BIG PROBLEMS TO SETTLE

Evening Star, Issue 23699, 5 October 1940, Page 11

BIG PROBLEMS TO SETTLE

ENEMY FACING PROTRACTED STRUGGLE . (By Radio.) DAVENTRY, October 4. A diplomatic correspondent of the 8.8. C., commenting on the meeting, says there is no doubt that it means a reconstruction of - the Axis plans because both Hitler and Mussolini banked on a quick end to the war, and they are now facing a protracted struggle, with increasing resistance on the part of. Britain and the Empire. The German and Italian leaders, he says, will also have to discuss the question how far they have failed in the blitzkrieg, and how far they can agree on their respective roles in an attack in the East. Each may find himself in the position of urging the other to V get on with it.” and Hitler may be promising all kinds of help in a military campaign.

In the meantime, new allies are being sought, with the main eSort of the moment directed towards Spain, but until Senor Suner returns to Madrid, the effect of Axis pressure can be only a matter of guesswork. Occasion may alio be taken to straighten out the relations of each partner with Russia, and it would not be surprising to hear of blandishments to Moscow by one party or thejother. Greece and Yugoslavia are still threatened by Italian troop concentrations, but there is nothing to' suggest that the threat is any more dangerous than it has been recently. In view of the recent spectacular achievements of the Navy, the correspondent added, the auguries are not favourable for a new Axis campaign in the Mediterranean.