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possibility that japanese forces
may land and occupy that section
of Australia, which is separated
from the more populous part Of
the country by desert and jungle.
Military experts believe the sec
ond phase Of operations of the
Axis will begin shortly, probably
before the end Of this month. 1t
is believed these operations will
take the shape of a combined ac-
ton by the NaZis and Japanese.
The former will operate through
the Mediterranean toward the
Indian Ocean and Middle East.
while the Japs will move toward
the Red Sea and India.
Jap Losses Relatively Small.
According 10 unofficial eSti-
mates, which are considered re-
liable, the losses Of the japanese
in the conquest of Java have
been relatively small. The main
body of the japanese feet has
suffered comparatively little. One
or two old battleships, some
cruisers and deStroyers and less
than 100 transports.
AS a matter Of fact, the prin-
cipal japanese striking fleet was
not IN actual engagement. Con-
voying naval units were lost at
Macassar and last week in the
battle for Java. These losses did
not seriously weaken the striking
power OF Japan. japanese avia-
tion losses do not exceed Nip
poneSe air production for two
months. According 10 available
information, the japanese man
ufactue an average of 500 planes
a month.
All in all. 1t is estimated that
the conquest Of Malaga. Singa-
pore and the Netherlands Indies
was the cheapest military per-
formance in history in relation
TO the purpose, strategic and
economic, for which it was un-
dertaken.
The japanese are expected to
require only slight pause to
gather their forces for further
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solution on the pattern of Ulster.
But what about the Moslem minori-
ties scattered elsewhere?
Advance Must Be Gradual.
Is it to be inferred from the above
that the present state of affairs must
continue unchanged? No But the
advance towards government
must be gradual, as it has been in
the past.
The act of 1885 provides for fed
eral government of India responsible
to federal legislature composed of
the representatives of all the In
dians and of the 562 states under
sovereign rulers. That section of
the act dealing with a federal gov
eminent had to be postponed be-
cause Of lack of agreement between
the various ethnic communities, the
independent princes. etc. At the same
time, it must be remembered that
SIX Hindus and two Moslems have
seats in the viceroy's executive coun-
Gil, since July, 1881, as against five
British ministers, and that, of re-
cent years, they have never been
oVerruled.
The sole important restriction
placed on Indian autonomy is that
all matters of national defense and
foreign policy are the exclusive ap-
purtenance of the viceroy. As TO the
II provinces. they have been
turned over to native adminiStra-
tionS and it is no fault of the British
overload if the seven Hindu cabinets
chose to resign at the bidding of
congress India in September,
1899, on the argument that they had
not been consulted when war was
declared against Germany.
Such is the share of Hindus and
Moslems for the time being. To
widen it. the following program is
probably under conSidera ton:
l. The five British ministers to
disappear from the viceroy's execu-
tive council SO as to make that BODY
entirely Indian.
2. The number of elected men,
berS, in the two branches of the
central legislature, to be increased
with a corresponding reduction in
the number of nominated rpep,harS
3. The electorate for the central
and for the local legislatures to be
enlarged
Such is the new ground that NAV
be broken with comparative safety.
To go further would involve great
risks.
Released by North American Newspaper
Alliance.
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The burdens in those days We're
little as compared to those the
American people will be carry
ing by next November.
Friends Of Senator Mead Of
New York had hoped to put MIN
across for the Democratic guber-
Material nomination. He is an
upstater-from Buffalo-and a
good vote getter in the past.
His sponsorship of the now dying
Pensions for Congressman Act,
however, is believed to have so
seriously affected his availability
for the nomination that he will
not seek it. Indeed, he has said
as much.
1t will be interesting to see
what Mayor La Guardia of New
York will do when the race for
Governor comes around. If Mr..
Dewey is the G. o. P. nominee.
the Mayor would have to choose
between supporting Mr.. Dewey,
who went to the front for him
in the mayoralty campaign last
year, and turning his back on
him. AS a matter of fact, both
Mr.. Dewey and Mr.. Willkie cam
paigned for Mr.. La Guardia IN
that mayoralty race, when Dem
ocratic State leaders, including
Gov. Lehman, turned against the
Mayor.
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Gerard Swope Resigns
As horgenthau Aide

