HITLER IS ON DOWNGRADE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 14 October 1941, Page 6

HITLER IS ON DOWNGRADE

AN AMERICAN’S COMMENT I “It is a mistake to think of Russia ; as a lootable country. Russian riches are largely buried in the ground to exploit. . . . j “There has been a great deal of : talk about the grain fields of the Ukraine. . . . The Germans, however, j were in possession of the Ukraine during the summers of 1917 and 1918 . and were unable to secure any substantial amounts of grain for their home population. . . . “Let us not fall into the error of believing that Hitler can make the invasion of Russia pay for itself in materials during this war. This time he ' is heavily in the red and must remain | “German soldiers are wearing out I boots on the Russian road that cannot i ! be replaced out of conquered supplies, j. . . . Never again in this war will the | German Army have the same wealth of : materials it now commands, to shoot j away or consume. If Germany has to j face a sustained attack on the West or ■ ion the South, she will have to en- . ! counter it with inferior equipment and . 1 inadequate material resources. . . . “The summer of 1911 definitely marks . the turning point of the war. From now i on Hitler is on the downgrade. “Hitler, in his fanatical zeal, will) | break the hearts and spirits of his Ger- i man boys. I can well imagine them now trying to repair Russian railways, trying to make captured Russian repair shops function, trying tp construct new J roads through Russian swamps. These ■ tasks will be accomplished, but the 1 burning memory of the toil and agony ; will remain to sap German morale for : the future. Hitler can never get the 1 same wholehearted response to his appeals in the future as he has been I granted in 1941.”—(Douglas Miller, i former U.S. Commercial Attache in ; Berlin, writing in the September”“At- 1 lantic Monthly”). « < i ] ; i <