TO MARCH THROUGH SPAIN

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLXI, Issue 15233, 24 December 1942, Page 3

TO MARCH THROUGH SPAIN

HITLER’S MOVE PKEDKTEjD. (Received 11.10 a.m.) United Press Assn —by Electric Telegraph—Co pyri^ht. LONDON, Dee. 23 Belief is growing in Geneva that Hitler will march through Spain and strike against Gibraltar for the purpose of gaining a stronghold in the western Mediterranean. The Daily Mail’s Geneva corespondent says that observers believe that in viiew of the German failures on the eastern front, the Axis lias decided to concentrate all its efforts on southern and western Europe. The Axis has taken eyes from Stalin-, grad and focussed then on Gibraltar. Hitler, it is believed realises that lie cannot leave V ltalv to bear the brunt of an Allied offensive alone for which reason the YVeh.rmacht is making great preparations in South France, particularly near the Spanish frontiers. The Daily Mail fortifies this belief bv recalling that largo numbers of Italian troops have been concentrated on the Spanish frontier.