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. March 7.-Gerard
Swope, former president of the Cen
eral Electric Co, yesterday an
nounced his resignation as assistant
to the Secretary of the Treasury so
that he could be available for the
forthcoming trial Of an antitrust
suit instituted more than a year ago
by the Attorney General against
General Electric.
In his letter of resignation, Mr..
Swope explained to Secretary Nor
genthau that since the law suit in
volved matters on which the Su-
preme Court ruled in favor of Cen
eral Electric in 1926. while he was
president of the company, it would
be necessary for him to appear as a
witness in trial that probably would
last several months.
Mr.. Morgenthau. in a letter &C
ceptinc Mr.. SWope's resignation as
of today. said Il take this oppor-
tunity to express my very Sincere
appreciation for the help. advice and
counsel which you have so ably and
generously given to me and my as
sociates during the time you have
been connected with the Treasury" "
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The Political Mill
6. O. P. Has Chance to Go Places in New York
Next Fall if Dewey and WiIlke Pull Together

less bipartisan when it comes
to getting what it which
has been largely responsible for
the situation which has grown
up there between Mr.. Dewey and
Mr.. Willkie. Its prejudices
against the youthful former New
York County district attorney,
who has been no respecter of per-
sons, have continued over from
the last presidential campaign.
Some of these gentlemen would
just rather not have Mr.. Dewey
in the Governors chair. And be-
yond that, they do not banker
to see him a future presidential
candidate.
The wealthy influences in the
party, however. are strong for
Mr.. Willkie, They would like to
use him to kill off Mr.. Dewey,
and then see him 60 into the
White House.
Democrats for Lehman.
Republican chances in New
York can be very good this fall,
as things are now shaping up.
This is well understood by the
Democrats, who would like to
have Gov. Lehman. seek still
another term. He has been pre-
vailed upon by the President
the last two times he has run to
be a candidate for Governor
even when Mr. Lehman did not
want to be a candidate or would
have preferred to be a candidate
for the Senate. There is such a
thing, however. as going once
too often to the we'll. Unless
there should be a distinct i'm
provement in the war situation
between now and next November,
incumbents who are seeking re-
election may get short shift from
the voters. That goes for Gov
ernors AS well as for members Of
Congress.
1t is easily conceivable that
the people will be irritated be-
cause of the various restrictions
put upon them-even though
they make the sacrifices with
good grace. Also, they will be
paving taxes as never before,
with the prospect of still heavier
tax burdens before them. Un-
less the administration is max
ing good showing in the con-
duct of the war, there is bound
to be dissatisfaction, which may
come out at the polls In 1918.
when the Wilson administration
had been doing good job at
the war abroad. even then dis
satisfaction Of the people with
the discomforts and burdens put
upon them caused an upset in
the congressional elections. in
favor of the opposition patty.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Ortiz Rubio Is Accused
Of Attempted Murder

BY the Associated Press.
TOLUCA. Mexico. March 7 (P,.-
Carlos Mercado, private secretary to
the wounded Gov. Alfredo Zarate
Albarran, last night formally ac-
cused State Legislator Fernando
Ortiz Rubio Of attempted murder in
Thursday nights shooting Of the
Governor.
Mercado said the shooting oc-
CURED after considerable amount
OF drinking when the Governor ac-
cused Ortiz Rubio of joining an
opposition party.
The State Legislature met yester-
day and voted to strip Ortiz Rubio.
American educated head of its per-
manent commission. and the son of
a former Mexican President. of his
immunity from arrest. This would
permit him to be tried IN the regu-
lar courts.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
BY GOULD LINCOLN.

