WAR OUTLOOK

Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 150, 21 December 1940, Page 10

WAR OUTLOOK

SPANIARD'S VIEWS

SUDDEN AXIS VICTORY NOW

IMPOSSIBLE

BRITAIN'S COME-BACK

LONDON, December 20,

Senor Delpozo, who has been in England for the last three months at the suggestion of the British Ambassador to Madrid, Sir Samuel Hoare, officially observing for the Spanish Government the effects of the war in Britain, in an article in the "Daily Express" on the eve of his return to Spain, declares:

"I do not think Hitler will win, as we in Madrid had expected. I have seen Britain stage a comeback which we did not expect. She has the means and the determination to wage a long war and to fight on to victory.

"Germany and Italy were prepared for the war and you were unprepared," he states. "Then, after Dunkirk, you could do nothing except, resist—but how you resisted! The Germans tried invasion, and they may try it again.

"Success for the Axis preparations has depended on a quick victory, which they have failed to win. The Italians are on the run and the Suez Canal is safe. A sudden victory is now impossible for the Axis. I know from what I have seen that all the German bombings of Britain are useless in deciding the war. People die or get used to them. "I think Italy is near the end and may even collapse in a few days. If German troops are already in Italy it shows that the situation is grave for Italy and for Germany too. It is not a question of Germany helping a friend. It is a question of helping herself.

"The R.A.F.'s attacks on Germany are more meritorious than the Luftwaffe's attacks. The German bombings are far worse than those in Spain, but useless for winning the war.

"My reports to Madrid have been well received. Life in London, which we had been told was razed, is brighter than in Madrid. Your clubs, restaurants, and food are better than ours. "I am sure Spain will not participate in the war. Senor Suner said 'No' to the Axis and will continue saying 'No.' We have a sentimental feeling for Gibraltar. The Tangier affair is not important from the viewpoint of the war."