Wairarapa Times-Age TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941. A LEGEND EXPLODED.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 March 1941, Page 4

Wairarapa Times-Age TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941. A LEGEND EXPLODED.

'T’TIERE is evidence on all hands Ihal 1 lie iio-pTCSsivo, diiploniaey of the Triple Axis is not by any means hearing Ihal fruil which Hiller had boasled it would. The following Axis reverses give the world something to ponder over, and may have had an important bearing on Japan’s recent attitude:— Failure to destroy the Royal Air Force. Inability to prevent the escape of the British Army from Flanders. Failure of the boasted invasion of England set down for September 16 last. Failure to win the allegiance of conquered peoples on the Continent, where rioting and strikes are on - the increase. Britain’s effective defences against magnetic mines. Unbroken morale of the people of England, Scotland and Wales under concentrated bombing. Nightly attacks by R.A.F. over Axis areas. Irrevocable alienation of American public opinion, now ardently pro-British and anti-Axis, as shown in supplies for Britain and loans to China. The Italian defeats in Albania and Africa. The success of the British blockade which has caused Spain to think twice before joining with the Huns. Britain’s smashing of German and Italian naval forces whenever they are seen on the open seas. The ex-Kaiser was shrewd enough to sum up the position correctly—he had a bitter experience in the Great War —and he warned Hitler when the latter plunged Europe into war that should the United States of America stand behind Britain, it would spell disaster for Germany and her Allies. The assistance which America is giving Britain is daily increasing, and as a consequence, the day of doom for the Huns is steadily drawingcloser. Soviet Russia and Japan are walking warily today because they are astute enough to realise what a combination of Britain and the United States will mean in a war, with the vast resources in men and material of the two countries available for the conduct of hostilities. The war has turned Australia into an enormous factory for the production, of war material and New Zealand is following suit, while India, Canada and South Africa are manufacturing munitions, guns and bombers on a scale never before contemplated.