The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-17

This does not prevent an Allied offensive on France tomorrow morning and it also means there will be no weakening of cooperation in supplying war materials to Mos- COW. But it leaves no doubt of the Soviet view that the time has come for the Allies to defy any diflcul- ties and face the longest struggle to come to their aid.
 Live In Suspicion
 It has been pointed out that the Russians and the British and Amer jeans have lived in an atmosphere of mutual suspicion since the Bol- shevik revolution. But the present struggle has gone far to eliminate the Russia ndistrust as Anglo American war supplies arrived to bolster the Red Army, which aroused Allied admiration and evoked praise from the former severe critics of the Soviet, Union such as Churchill.
 Churchill's visit to Moscow was regarded as taking this a step fur ther. Personal relationships among London, Washington and Moscow are most important.
 However, from the Russian view point, the question arises whether the Soviet peoples view has been affected as 8 result of the delayd scond front.
 It has been emphasized that the second front has nothing to do with the Russians unweakening deter mination to fight on to victory, but it might outweigh and erase the progress already made toward mu- tual trust on the global battlefields and collaboration in the postwar world.
 AS far as the present phase of the war is concerned, 1t appears that the British and Americans have made up their minds that the best way to overcome difficulties and win the war is not likely to change, in a major sense, as a result of eastern front developments.
 It should be emphasized that Bri- tain and America were never pub licly pledged to open a second front in 1922, nor has Moscow ever claimed that they were.
 The most the Russians have said is that the Soviet people expected it.
 On the other hand, it is known that British and Americans have given the frankest explanation of the possibilities and forces available to the Russians, in order to avoid any confusion or misunderstand- ing.
 Incorrect Belief
 It would be incorrect to believe that the British press is strongly and steadily agitating for a second front now, although the Communist Daily Worker says feeling runs high" with mass meetings and work CTS petitions at Oxford, Swindon, Coventry, Clydebank and elsewhere, urging the allies to strike imme- diately.
 The Daily Worker said in an edi- torial: "The decisive days, as gov ernment spokesmen themselves have labeled them, are now. The obstacles must be overcome"
 Indications of possible repercus- sions in the future, either during or after the war, are lacking, although obviously, from the Russian view point, it is desired to give the im- precision that the present popular reaction might rebuild the wall of suspicion among the allied peoples.
 Whether failure to open the sec ond front would have any effect on the often-expressed American hopes for eventual bomber bases in Siberia depends entirely upon military de- velopments in the Far East.
 As far as the postwar period is concerned, the Soviet view, based on the idea that if the second front is delayed the end of the conflict may be far away, may be a highly premature attempt at definite specu- lation.