REICH UNEASINESS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20625, 5 August 1941, Page 5

REICH UNEASINESS

SCOFFING AS SCREEN JIBES FOR BRITISH ARMY “OVERDUE” INVASION (Reed. Aug. 5, 9 a.m.) LONDON, Aug. 4. Although evidence is accumulating of uneasiness in Germany it might be an exaggeration to say that the German people have the jitters. Nazi scoffings at an “overdue" British invasion tend to hide the general uneasiness of the Reich population. So far there have been only the faintest whispers in British journals of expectations concerning British land action as a means of staging a diversion in occupied territories to relieve the pressure on the Russian front. The boldest comment is made by the writer of the Sphere’s war “newsletter,” who says: “A section of the British public, and many friends outside Britain, are puzzled by the present apparent inability of the British Army to stage such a show.” The writer points out that armchair critics cannot estimate how much diversion a large-scale raid would produce and the weeks since the Russian war broke out have not been over-long for planning such a diversion, the success of which would depend on preparation to the last detail. Queries By People “People are beginning to ask whether we fear too much anotne; failure on land, or -yhether /)ur policy now is to rely entirely on air attack and to keep the home army purely for defence against invasion?,” states the writer. “Silence is the best, but thoughts are uncontrollable.’ One of England’s best-known bookmakers has been laying anything ur> to £10,009 at even money that the wai will end within a year. The Stock Exchange and Lloyds are doing likewise. An early invasion of the Germanoccupied countries is favoured by i large section ol the army and ar force, but their leaders are opposed n any premature mis-timed expeditions against any part of the Continent.