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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 23, 1940.

HITLER INVASION PROSPECTS

Objective Soviet Survey Of The War Situation

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Navy And Air Force Hold The Fort

"AS LONG AS,THE British Navy retains the mastery and the British Air Force is un- defeated, a landing operation in Britain will be extraordinary difficult," writes "Trud," organ of the Soviet trade unions, in Moscow yesterday.

The newspaper adds: "The British Air Force is restoring its losses from its own re- sources and with American aid.

"In spite of British losses, total British tonnage exceeds the in- dispensable minimum of eight to nine million tons,

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"In order to make a successful invasion the Germans must land at least an equally strong force."

Commenting on the Italo-Greek war "Trud" says: "To oppose the Greek offensive the Italians have concentrated strong forces-in Af bania. The original Italian strength has been at least doa- bled.

Outcome Not Clear

"The appearance of the British Navy in the Adriatic, however, seriously menaces and hampers additional Italian reinforcements.

"The ultimate outcome is still not clear but if the Greeks suc- ceed in entering Elbasan and Va- lona, it will doubtless spell a ma- jor Italian defeat."-Reuter,

IMPUDENT

GERMAN THREATS

In a broadcast talk from Washington on the sub- ject of the statement made by a Nazi Foreign Office spokesman on America's attitude, Linton Wells (the noted American commentator) said that officials in Washington state that Germany hopes to force the United States into war with Japán.

The object of this would be to divert America's attention to the East..

"Impudence" was the com- ment by the "New York Times' yesterday on the Berlin statö- ment,

The German Government, says the paper, is poorly advised if it does not realise that both the poll- tical parties and the overwhelming mass of the people are united be- hind the policy of helping Bit | tảin 'so that the defence of the At- |·lantic remains” in-friendly hands, |

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SUBMARINE SWORDFISH

OVERDUE

The British sub- marine Swordfish (Lt. M. A. Langley) is over- due and must be con- sidered lost, according to an Admiralty com- munique issued in London yesterday says Reuter.

WEATHER REPORT

The Royal Observatory reports that the antievelone is passing into the Pacific to the south-east of Japan; another is developing over North China,

The depression is moving north eastward over Korea.

Pressure remains relatively low over Tongking.

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