The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-11
Observations
Possibilities Of
Invasion Seen on
Every Side
BY Charles p. Stewart

When the United Nations get
around to invading the Axis, the
question arises
Through what doorways will they
invade?
The British Isles are obvious, as
a taking-off place.
However, the democracies want
TO swoop down on the AXIS strong.
hold Germany from a multiplicity
OF different directions.
Portugal is a good initiatory
c~untry 1t is pro-democratic. 1t
has some nice islands, like the
Azores. from which to launch az
;acks against Nazi submarine oper-
Itions. They furnish a convenient
access for United Nations forces
INTO the Mediterranean, and onto
he northwestern African coast.
Adjoining SPANS Falangist gov
eminent is pro-AXis, but the bulk OF
It's population is radically not so.
Ameaning pro.United Nations-be.
cause it is pro-Russian-at the first
chance it gets to manifest itself
II may be a postwar problem, but
not Just now.
France depends on the strength
Of Fighting French, which is SUI.
hciently formidable to help a lot
when its first maximum opportunl.
ty arrive
As the final squeeze Is put upon
the AXIS forces in Tunisia the en-
circlement of the European Axis
powers is virtually completed and
North Africa, no longer battle.
ground becomes an immense and
growing arsenal Of incalCuiable
value TO the Allies
Rommel and his boss back in
Berchtesgaden knew what they
were doing when they put up such
a desperate though hopeless battle
in Tunisia.
Italy. from all indications, is pre-
pared to rear up on its hind legs
anti-Axisly al its first opportunity
to overthrow Duce MussolinI
Farther 10 the eastward, Tur.
keys attitude IS anti-ANisly neutral.
n should not take many develop.
ments TO flop II definitely into the
United Nations column And it
Is an extraordinarily little fighting
country
From there the situation switches
Into the southeastern and eastern
Balkan states. Temporarily the~
are squelched by their neighbor-
Ing Nszis. but more than ready to-
rebel against them the minute they
Zee a chance
Then, 10 the northwestUard lies
rebellious Scandinavia.
Denmark is merely overrun Nor.
way is Quislingruled Sweden al.
ready is threatening Germany with
its shooting-irons, unless
The Svedes are little but they
are pretty well-heeIed for a short
scrap
Additionally there Is that big
back-country in Siberia. Its re-
sources are tremendous. and Rus.
STA controls them. II may not do
much fighting but It certainly can
furnish supplies
All this would seem TO add up
TO plenty of trouble for the Axis
in Europe
Gen. Yang Chin, however, as a
Chinese spokesman, says the Orien-
tai prospect is quite a different
thing.
Let the Jap win the Pacific war.
he says. and the Mikados folk will
dominate their waters and adjacent
lands for many, many years
Here is what General Yang says.
IF Japan conquers Australasia,
her military caste in the Pacific
will be unsuitable for many cen.
turtles to come.
According to this reckoning this
war is going to last forever How
ever. there may be more than wish
full thinking 10 new reports reach
ing this country that Japan is be-
ginning to feel the pinch industrial
ly and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS she Il
geared to prosecute only a relative
ly short war-and this war, for
her, has already been quite long
one.