The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-21

since one convoy is being attacked at the present time"
 The balance of new building over all ship losses since the start of the year exceeds 6,0o0,0oo tons, he an- nounced.
 "Should favorable conditions hold, we shall soon have replaced all losses suffered by the united nations since the beginning of the war" he said. T will 90 so far as to say that we could only be defeated by the U- boats If we were gugilty of gross ne- glect of duty in the shipyardS and on the seas and ineXcusale fall- ing off of technical abilitn on both sides of the Atlantic"
 The output of new building by the United States has fulfilled all that ever was hoped of 1t and more, Churchill declared.
 ''The high percentage of killings certainly has affected the morale of U-boat crews. Many of the most experienced U-boat captains have been drowned or taken prisoner. We have taken full advantage of the lull in U-boat attacks to bring in the largest possible conveys and have replenished reserves in this island of all essential commodities especially fuel oil which is almost at tthe highest level since the wars outbreak"
 Offensive Operations
 He turned to the conferences with President Roosevelt at Quebec and revealed that most attention was given to prosecution of the war against Japan.
 "The main weight of offensive op- erations at present Is in the Solo. mons and New Guinea, where Mac Arthur, an officer of outstanding personality, is directing a large scale offensive" he said.
 "These operations will unfold stage as the months pass by. The fundamental fact in the war against Japan is steady diminution of Jap- anese ships relative to the task which the war policy has imposed upon them"
 He said that Japanese air and sea losses exceed any possible means of replacement.
 Lord Louis Mountbatten, new AL lied supreme commander for south- east Asia, will arrive shortly in In- dia, accompanied by a stan modelled after Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's Mediterranean command, Churchill revealed. He said the headquarters would be established at New Delhi.
 He turned to the overthrow of Benito Mussolini and his Italian Fascist government on July 25, which he called "A memorable day"
 Sought Authority
 "We were naturally anxious to find some authority with whom we could deal so as to bring the uncondi- tional surrender of Italy in the shortest time with the least possi- ble cost in blood of our soldiers. The Badoglio government came into existence with the intention of mak- ing peace"
 The prime minister pointed out that the government of Premier Marshal Pietro Badoglio had the greatest difficulty in maintaining themselves against this hateful pressure" but that 1t soon put out peace feelers and asked the Allied terms. He said the Italian govern ment explained the difficulties in- volved in dealing with the Allies under the Nazis' noses.
 We were sympathetic but replied that surrender must be uncondi- tional," Churchill told commons.
 Italy's envoys at Lisbon asked how they could join the United Nations against Germany, he said, and An- glo-American representatives replied that they were only able to discuss unconditional surrender.
 'They were authorized to add that if at any time, anywhere, under any circumstances. any Italian forces of people were found by our troops fighting the Germans we would im- mediately give all possible aid"
 He revealed that the Allies had planned to land an American air- borne division in Rome silnultane. ously with the main invasion but that 1t was impossible due to invest. ment of air fields by the Germans.
 Muss0Ilni
 Churchill said it was impossible for the Badoglio regime to hand over Mussolini to the Allies before the invasion as 1t would have dis- closed the invasion plan to the enc emy and ''the Italians were in the position of still having to appear allies fo Germany"
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