BRITAIN EXPECTANT

Manawatu Standard, Volume LXV, Issue 73, 23 February 1945, Page 5

BRITAIN EXPECTANT

EYES ON WESTERN FRONT. (Special Correspondent ) LONDON, Feb. 22

Contrary to the dictum of the popular song "spring seems likely to bo a little early this year. Britain has already had one of the warmest days on record, and from the Western Front come reports that the Rhine, Maas and Rocr Rivers are all falling. And with their fall a sense of expectancy grows over the Western Front. The days have also lengthened considerably. and with the single British summer time it - is now light till nearly 7 p.m. Finer,;weather and longer days will be two of tlio most important factors in the near future. There has been a noticeable attempt to increase the British public’s interest in the war in the Far East.

At one period, with the war against Germany smashing up people’s homes with a regularity that had nothing monotonous about it, it was perhaps inevitable that greater emphasis was placed on events in Europe. But recently, with increasing movements of men and arms to the Far East and the growing pace of events there, more care is being taken to educate the public here on the events and the implications of every move. More newspapers have their own correspondents in that theatre now, more space is being devoted to their reports, and excellent films arc also in the making. The raids on Tpkio especially have been .reported fully, while added interest is given following the Crimea Conference as to ivhat is likely to be Russia’s attitude to the Japanese wai once the Germans are defeated.