London. May 18.
Major Oliver Stewart, Air Correspondent of the Sunday newspaper "Observer" warns today against drawing hasty conclusions from the recent lull in the German air offend sive. It is not a true interpretation, declares Major Stewart, to "regard every lull in the air war as a sign that the German air force has been so seriously damaged by the Royal Air Force that it has been forced to take "rest to re perate and reform."
Major Stewart admits that the Luftwaffe was for a time relatively inactive after the heavy raid on London last Saturday week, but finds other reasons for this besides the serious losses which Hitler's night bombing force sustained that night,—for example, weather conditions and the need to assemble bombs and ammunition for another big assault.
Major Stewart states that German raids on London and other large British cities may be regarded mainly as "feelers" and adds, "it is the Ger-nan way to exert pressure on all fronts as a preliminary to throwing everything where it is finally ledded that the weakest point lies." Reuter.
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