Evening star., 1943-10-21
Co.ordinated 5trafeuv
To Win Both War and
Peace Aim at Moscow
BY RICHARD G. MAssoCK.

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent,
LONDON, Oct. 2l.-Agreement on
the whole range of minJary and eco
nomic problems involved in co-ordi
mating Allied strategy to win both
the war and the peace is regarded
mere as the ultimate objective of the
trlpartite conference in Moscow.
Definite ways and means of de-
featlng Germany, encouraging q
democratic successor to Hitlerism
and controlling Germany's militaris-
tic tendencies after the war pre-
sumably are among the complex is
sues before the conference.
The Allied attitude toward at
least two kings-George of Greece
and Peter of Yugoslavia-not to
mention young King Simeon of Bull
garia, also is expected to figure in
the frank discussions.
Military aspects of the conference
appear to be secondary, notwith-
standing Russian insistence on the
immediate opening of front in
Western Europe and the view of the
Soviet press than military questions
Should head the agenda.
May Explain Delay.
The assertion earlier this week by
Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts,
prime minister of the Union of
South Africa, that grand assault"
on Hitlers European fortress would
be made in 1914 seemed to dispose Of
that issue so far as London is con-
cerned.
Although the conference is one OF
diplomatic personalities. this does
not preclude the generals who &C
companied Secretary of State Hull
and British Foreign Secretary Eden
from explaining the reasons for the
delay in an amphibious attack from
the west.
The British recognize, however
that military strategy must figure
in the discussions to the extent that
the timely defeat of Germany is es-
sential to the application of any pre-
arranged plan for political reform
in that country. 1t likewise figures
in plans for German occupied and
satellite countries.
The Moscow publication War and
the Working Glasses has warned
that a prolonged war would bring
the risk of revolutionary upheavals
in the latter which would be difficult
to control.
RnSSio rautinpc About
The London Economist inter-
preted this as suggestion that
Russia might be able to act as a
force of law and order in Europe if
the war is brought to an early con-
Clusion,' but that she may have to
wash her hands if by unduly pro-
longing the war the Allies them
selves let loose revolution"
In the field of Allied agencies the
Russians want to invest the Mediter-
rsnean commission in which they
are represented with wider powers
than those of a mere advisory body.
The Russians also remain cautious
about the AMG allied Military
Government of Occupied Terrific
rleSD setup in the Mediterranean
although they apparently are ready
to assume co-responsibility if given
certain assurances. They are eX-
pected to insist that it shall not
function in liberated areas and that
its ban on political activities be
lifted in areas under its control.
The question as to the Kings pre-
viously referred to hinges on differ
ences among the Yugoslavs and
Greeks as to whether their mon
arches should be superseded by re-
publics.
This is complicated in Yugoslavia
by differences between the Com
munist-supported Partisans of Drug
Tito and the forces of Gen. Draja
Mihailovich. Little difficulty is ex-
pected on this score however, in
view Of the Soviet government ac-