NEWS OF THE WEEK
AFTER a prolonged and not very inexplicable silence Hitler has regained his voice. His funeral oration over General Died contained indeed no reference of any consequence to the course of the war, and his address to his armament chiefs on Wednesday can have brought those who heard or read it little comfort. Hider brushed aside " day-to-day developments." Everything that is happening in Russia and Italy and France apparently falls into this category. It is true, no doubt, that the last Act only counts, but cvents are moving visibly to an inexotable climax very different from the denouement sketched by Hitler. With German regiments and divisions surrendering almost wholesale, with armies now incapable of manning the vast fronts and the Luftwaffe incapable of giving any assistance worth considering to the ground troops, all the Filhrer
can say is that this is a technicians' war and that German technicians, coupled with German leadership, will win it. There is no single military development to confirm that. Meanwhile it is significant that official opinion in Berlin is swinging back to the thesis that the Eastern is the vital front and that all reserves must be sent there. When the weather improves Berlin may be equally impressed once more with the importance of the West.