The Republicans have a
chance to go places" in New
York elections next November,
by standing together. On the
other hand if the Dewey and
Willkie forces in the Republican
party clash over personal ambi-
tions. the fight to carry the En-
pire State, tough enough in the
first place, will become, in all
probability, too TERRIBLY tough.
There is reason to believe that
a rapprochement is coming be-
tween Thomas E. Dewey, who
would ike to be the Republican
nominee for Governor, and Wen
dell L. IVillkie. who would like
to be the Republican nominee
for President in 1914. 1t has
looked for some time as though
these gentlemen. rarity due to
the desires of their friends ard
to poor advice, would tear each
other apart in an effort to control
the Republican party in New
York. But now, it is runored,
better counsel prevails. Mr..
Willkie may get Fundamentally
back of the Dewey campaign for
Governor this fall, and Mr..
Dewey. whether he is elected
Governor or not. will leave the
way clear for Mr.. Willkie to the
presidential nomination in 1914.
Has Many Warm Enemies.
That would be a sensible pro-
cedure. OF course, what the
Republican National Convention
will DO in 1914 is still a great big
guess-even if Mr.. Dewey stood
Evening star., 1942-03-07
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

With the fall Of Java the Jap
anese will have reached their first
set of detectives much quicker
than any one expected. Whether
the Dutch and a handful Of
American and British forces con-
tinue guerrilla warfare from the
mountains is immaterial. The
principal consideration, as far as
the United Nations are con-
cerned, is that we have been de-
prived of our last naval and air
bases in the South Pacific.
The only remaining bases
which the American and Austral-
ian forces can use are on the
east and southern coast of Aus
tralia and New Zealand, thou
sands of miles away from our
future objectives. Darwin is
hardly an adequate place for
naval craft. This secondary base
is under the constant fire of Jap
planes. Furthermore, there is the
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Mediterranean would become
precarlous.
Because a German attack is
expected in that region soon the
United Nations are preparing
themselves for a grim fight.
Masses of planes and tanks have
been concentrated in the Near
East and North Africa since last
November and it is believed by
informed sources that Allied
forces will be able TO meet the
enemy with much greater success
than in the past.
It is admitted that the fight
will be hard because with the
japanese loose in the Indian
Ocean the Axis powers have a
real strategic advantage over the
United Nations.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Baptist Missionaries in
Shanghai Unrestricted

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va. March r
Southern Baptist missionaries in
Shanghai are unrestricted. while
all others in occupied China are
living in compounds and homes, the
State Department informed the
Foreign Mission Board of the
Southern Baptist Convention yes
terday.
Earlier this week, State Depart
ment officials were asked to take
steps for the relief of six Baptist
missionaries reported confined to
Stanley Prison in Hong Kong.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
U.S.. Diplomats Reported
On Way 10 Spanish Border
3. tht Associated Press.

p tht Associated Press
LONDON. March THE Daily
Mail said in dispatch from Madrid
today that 100 United States diplo-
mats and newspapermen, detained
at Bad Neuheim. Germany. since
December. now are enroute by sep
cial train to Port BOu, on the
French-S Spanish border.
The newspaper said the party
would be taken later to the Portu-
guese border pending an exchange
of German diplomats from the
United States.
A Stockholm dispatch to Ex-
change Telegraph yesterday quoted
Berlin report as saying the Amer
leans were not expected to leave Bad
Neuheim until the end of March.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Americans in Shanghai
Muy Be Returned

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC From japanese Broad
casts, March THE Swedish con-
sulate in Shanghai will accept ap-
plications from United States ma
tionals who wish to return home
from that Japanese occupied city
Domei reported today.
The news agency said the United
States Government was negotiating
with Japan through the Swedish
consulate to allow their return. 1t
declared 1000 Americans, includ-
ing diplomats, were in Shanghai.
Evening star., 1942-03-07

