Evening star., 1943-08-12

talnS or Britain ana America get
taSsther.
But sometimes the presence of
military officers merely serves as
"a bit of window dressing for the set
tlement of other more vital mat
ters-the political difficulties, of
which there happen to be great
many.
For one thing, Russia and, par
ticularly, Stain. constitute the big
gest single problem before the
United Nations. Russia is con-
stantly demanding things from the
United Nations and giving little in
return.
America can't find out much
about Siberia nor apparently can
any plans be laid looking toward
help from Russia in our major war
with Japan.
Calls for Technical Data.
But Russia is asking for technical
information and the rights to vari-
Gus patented articles and much of
our information of secret nature
relating to aircraft construction.
Russia is rather insistent about
1t, too, and the British and Ameri-
can governments evidently have
felt that there was nothing else to
do during the war but give what
ever Stain asks. Many gesture
has been made to please and ap-
pease the Moscow government, even
at the expense of other vital areas
of war.
Maybe Messrs. Churchill and
Roosevelt can find the answer to
this thorny question. Certainly it
is not an easy one to solve and it
affects indirectly not only the man
agement of the war but the post
war problems as we'll
Russia, of course, feels she is max
ing the major contribution and that
with all the speeches and orations
from Messrs Roosevelt and Church
i'll, no really important second
front has been opened in Europe
by the United Nations. Russian
dispatches from time to time inti-
mate grave doubt whether such a
front will be opened soon.
Few Troops Diverted.
The big air war on Germany and
the operations in the Mediterra-
mean in and around Sicily are re-
garded by the Russians as helpful
but really incidental. The number of
German divisions diverted because
of our attack on Sicily is pointed out
by the Russians to be woefully small
The Russians want America and
Britain to open up a big second
front. Until that happens Stain
feels his men are doing the ground
fighting and really defeating the
Germans in the only warfare that
counts-land operations.
Presently this challenge must be
met by the President and the Prime
Minister. They must make up their
minds whether they will permit
Stain to dominate not only the war
but the peace. To impress the Rus
sian Premier, it is being urged that
a big ground operation be begun
sometime this year or perhaps next
winter or spring which will enable
the United Nations to land at least
1000, 900 or more men on the north
coast of Europe.
Better Understanding Needed.
Perhaps that is the real reason
why the draft of fathers has been
ordered for october l, and it may
be the real reason why all along the
United States Army chiefs have
shrewdly insisted on force Of T.
100000 men without telling their in
nermost reasons.
Sooner or later there must be
better understanding with Russia
and a true partnership such as allies
should have during a war, or else
a kind of sparring or jockeying for
ultimate position will result, In
which the British and American
governments eventually must send
huge numbers of troops to defeat
and then occupy Germany and die
tate the peace terms.
1t could happen that If the Rus
slams entered Berlin, they would feel
they primarily had won the war and
should have most to say about the
peace. Clearly there are ticklish
problems for Mr.. Churchill and Mr..
Roosevelt to discuss and perhaps
It's a good thing to let the public
believe it's Just some more military