The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
Second Land Front In Europe Very Certain
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EooSeyelt : churchill discussions. Early sald "the Russians had fig- ured in 1t from the beginning and siill are"
 Early disclosed that Secretary of State Corden Hull had participated in the leaderg conversations with Idtvlnov.
 Pressure for a vigorously active Anglo American fighting front aeainst Germany in Europe appear ed to be increasing enormously un- der impact os bad news from prac- ticaily all war theaters.
 Churchill, whose visit here has been marred by the fall of Tobruk mnd Axis penetration of Egypt, is believed to be as eager as any for khe drive to begin. He Is under hot 4ro at home and must answer to the house of commons when he re- turns to London.
 Shock for Axis
 President Roosevelt and Churchill may have agreed on Q shock for the Axis and 8 pleasant surprise for the peoples of the United Na- tons in their conferences. There ls no hint of what they have agreed upon, but yesterdays Pacific war council meeting sent conferees away smiling.
 pr. Eelco van Kleffens, foreign minister of the Netherlands goy- erlment-!n-exile, arrived by Clip per only in time to attend the council. He was almost exultant after the White House meeting.
 While I cannot go into details" he explained, T want to empha- size one point-when I say encour- aging, 1t is not just 6 matter of routine but I have very definite reasons for saying so."
 There is no denying, however, that the war is going against the United Nations as of today. Bad news from North Africa, Sevastopol and Kharkov Is no more disquieting Co Americans than the extraordi- nary mystery in which the author 1t.es have packaged the Aleutian Islands situation. Japanese units are digging in there on fog shroud- Cd bases. The tantalizing uncer- tainty of the AleutianS have be- come more disturbing daily as the Administration has permitted almost 2 week to elapse since giving the public any fresh news.
 On June 2l the Navy Depart snent Issued that last word the pub- lie has had, disquieting revela- ton that the Japanese had estab- {ishe6 themselves in tents and tem- pCrary shore structures at Kiska and that there was a small force" pf Japanese ships in the harbor. The navy is believed to know with reasonable accuracy how many ships and how many Japanese are Rt Kiska. The fact that the num- sbers are not revealed causes specu- s1ation regarding the reasons for suppressing the information. Second Front Over Here
 Even more immediately and pain July effective is the second front eS- tablished against the United States 4r her own waters by German and @talian submarines. Proposing the seizure of Martinique, Sen. Harry F. Byrd, D., Va, asserted in the $enate that competent experts" be- 1ieve enemy submarines are based within striking distance of Ameri- can coasts and that "every indica- lion is that these bases are in and around the Caribbean Sea-" He said g0vegnment officials were his au- thority for saying that "the sink ing of cargo ships has been in ex- cess of their construction since Pearl Harbor."
 At least one other member of Con- Rress, Sen. Allen J. Ellender, D., La, as charging that the navy is sup pressing the true story of what is going on in nearby Atlantic waters, "a charge which suggests that more shhips are being sunk than the navy syWill concede.
 a And there is some agitation here tor a new high command set up which would put President Roose- Helt-with the consent of Great Brit ain, the Soviet Union and China wiH1 charge of overall war policies.
 Churchill not only met yesterday with an augmented Pacific war council at wi1ichc Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King was pres-