An American mission is about to
leave for Bombay. Officially, it will
set itself to reorganize local indus
tries End expand deliveries under
the Lease-Lend Act. Political ques-
tiOnS do not come within its scope
Nevertheless, its arrival is sure to
be held as evidence that the United
States is all out for a drastic cut
in British control. Many friends Of
England believe that the strength
and determination of Indian resist
ance to the invaders will grow in
proportion to the new liberties con-
ferred.
To understand the discussion in
Downing street, major point de-
serves to be kept in mind. At the
present time, the Indian army con-
Sists Of roughly 100000 men, not
to mention 10000 British soldiers.
That force is being increased at the
rate Of 50,000 monthly. BY volun-
tary enlistment, apart from all COM
pulSion, millions could be gathered
But the authorities in New Delhi
and in London do not want to have
anything to do with q bow and arrow
army. They stand by the rule that
they had better raise only the man
power which they can properly equip
and no more.
The volume of armaments and
supplies available on the spot mark.
therefore, a limit upon which they
are not willing to trespaSs. To in
crease Indias industrial output, to
send the non-ferrous metals which
her soil does not yield and, of course,
to forward troops and arms from
the outside is the only way to de-
Velop her national defense.
Solution Still Distant.
If. tomorrow, Indian leaders like
Pandit Jarwarharlal Nehru. Mr.
Jinnah, etc, agreed as to the polit-
iCal structure of an independent
India and the British government
fell in with their recommendation
not one single man could be added
to those who are alreday in camps
and barracks.
But. the worst is this: Mr.. Nahru,
Mr. Jinnah and others are very far
from having solved their differ
ences. They have been thrashing
them out for more than 20 years
and have hardly moved toward a
compromise. Let us assume, that
under external pressure, the London
ministers give way to Mr.. Nehrus
request and decide that. hence
forward, India is to be exclusively
ruled by the ballot box.
According to most observers, Mr.
Jinnah's Moslem minority would not
readily put up with the new regime,
All the odds are that the 10000 900
Moslems would revolt against the
impending predominance of the
241 100000 Hindus.
And. here. heed has to be paid to
a vital consideration. India's Stur-
diest fighters are of Moslem stock,
or, like Sikhs and Gurkas are hostile
to Congress India The police
formations are full of theme There
fore. as the direct outcome Of the
reform. internal order could hardly
fail to be endangered and national
defense weakened.
Mr.. Jinnah sponsors the secession
of the four provinces where Moslems
predominate. He is ready to fashion
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Hawaii Victim Home
For Mothers Burial
By The Assoclated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BELLEVILLE, Ill, March Z
John Rauschkolb, for whom this
community once held memorial serv-
ices, came home last right-for the
burial Of his mother.
Mrs. Ethel Rauschkolb died Feb
ruary Is Of a heart attack en-
gendered, her family said, by the
strain of believing her 21-year-old
sailor son dead at Pearl Harbor and
learning of his safety II hours after
he was honored as Belleville's first
war fatality.
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colleagues are
being urged to
grant dominion
status if not
complete j n d e =
pendence to the
big empire in
Asia.
Give the peo-
pie real political
power, declared
Chlang kal-Shek
in his farewell
m e S S a G e pub
liShed in New
D e hi Febru-
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Slate Fall Kills Two

GRUNDY, Va, March LP).-Two
miners were killed and another in
jured yesterday in a slate fall in
the Buchanan County Coal Corp. S
No. mine at Big Rock. The dead
were listed as Roland Dotson and
Lundy Dotson, brothers, both of
Grundv.
Evening star., 1942-03-07

prom p t 2 d It,.
Sometime dur
ing Mr.. Pope 8
lifetime (1683-
1744) an erner-
gency arose in
England. Mrs.
Pope suddenly
decided to learn
how to use 2 gun
in case the Pope
household h 2 d
to be defended
against invaders
while Alexander
Wa c k0Ockirr off
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order in Amer
lea from a con-
stitutional view
point.
The Supreme
Court, in two
separate d e ci-
sion 5, pointed
the way to the
restoration of a
system of civil
lied relation
ships between
Ia Dor u n ! o n S
a n d e OV e r n =
mental author
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Ham TroxeIs 10000 Miles

RICHMOND, Va. March 7 lP,.-A
Virginia ham. shipped November 26
as Christmas present for the wife
of an American Army officer in the
Philippines, was returned to the
sender the other day with the
Philippine mark: Post office closed >
1t had travelled about 10000 miles.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
This Changing World
Nozi Ships Expected TO Try ChonneI Coup
In Dosh Toward the Mediterranean

