Britain has done so well in limiting the damage done by the Germans in air raids that Sir John Anderson's warning to the public to infrease precautions during the greater air raids which Lay be expected is timely. Early stic+ [cesses sometimes make for carelessness later on, with fatal results, A combination of elreumstances has upset the German caleulationy over the biltskrieg on England, but there is no indict tion to date that it has been abandoned. The RAF. raids on vital points in the German communications and. industrial "systems have had their effect. "It can. safely said that the German General" Star? had calculated upon certain losses Jo result of air raids, but It is to be doubted Whether they expected the lasses to be as great jas they have been, Thus to the TAT, goes much of the credit for the delay which is daily tenabling Britain to make herself stronger, and daily lessening the Nazi chances of success, But the manquvres in the Balkans are probably a fareater preoccupation to the Nazis than the havoc wrought by the RAF. Neither Germany or Italy can only. forces are fully engaged in the Battle of Bri-tai seize the opportunity to make further Were Hitler to be a Rife and death struggle in the west, the could "not assist any other country in opposing Russian demands, "hence he cannot allow' himself to become involved too deeply the west, while a serious threat hhis rear, Nevertheless, while Bi lined i respite, it would be foolhardy for Britons to relax their precautions for a moment. Sir John Anderson's inst the possible lust of kas by the Nazis is 2 sound one. Though the Gert ye pledged that they will not use of this foul weapon, their word cane it be believed for a moment. To. trust them in this would be to repeat the error made by nearly every one of the small states the Reich bhoy. so far swallowed up. Unless some new method of sprinkling liquid gas from the air has been devised, itis unlikely that the Nazis It be able to do much damage by this means, since their planes are forced to keep to great heights by the efficiency of -the British antiaircraft defence. Most of the gas would be dis sipated before It could do any harm. But there ig always the chance of gas bombs and ollier forms of terrorism, and no. safeguard can be ignored.
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