Evening star., 1943-03-24

that the British
government has David Lawrence
not concurred in the American view
about the necessity of an all-out
war against Japan Efforts to see
more of our war production aIlocated
to the Pacific have met with the re-
} sponse that there isn't enough to
wage total war against Japan and
against Hitler at the same time.
To satisfy American opinion, how
ever, the Prime Minister on Febru-
ary II revealed that he had given
President Roosevelt a pledge at
Casablanca to put all Britsins re-
sources into the fray against Japan
when Hitler is beaten. He said. IN
= that event, all forces of the British
Empire, land, sea and air, will be
moved to the Far Eastern area with
the greatest possible speed and Brit
ain vii! continue the war by the
side Of the United States with the
utmost vigor until unconditional sur
AStASlNA 10 NIIAOi ASh hJp3t Japan.
Last Sunday Mr.. Churchill said:
THE war against Japan viii de-
msnd very different arrangement
Of our forces from what it is at
present. There will certainly be
large numbers of British and also.
no doubt, United States soldiers
whom it will not be physically pos
sible to employ across the vast dis
tances and poor communications of
the japanese war $.
Japan Seen Notified.
However vigorously the war
against Japan is prosecuted, there
certainly will be a partial dennobiliza-
tion following the defeat of Hitler.
Of course, these ideas may be
completely falsifed by events. 1t
may be that Japan Will collapse be-
fore Hitler, in which case quite an
other layout will be necessary. As,
however, many people wish ardently
to discuss the future, l adopt for
this purpose tonight what seems to
me the most likely situation"
Here is the Prime Minister of
Great Britain notifying Japan that
he doesn't expect the United Ma 1
Z tions to force the surrender of Japan
before Hitler is beaten and that.
even when the latter event occurs,
the entire force of the United Ma
tons will not be made available.
The japanese may be counting on
such a contingency--their ability to
obtain stslemate by consolidating
their positions at present so strongly
that it might take the United States,
fighting with the partial assistance
of Britain, many years to recapture
the vast areas now held by Japan
The British attitude is most i'm
portant, because the United States
would never have been caught un.
prepared in the Pacific If it had not
been necessary to send aid to the
British and to deploy q substantial
part of the American naval and air
forces in the Atlantic to help Brit
ain in 1910 and l941. If the British
people are going to be promised even
partial demobilization. it can only
mean that the Prime Minister is
harboring the notion that the Jap
anese war is America S war after all.
4. S Demands May Change.
II such view is permitted to
grow in America, it cannot but lead
to the belief that the recapture Of
the Malaga Peninsula and other
areas previously held by Britain may
lead in the end to an American
mandate for that area rather than
a reutrn to Britain Of the territories
she has lost. The American people
are not likely to enjoy the con-
tinuation Of a fight for British
possessions If the British govern
ment which is now SO instrumental
in preventing the proper amount
of aid from going to the Pacific
loses interest IN the continuation Of
the war against Japan.
Mr. Churchill is sincere in his
promises and pledges. but the mo-
ment he promises even a partial
denaobilization after Hitler is beaten
he encourages a psychology in
Britain that viii make it dlfhculJ
for him or any other Prime Minister
10 send huge armies overseas 10 help
conquer Japan
Much the better way would be 10
allocate more production now to the
American naval air and land forces
80 that Japaus collapse Will come
Contenporaueousy with tnat Of
HitIer Tic AmerLcan pc0p-e arc