Late Netos HITLER AS WAR LEADER

Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 258, 28 July 1941, Page 8

Late Netos HITLER AS WAR LEADER

Opposition Claimed GERMAN GENERAL STAFF

(Received July 28, 1.30 a.m.) ' LONDON, July 27. Moscow radio declared that the German General Staff is pressing for the temporary retirement of Herr Hitler, whose nervous disease is worsening. It added that according to one of the oldest members of the diplomatic corps in Stockholm there is an influential group among the Nazi leaders that is inclined to meet demands by the German generals for a military dictatorship.

BUTZ MACHINE CREAKING The Eastern Front RUSSIANS’ BRILLIANT ‘ CAMPAIGN (Received July 28, 2 a.m.j ' * ’ LONDON, July 27.At.the close of the fifth week of the conflict the German progress on the eastern front appears to have been still further slowed down and to have been brought to a halt at many points. The most recent communiques have indicated that the German advances, where they were made at. all have been negligible and costly, particularly in the areas where they are desperately trying to reach Moscow and Leningrad. ■

London military circles link up the Russian communique’s announcement that two Nazi infantry divisions were routed with the German claim ' that fresh. Soviet .troops were thrown into the battl§ in the Viazma area and repelled with, heavy losses. It is generally considered that the usual Axis policy -of claiming extravagant successes in an effort, to counter more reliable later reports from their enemy has been employed in this instance, and greater credence, therefore, is attached to the Rusian claim. Russia is now enabled to mobilize fully her reserves, and other such reverses, at least local, are possibly in store for Hitler. A full Slovak regiment has surrendered to the Red Army, according to reports reaching Moscow. The Slovaks shouted, “Do not shoot. We are not Germans,” and tore off their German badges. They explained later that they were only waiting for the opportunity to surrender, because the Germans were using them as cannon fodder. The Ankara correspondent of the British United Press says it is reliably reported that Russian parachutists have been dropped in ’ various parts of Bulgaria. Only a few have been captured or killed and the remainder are being hidden by Bulgarian peasants. Transport System Works Well.

The Moscow correspondent of the British United Press says the Russians are now operating on nearer supply bases and are better placed to reinforce their troops than the Germans, who are finding increased difficulty , in supplying the gigantic war machine which alone has any chance of succeeding. Russia’s transport system surprisingly has not shown signs of breaking down. Ruthless priority is given to military needs.

It is increasingly clear that the wellarmed and supplied Russian guerrillas are proving more valuable than merely nuisances and are greatly worrying the Germans.

There is no indication of German superiority in aeroplanes or tanks and still less in the High Command and human material. Germany risks losing the war’s biggest gamble during the next few weeks.