The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-04-04

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1870, d puty. OF
ies'uen. course he'll be
hOose'ei' the final voice IN
this countrys
craftsmanship, and actual head of
The whole cutht.. British Ambassa-
ior Lord Halifax will be the United
Kingdoms delegate for the present.
Il is likely that a more virlle per-
sonaiity WI be chosen 10 succeed
bm soon. Leighton Mccarthy an
Ottawa cabinet member and min
ister here, will speak for Canada.
Australian Foreign Minister II.
We're Eyatt viii be his COM
monwealth's representative. New
Zealand's will be Minister Walter
Nash Chinese Foreign Minister
T. V. Soong will be a mem
Der, occasionally relieved by AM
bassador Hu Shin Minister A.
Loudon viii be on the job for the
exiled Dutch government.
This alignment may seem, at tirst
glance, 10 have been effected pre-
dominantly for a concentration Of
democracies' energies against ia
pan.
What a jab il is calculated TO be
against Hitler Is apparent in a min
ute, though.
Adolf, all strstegists agree, is
desperately anxious for Jap
thrust against Russia, through ST.
IBERIA. Now that its spring, the
time has come for him to knock
the Soviet folk out in short order
along their western front. Their
weather has helped them enor-
mously with their fighting during
the winter months. This is the sea-
son for the Fushrer 70 dispose OF
them conclusively, II he's 10 sue
coed in doing it at all. Obviously
his chance Of accomplishing it
would be enormously increased,
provided he can get them formid-
ably attacked from the direction
opposite to his own.
warm Nedtner soon
It's urgent for him, too.
Tha Russians themselves evident
ly are a bit apprehensive Of warm
weather, and have been clamoring
for a big continental landing from
John Bulls Islands. by Brtons, and
also American, II available, with
whale OF an attack on the NaZis
from the westward.
In that event, Adolf would be the
chap caught between two fires, so
he is frantic to have the Japs get
into action first.
That the Mikado would Ike to
gobble up Siberia nobody quss-
tons.
It's rich, though little developed,
and would be an ideal area for
Nippons overlooking population TO
expand into. Furthermore, its
northeastern peninsula, Kamchat-
ka. would be an elegant Jumping
of place for a Jap invasion OF
Alaska.
Yet well-advertised Yankee
English Canadian Australian
New Zealsnd-Chinese-Dutch East
Indian combination against them
is calculated 70 give the Japs pause.
Let them be attacked by such an
aggregation. while likewise at war
with Russia. and THEY would
be the birds caught, not only be-
tween two fires. but In the midst Of
half a dozen or more.
Besides. the cusses are extremely
vulnerable
Their planes could lombard
[ Vladivostok TO be sure. but II
would be no great loss. and the
f country roundabout, for thousands
Of miles every way. is rather less
susceptible TO that kind Of dam
age than any sheep range Of our
own, cut west.
One Good Raid
On tie opposite hand. Jap Isl
amos are simply alive with indus
tries, built cut Of paper and bam-
boo sticks and swarming with cool
les and na5obs and merchants OF
all sorts Of combustibe junk, and
one coed raidirg unguestiona5ly
would wipe the entire aggregation
of the map. It's safe bet that
they won't start anything they
cen stop. Etea II ;h-.g 4zy MILL
tsrists did it, they soon would be
eXterminated and then the rest OF
them would quit.
The motto is:
"squelch the Japs and keep them
squelched"
That's the United Nations Pa.
cihc war councils mission.
II may not Hex Herr Hitler d.
rectly, but il viii lick him 40 or 4,
per cent. and il won't be so hard L
attend 70 the rest.
OF course Italy doesn't count.
A. q by-product, il may be worti
while to help hop the Nazis on thei
European western front (the de
Hiocracies' European eastern
one. versus the Reich's western out
look our wavl
Thus the Pacific war Is a va
tao ways.
The points Of tho compass ar
confused these Gays