The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-03-24

His ali-around personality Is
spoken Of in Washington as ire
mendous asset in the stimulation OF
boundless enthusiasm and conf
dence in the rank and hle of his
officers and men.
He's got dash: a theatrical quail
ity Il wouldn't be sufficient II he
hadn't martial ability. too. but he
has.
He's Extensively super-compe-
tent. but an offensive campaign Is
what he was made to order for. A
frst-rate chance for his genius TO
assert Itself was lacking while he
remained pretty effectively ma
rooned. with the Japs outnumber-
ing him ten to one. on southern
Luzon. though even there he took
a frequent telling jab into the
enemys front. Loose in the open,
it's accepted as a foregone conclu-
sion that his rsiding will begin
scoring against the Axis before
hostilities are many days older.
Outnum bered, but
Hes ounumbered yet. Still. a
larger proportion Of Australians
military strength is said to be en-
rolled and in training than Is the
case in any other area on earth.
He'll have Dutch help also. II
From America it appears that he
needs equipment more than man
power. but he'll get some Of that
likewise.
And the anti-Jsp Filipinos win
continue to be useful. II he can
keep them armed.
Finally, not only are the Austria
uans. the Dutch and the Filipinos
all rarin' TO fight. but GeHeralissimo
Chang Kai-sheks Chinese are
raising anti-Japanese heck. with
no loss Of time. in what dispatches
describe as the edge of Burra's
"Shan states"
Parenthetically shan" is a Chi
nese word meaning a mountain
chain"
We hear Of Shantung and Shansi
provinces in northern China.
''Tung" means east Isl" means
west. Accordingly Shantung is east
of a certain shan" or mountain
range and Shansi is west Of it. And
Burma's shan states" 1.-THE IS" in
shan" isn't entitled to be capital.
izedi are its mountain states.
We might as well learn a little
Chinese as hy-product Of the war
Strategists generally agree that
General MacArthurs problem
would be immensely simplihed for
him II we had had the forethought
to build a railroad across Canada.
from our northern border to Alas
ka. before World War No 2 began
The Canadians were quite willing
to grant US a right-of-way. but we
postponed the job too long
Had It been attended to at the
time IT originally was suggested
we could be air-raiding Japanese
cities into heaps OF ashes today
from the Aleutians What II woulc
do to the Japs production Of wal
supplies doesn't require much EN-.
phasizing
BY Water Is Slow
It's true, we still can get equip
rnent to an Alaskan base by water
or by plane, but it's slower work
than II would be 70 rush IL w
northward in sufficient volume. BY
rail
Meantime it's taken for granted
that General Macarthur will over
come his handioaps. but it's ohvi-
Gus that he has them to overcome
The Axis powers naturally are
broadcasting their version that the
general abandoned" the Philip
pines because he realized that he
was licked there Their hope. IL
goes almost without saying. Is to
demoralize the democracies' morale.
and particularly to impress the
Latin Americas Their story doesn't
seem to be taking very well.
though.
Japanese morale apparently isn't
altogether freproof. either
Jap generals have a habit Of
committing hari-kiri in Ats OF dis
couragement occasionally General
Homma. in charge Of the Mikado's