operations which most military
and naval experts believe will
take place In the Indian Ocean
and against India.
Meanwhile, the NaZis are re-
ported to have completed their
air concentration in Southern
Europe. There is a possibility
that the German ships which
recently escaped from Brest may
attempt to move through the
English Channel in company
with the battleship Tirpitz, this
time in dash toward the Med
iterranean.
In spite of the losses suffered
during the last II months. the
British are still masters of the
Eastern Mediterranean, the prjn-
cipal future scene of battle with
the Nazis and FaScists. While
the Italian feet unquestionably
has air superiority, it is not con-
sidered sufficient in itself to op-
pose the British.
The Italians have ships but not
an ounce of fight in them. Even
the eventual addition of the
French surface ships to the
Italian Navy would not give the
Axis the necessary fighting su-
perlority. The French vessels are
good, but here again il is doubt
full whether the French scamen
would have much heart in an
other war unless they are strong
ly supported by real fighting
units.
Preparing for Grim Fight.
For this reason it is believed in
many quarters that the Nazis
may attempt to dash southwark
through the Channel to attempt
TO enter the Mediterranean II
they can get through Dover
Strait. the lob of passing through
Gibraltar Strait, which is only II
miles long and can be Travelled in
less than an hour, will not be
very difficult.
The same artificial clouds as
were released in the dash from
Brest to the North Sea might be
successfully used again. The
British are worried about such a
possibility and are aware Of the
fact that If the Nazis slip through
their blockade again the position
of the British feet in the Eastern
Evening star., 1942-03-07
By PERTINAX.

What reform of the Indian gov
errment is likely to issue from the
deliberations now taking place in
London? Winston Churchill end his
Evening star., 1942-03-07

THE opinions of the ,Orers this page their on
necessarily The Stars opinions are presented in The
Stars effort to giUe all sides OF questions of interest
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
| Themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Court Points
Way for
Labor Laws
Two Supreme Court
Decisions Hailed as
Constitutional Guin
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

If it were not for the emphasis
given war news, this past week
would have been regarded as his
toric in the evolution of law and
Evening star., 1942-03-07
.McLemore-
A Chance to Give
Ones Life at Home
BY HENRY McLEMORE.

"A little learning is a dangerous
thing" That is Mr.. Alexander
Pope's most celebrated saying.
1 suspect now that I know what
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Youth Was Against Dewey.

Tom" Dewey, who came
within an ace of winning the
gubernatorial race in New York
in 1888, it is understood, will
finish out the four-year guber-
material term. should he be elect
ed. Mr.. Dewey is a young man.
He was only 38 when he sought
the presidential nomination in
1898, and it was his youth which
initiated against his chances
then, plus the fact that certain
wealthy elements in the Republi-
can party did not want him, and
did want Mr.. Willkie.
1t is this same wealthy group
in New York-Which is more or
Evening star., 1942-03-07

aside for Mr.. WiIlkie. There are
other potential candidates for
the nomination-inCluding Sena-
tor Robert A Taft of Ohio, who
was the runner-up against Mr..
Willkie in the Philadelphia ma
tional convention in 1910.
There is the element in the
Republican party which did not
like, and does not like, Mr.. Will
kie because of his support of
President Roosevelt's foreign
policy. Indeed, Mr.. Willkie has
more warm supporters and more
warm enemies in the Republic
can party today than any other
Of the outstanding figures in the
G. O. P. And the division comes
largely over the Willkie attitude
toward the war before Pearl
Harbor."
Mr.. Dewey could not assure
Mr.. Willkie definitely the nomi-
nation for President in 1914 for
Mr.. Wilkes support in the gu
bernatOrial campaign next fall,
under all these circumstances.
But if Mr.. Dewey should be
elected Governor Of New York
and should throw his influence
in support of Mr.. Willkie for
the presidential nomination two
years later, it would be like max
ing certain that Mr. Willkie
would go into the national con-
vention with the whole of New
York s big delegation lined up
for him. To have those "a votes
in the national convention in a
candidates pocket is a big step
toward the priced presidential
nomination. Mr.. Willkie might
we'll be willing to take a gamble
of that kind.
Evening star., 1942-03-07
Brituin's India Problem
Three-Point eIf-Government Program
Believed Under Consideration as Compromise

solution on the pattern of Ulster.
But what about the Moslem minori-
| ties scattered elsewhere?
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