Hitler Sees Shadow Of His Approaching Doom

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 13770, 13 October 1942, Page 5

Hitler Sees Shadow Of His Approaching Doom

i AN leader puzzled at decline gE in fortunes

FAILURE OF NAZI CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA ACTIONS CHARACTERISED BY FEAR, ENEJ CHURCHILL STATES

London, Oct. 12. pi ..hill has been visiting Scotland and to-day was pre•'''''"'"ilr freedom of the city of Edinburgh. During the «*t«- J made a speech which lasted half an hour. ' : ''''f' n 'V!', ;'j\linister said that fear was the over-ridihg element 'J' I '' ! terisecl the actions of the German leaders. Ribbentrop, Tllitlei' had all made speeches recently which revealed : ' r: "" 11111 f mind and throughout them all was the clear note of •heir state ()I ||nau ::1 , i in*of foninlaint, said Mr Churchill, was that no one lilt Pl' S ('l' '* '■ ' , ,„i,i,„t attention to his victories. Tl Cerman loader said, "Look at all the great battles I have i flu* territory I have conquered. Hoav can the Allies keep t; S in the face of my victories?" H'tler was puzzled and angry and could not understand why fortunes had declined in the last two years Avhile ours had •ed forward. Hitler, said Mr Churchill, saw the shadow of . BBr oaching doom. i[r Churchill said he had always expected that the actions of idtGermans would increase in severity as they went down- and now l-had turned on the British prisoners of war. Hitler wanted a 2 topic in the war, said Mr Churchill. He needed some dis!!joii which would avert interest from the failure of his great Russian campaign. • t The Prime Minister said that we might be sure that no weakness would be shown by the enemy whose actions would continue to temore ruthless even than before. He reminded his listeners that Ite'Nazis, when they took Kiev had shot 54,000 people the next day. All the facts of the Kussian campaign cast a freezing shadow ■ E tk German people, concluded Mr Churchill.