GERMAN FEARS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 137, 11 June 1943, Page 5

GERMAN FEARS

INVASION OF EUROPE

AUTOBAHN SYSTEM CLOSED (By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright.) (Rec. 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 10. Apart from the recalling of U-boats, many reports are reaching London of growing apprehension of Allied _ invasion of Europe, says the Stockholm correspondent of the "Daily Express. For the first time since the war began, the German road system—the Reichsautobahnen, built at Hitler's ordershas been closed to private traffic. The German authorities say that the roads are being put to the service of the war effort. The railway directors have been notified of further travel restrictions. Break-downs on the railways are becoming increasingly frequent and there is open criticism of Hitler in Germany on the ground that he blundered in concentrating on the road system and neglected the railways. Road traffic has failed to keep the armies in Holland, Belgium, and France fully supplied. , . An American correspondent, William Shirer, author of "Berlin Diary," believes Hitler can be beaten this year. He says: "The quick and complete surrender of the German army in Tunisia is one of the most encouraging signs we have had since the war began. If good and perfectly disciplined troops will crack up in this way the people at home may be expected to crack all the more readily. The quickest way to beat Hitler is by invasion of the Continent by the shortest and most direct route possible. We must get a big infantry force on to the Continent for a stand-up fight with the German army." , , , "Protection of Ordinance' has been published by the German military commandant in Belgium and northern France, states the Belgian news agency. It provides for the imposition of the death penalty for acts which may compromise the safety of the Reich or the occupying authorities or disturb the peace of % the occupied territories. •