IN THE BALKANS

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 5

IN THE BALKANS

UNSHAKABLE CONVICTION BRITAIN WILL WIN WAR AMERICAN’S INVESTIGATIONS (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) NEW YORK, Nov. 25 Mr Leland Stowe, American war correspondent, in a despatch to the New York Post from Athens, soys: “I have just completed a six weeks’ circuit of every Balkan capital in order to become acquainted with the prevailing Balkan state of mind. “This is in direct and surprising contradiction to what could have been expected, considering Germany’s domination of the political and economic life of Hungary. Y jgoslavia, Bulgaria and Rumania. “Everywhere I found that an overwhelming majority of informed opinion, both civilian ar.» military, holds the deep and unshakable conviction that Britain and the Democracies will win the war. “In extensive conversations in four capitals, I did not hear a single responsible Government official or politician express the belief that Nazi arms would be victorious. When such sentiments are expressed by the common people, they are often put down to wishful thinking, but there has been an astonishing reversal of opinion among the governing classes <»f six Balkan countries since the gloomy days that followed the capitulation of France.”