WAR IN EUROPE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 November 1943, Page 3

WAR IN EUROPE

PROSPECTS OF GERMAN BREAKDOWN LORD HALIFAX OPTIMISTIC. ' ENEMY IN JUGGLER’S POSITION. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) WASHINGTON, October 31. The British Ambassador, Lord Halifax, who has returned from London, told the Press that the war in Europe had reached a stage “where anything may happen, but the Germans are tough and well organised, and are capable of prolonging the war indefinitely.” , He was strongly optimistic of the prospects of a breakdown in the enemy resistance, and he added: "Germany is like a juggler keeping many balls in the air; one slip means that more are likely to follow. The German civilian organisation, which is being subjected to heavy strain, is a tight machine, and consequently probably brittle, so if one thing goes, such as transportation, it might lead to great results.” The situation, he remarked, could be judged by the toughness which neutral nations were displaying toward Germany. Lord Halifax said that the English were as solidly as ever behind Mr Churchill, whose position was unique in history. The Ambassador could not recall a Prime Minister whb had represented the people for so long with such substantial unity. Lord Halifax referred to the “amazing strategy and action on the Russian front,” adding that it was impossible to exaggerate the results of the great battles on the Dnieper. The British were naturally tired as they entered the fifth year of the war, he said, but they were I: eatly cheered by the progress of the war. >.