Tokyo, Sept, 2.
"As remarkable as the military re-ulls obtained by the Germans may the German-Soviet war cannot be expected to end soon," the "Asahi" declared today in a survey of the fürst two years of the European war.
"The rainy autumn season has Started and soon winter will be there," the paper added. "Merely from the viewpoint of climatic conditions, all large-scale operations will be faced with increasing difficulties."
"The most important fact of the present situation, the paper asserted, is that the Russo-German war "will inevitably last until winter", and the decisive factor will be the' prepara~ tions made on both sides to face a lengthy war, Tt was just at the "psychological moment" when the world was expecting an invasion of England that war abruptly broke out on the Soviet border, the "Asahi" recalled.
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