Milford chronicle., 1942-08-07
Second Front today.
Or He'll tomorrow!
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horsemen from the Steppes, armed
with that terrible weapon, the
ashaskas", a sort of heavy military
sabre, whetted like a razor, con-
tinue a desperate defense of the
West Caucasus, These rugged
natural fighters from the Don and
Kuban sections Of Russia, may or
may mot be Josef Stalin's ace in
the hole. Time alone will tell the.
answer to this. The absence Of
Soviet tanks, however; has an omf-
nous ring, and it may be- that this
arm Of the Red Army is crippled.
If this is true It is or rather it.
should not be, surprising. The
Russians until recently have met
the mechanized might of the Nazis
head-on, and while the Germans
have suffered costly losses in men
and machines, especially tanks,
they have ,(whether we want to be-
lieve it or not) greater building
power than the Russians, especial
ly since they control 20 to rs per
cent of the Soviet cities where the
greatest steel furnaces are located;
80 per cent of the tank manufactur-
ing centers, and so on down thel
list. The Russians have put, and
with superhuman strength, are con-
tinuing to put, up a great fight for 4
you and me and every other free
d0m-loving person under the Sun.
Personally, l do not believe that
they will sue for a separate peace,
whether they lose the Caucasus ori
not; they will continue the uneven
struggle until as a nation (unless
they are aided) they are complete
lys destroyed Lady Astor has said
recently that the Russians are
fighting for themselves. That is mol
doubt true. but the fact still re-
mains that the fight they are put |
ting up has saved England and
made it possible for the United !
States forearm. - ;.' eai |
We owe the Russians a second |
front, we owe ourselves a second !
front. The Germans are not super
men. The Greeks, who have suf- |
fered as much as any one nation at |
the hands of the Noble Aryans,'
say they are an army Of damned |
chauffeurs-take them out of their |
tanks and cars and they are
mediocre fighters. Let's open the !
second front and blow them out of
their vehicles.
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The War Department has re-
Gently announced that there are
10000 Japs in the Aleutians. This
announcement is evidently given
out to comfort those amongst us
who were alarmed when Represen-
tatfve Dimond, from Alaska, said |
the invaders numbered $4,000. Just |
between you and I, this reduction |
in figures fails to comfort me. |
While one of those filthy, little |
sneaking assasins remain on this |
side of the world I7don't feel safe |
at5night. - Hs' % - SIS 80 ~ u.
3 @ /s/s/ '' ~.
AS we look at it, the only bright |
spot in this terrible war is China.
There the Chinese, who have suf- |
fered so long that democracy might
live, are still putting up a gallant
fight. which is not always fought
along defensive lines. In fact in !
recent weeks, ably aided BY the
American planes and flyers. that
are pouring into the country, the
Chinese have launched a sfull-scale
offensive that has as its ultimate
aim the driving of the Jap invaders
into the sea. ~ = - -;
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India, the great question mark,
misled by Ghandi, is about to take
a fatal stepEa step which will un-
donbtedfy prove the undoing of all
the hopes Of the teefning millions
OF India for the next hundred
years. How Ghandi, a man of in
telligence, can hope to deal with
the Japs, 1 do not know. To be
sure, in the past, India has been
exploited by tn e British, and
promises have been made that were
never kept, but if Ghandi and the
All-India Congress go through with
their present plans to- tie up in
dnstry and all other phases of the
war effort, the treatment they will
receive from a victorious Japanese
army will make them long to once
more be under the domination Of
the English However. India is not
yet lost. There is many a slip
betwixt cup and lip, and Mr.. Chan
di may burn himself trying to
drain the bottom of the cup.