"As far as can be seen today in London there is no reason to eXpect an immediate extension of the war to the Far East, although the situation is brittle enough to cause undiminished anxiety," says the diplomatic correspondent of the "Observer."
"Hitlers other fronts—for the Japanese threat is known to be a deliberate element in Germany's present strategy—are developing according to expectations.
"Though German action may be simultaneously launched in the Pacific, the Balkans, ang western Mediterranean, it remains the conviction of the best-informed quarters that Hitler's main offensive will take the form of intensified attack by aeroplane, surface raider, and submarine on Atlantic shipping in a supreme attempt to blockade Great Britain.
"That attempt will, it is expected, be accorapanied by intensified attack by air upon Britain, but an invasion of Britain is not now expected in most quarters, partly because of its extreme risk to Hitler, to be the main offensive this spring."—Reuter.
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