Victory May Come Sooner Than Expected
GENERAL SMUTS
JOHANNESBURG, Dec. 20. “We still have hard knocks and much hard work ahead, but victory is assured,” said General Smuts replying 'to a great civic welcome. “The end may come sooner than expected. Victory will come suddenly and cmashingly. It will be there like dawn almost before we know it.
“I had a magnificent welcome in Britain from Their Majesties. Parliament and Mr. Churchill, that most marvellous of all world leaders. There is nothing wrong with the British people. They staml firm like a rock. We know the British have always been tough and unbreakable. I have never known them tougher than today. With such people we cannot possibly dream of losing the war. “I have been in very close touch for five weeks with the war machine which Mr. Churchill has erected around himself. It is strong enough to win the war.” German Desire for Peace
“The German people’s s 4 ation,” a secret German radio, said that a secret conference was held recently somewhere in Western Germany by the “newly-formed National Peace Movement." The radio added that the chairman of the conference said that there was now a widespread desire for peace in Germany.
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Northern Advocate, 21 December 1942, Page 3
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