Evening star., 1943-05-14

ledQcF OIL llle AllleQ VICTORY IN North
Africa, was made public at the White
House along with list of persons
whom the Prime Minister has seen
during his three-day conference with
President Roosevelt. Among these
were T. V. Soong, Chinese Foreign
Minister, and Herbert " Evatt, the
Australian Minister of External
Affairs, lending additional strength
to the speculation that the Roose-
Churchill conference would re-
suit in expanded operations in the
Far East.
Mr.. Roosevelt told his press con-
ference today that he and Mr..
Churchill were still in the conferring
stage and that there was no news
yet from their three-day meeting.
Churchill May Meet Press.
He added that he did not believe
that there would be anything to say
until the visit of the Prime Min
lister was nearing an end, then he
added he believed it would be nice
II Mr.. Churchill took part in press
conference as he did previously here.
That subject, however, has not been
broached to Mr.. Churchill, the Presi-
dent said.
The President assured reporters
that there would be nothing out of
the conference between now and
Monday, though he added that he
and the Prime Minister would con-
tlnue to meet during that time.
Mr.. Roosevelt was asked why the
names of the American military
and naval experts who were par
tlcipating in the conference with
the British had not been made
public, and he said the newspaper
men knew who they we're, that
they were all in Washington, and
that they could make up their own
list.
The principal American partic-
lpants are assumed to be Gen.
George c. Marshall, chief of staff:
Admiral Ernest j. King, chief of
naval operations, and Gen. Henry H.
Arnold, commanding general of the
Army Air Forces.
Speculation Raised.
There has been some speculation
as to how much of a representation
this country has from its forces in
the Far East, for while it has been
believed that the participants in
the meetings here include 1t. Gen.
Joseph w. StilWell, China Burma
India commander, and Mai. Gen.
Claire Chennault, commander of
the l4th Air Force in China. it is
not known definitely if they are
sitting in on the meetings.
In general connection with the
situation in the East, the President
said that he supposed that William
Phillips, special envoy to India,
would return to that country. Mr..
Phillips recently came back from
India after trip in which he was
unable to see Mahatma Ghandi
The President was also asked
about report that our military
leaders abroad had said that they
would treat only with the military
leaders of conquered countries when
the Allies eventually move in on
Europe, and not with the political
leaders of those nations.
The President responded that
such generality is not sound, cit
ing for example Norway, where he
indicated that the king would be
the individual with whom to deal.
What about the situation in
Italy?" he was asked.
He said he had better not talk
about that.
Eisenhower Sends Message.
The White House also made pub
lie a message from Gen. Dwight D.
commander in chief in
the North African theater, acknowl-
edging congratulations on the Allied
victory from Mr.. Churchill and
pledging that the victorious army
will continue to pound until Hit
lerlsm has been exterminated from
the earth"
The text of the Churchill message
to Gen. Chang follows:
Il send you warm thanks for your
of congratulation on the
great Allied victory which has
crushed the last resistance of Ger
man and Italian forces in Africa.
The day will come when we shall
rejoice at similar feats of arms of
the United Nations which will surely