted 30 to 50 rer cent. from German total forces which actually engaged in the Balkan campaign. German forces, it was said here, numbered at least three armoured' and two mountain divi sions, additional motorized equipment and considerable infantry.—United Press.
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