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the Italian colonial empire; in fact,
he has lost all that empire, begin
ming with Eritrea, Somaliland and
Ethiopia. Now he has nothing left
in Africa. He remains what he has
been for quite while-a person both
ridiculous and pitiable. especially be-
cause events have placed immense
distances between his promises and
his performances.
Tunisian War.
In Tunisia there are still Italian
units fighting with the Nazis against
the Americans, the British and the
French, but no one knows how many
men Mussolini has on this front.
For the moment, the North
African campaign Is the sore
spot in the war Of the United
Nations, for no real progress
seems to be made-a& least, none
reported-am while there Is no
fear that the Tunisian battle will
be lost, there is q growing Ger
tainty that victory may be slower
in arriving than had at first been
expected. 49,.
French political squabbles have
hampered the military operations of
the United Nations, but is it now
thought that this disturbing element
may be just about eliminated, for
the American General Dwight d.
| Eisenhower has been made commen-
der-in-chief Of all allied forces in the
most active sector of the African
| front, the British General Mentgom-
cry seems to be sharing the respon-
sibility, and the French high COM
missioner, General Honore Giraud,
| has organized war committee, evil
IDENTIFY for the. purpose of effectins
closer cooperation with the Amer
leans and the British. ..
The Signal
1t is still thought that the Tunisian
war is the prelude to the United
continental Europe, and that the gen
eral offensive will be begun as soon
as the NaZis have been chased out of
Africa. That accomplishment will
be the signal for the opening of what
is still being called The Second Front.
| Since the Casabianca confer
ences there IS less doubt than at
| any other time that that "front"
| will be opened, and it Is very
definite that the final offensive
| will not be started until there
Is absolute certainty that 1t can
be carried through. That GER
tainty Is beginning to exist, and
| il grows In the mind Of all those
who are the responsible leaders
Of the war against the Axis
powers. .-..s -
Churchill's recent visit to Turkey,
and the continued Raj. and Amer
lean bombings of German indus
trial centers are parts of the plan
calling for the finishing blow. He
came back to London last Sunday.
Pacific Front. -
Vague though the information has
been, it does seem true that new
battle between American and Jap
anese air and sea forces has taken
place, or. Is still in progress, in the
waters around the Solomon islands,
but there are practically no details
available. In Washington it has,
however, been limited that the Jap
anese are not winning: for that mat
ter, they have lost so far whenever
their fleet had contact with the
American, and there is no particular
reason for believing the enemy
stronger now than when he fought
at Midway and in the Coral Sea. Re-
ports of the most recent action may
indicate that Japan has not yet given
up the idea Of invading some more
Pacific islands, even Australia. Moth
ing indicates that she can.