The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-08-26
. INTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT
War Conference At Quebec Perhaps
Last Of Its Kind, Says Edison

arsenal Of democracy has been
building up this power - the might
to deliver the final crushing blows.
1T MAY BE MANY WEEKS be-
fore the final decisions Of the Que
bee Conference Of generals and ad-
mirals may be known to the pub
lie. Battle plans mapped at quebec
will be translated first into action
in the field and on the seas, to be
read about in big headlines as each
of the new campaigns Is launched.
1t has been foregone conclusion
that all the accomplishments Of the
Quebec Conference could not be re-
vealed when it ended. All the specu-
lation on what was being planned
has been just that speculation
and If any of the speculation hits
the mark and is proved correct by
later developments, 1t will be pure
luck and nothing more.
The speculation may have served
useful purpose in confusing the
enemy on what really was being
cooked up. If it has been a cause Of
confusion at home, that will prob
ably have to be added to the list
of inconvenience of war.
This confusion at home might
possibly have been avoided If the
Quebec Conference had been hand
led as previous conferences have
handled. Casablanca was all over
before the general public knew it
even had begun. The same thing Is
true of the meeting of Churchill
and Roosevelt at year ago, when
they announced the Atlantic Char
ter. Washington conferences of mil
itary leaders have been announced
as having begun and having ended,
and that Is ALL
IF PLANNING of the Quebec
Conference had been left to the
Americans. 1t Is possible that ar
rangements here would have been
similarly handled. The arrange
ments at Quebec, however, were
made by the Canadians and the
British, and for reasons best known
to themselves they chose to do it
with good bit of ballyhoo and adj
vance publicity requiring constant,
repeated whooping-up to maintain
interest for the final announcement
OF what could be told at the end
of the meeting. This is perhaps the
only aspect of the Quebec Confer
ence which is open to criticism.
The choice of locale could not
have been better. The Chateau From
Etenac provided the perfect place for
the 500 military leaders to think,
live, eat, sleep, dream and plan war.
The military aspects of the confer
ence were of primary Importance,
the political aspects secondary. And
the greatest of all the military con-
siderations was how to use this new
great power of the United Nations,
at long last fully matured.
IF THE MILITARY PLANS for
the use of this great power are sue
cessfully carried out, it is entirely
possible that there may not have to
be another mass meeting OF the
military leaders, such as this Que
bee Conference. The next major
conference itself, which of course
will be political and economic
rather than military.
This conclusion should by no
means lead to the deduction that
the end of the war is at hand, True,
the power to crush the Axis has
been built up. But at some places
soon to be determined, the enemies
must stand and fight. They cannot
run forever as they have at Kiska
and in Sicily. Bitter battles are
ahead with heavy losses. But in the
end, the superior power of the I'm
tied Nations cannot fail to crush
all opposition. That will be the end
result of the quebec Conference.