EXPLOIT GAINS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 87, 14 April 1941, Page 7

EXPLOIT GAINS.

NAZI PROPAGANDA. Feeling Of Discouragement Sensed In Turkey. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Rk'tl. 2 p.m.) LONDON", April 13. "The Times'' Istanbul correspondent savs the feeling of discouragement prevalent in Turkey is not surprising in view of the coincidence of the announcement of voluntary evacuation of Istanbul with German successes in the Balkans and Libya, which have been exploited by German propaganda to create a feeling that German arms are invincible.

Newspapers to-day, he says, advise the public to see tlie situation in the proper perspective, pointing out that Turkey is not likely to be involved in war unless her territories are attacked.

but evacuation is a reasonable precaution in view of military developments

upon the frontiers.

Perhaps, from the strategic viewpoint. Libya worries the Turks more than Greece as, in the event of war Turkey had reckoned upon strong British support from the Middle East, but that now seems problematic.

The "Sunday Times" cnipliu<:scs the difficulties of maintaining the B.E.F. in (Ireece. The British are drawing most of their supplies from Egypt. Therefore the maintenance of the Egyptian bases is most essential. Air control over the Balkans, where communications are limited, counts for more even than it did in the Low Countries offensive.