The Wilmington morning star., 1943-08-21
interpreting
The War y
By KIRKE L. SINIpso,.

slolis s, certain 10 have a deen w.
fluence on war trends on tbs H.
front in Europe as we'll as 'o =. cay
south and western perimete~n. W. a'
That may account for w.
chorus of Russian press daroS..1l oH.1l
for prompt Allied diversjonar~a' ~a'lN'
ton in the west. 1t NAV s1ss 'S
plain what is almost the tiTs+ +O ~. eA
ished call in Russia for a nra p4s
Roosevelt ChurcniIl Stalk Ep'OlDS
ference to plot even grandpr W., WI
egy in the struggle than that ,na! SGa'
the Quebec conference is desT..a si.ea'
The full significance of the a4
torial in the Moscow mae.,;a 'e so'
Work and the Working 1I1la' CIa1aa
calling for such meeting ia 'ass ny.
a victory over Germany $ stilI IL l plv'
sible this year is NOT AZ M yON
apparent. 'nce
Russian advices have LETT
DOUBT, however, as to what tha' '
mean by an Allied diversionr.,ss'' r,s'
action in the west. '''
Nothing short of an Allied
phibious surge now across WI D'
English channel would serva W =
the Russian writers see the ,i.' ''
alton. They probably directIv ''.s' ~.
fleet the views of Premier St,V. ~
and his generals. ''''
1t may be coming. The .ons,..
atmosphere reeks with expertaa,' G,.
that it is. No conference sno,'' ,,v
man from President Roosevelt sHs
Prime Minister Churchill down ''.s ~
the battalion of American. Can.s
an and British war inform,ta.
men prominent in the Quebec n;.'
ture has sought to modjtv tS,, f
impression.
Continent-beamed Allied rs,
broadcasts from North Africa ,rt
Britain have gone farther in ns
last day or two than to bs,,,
Nazi-Fascist nerves with inHfM
warnings. They have dangevTr
alerted French, low county An;
Scandinavian resistance Mi
conquerors in forecasting auSy
trans-channel jump-off unleaNu
actually in immediate prospect
| A premature and widespreat
outburst of active guerrilla War.
fare on the continent might be
disastrous. 1t certainly would lead
to gruesome casualties among
French and other citizenry seek.
ing to help an expected British,
| American eXpeditionary force gain
a continental footing if that forct
was not in fact moving in agains
selected beaches at the same tint
to draw the weight of Nazi gar
risons upon itself. MercilesS MAJ
repressive action must follow tha
only the necessity of concentra
ing all possible force to meet tn
invaders at or beyond the beacht
would minimize.
That question Of timing is c
equal with all the other factO
that enter into military operatiol
1t has been the unfortunate mis-
ing factor in Allied Russian rel
tions, preventing the time-clot
coordination of an Allied-RuSSia
pincer squeeze on Germany troI
east. west and south Simultan
ously-tnree front war in full seal
up to now.
+ The British American tTenc
teamwork that made possible III
swift Allied victory in Sicily VIII
relatively light losses has yet Il
be achieved on a grand scale as
between the western powers and
Russia.
Unqustionably, the Quebec GN
ference was called to offset as
as possible that United Nal
military handicap. How and WI
it's decisions will apply and ap
quickly to seize the allurlng cha'
of shortening the war in EuE'
which events IN Russia, IN ID
and in the Atlantic have Offer
within the last month or so o.
the future will disclose.
There can be no announcer,
from Quebec during or after
conference of its strategic oe
sions. except for such stateme'
of their purposes, hopes and
relentless will to push the war
all fronts to the point OF uncoD
tional surrender Of the zoe
Messrs. Roosevelt-Churchlli Ss' ~
to make. And in a sense tne ~ ~
ing of that post-conferehce AN
| statement could prove ltSeA
important military move II
1t could prematurely sell W :
popular revolt in Nazi-thfo'usu =. +
rope if not closely keyed III ~ :.
ing an expression to actual VI DS',
~n0
) developments. If too gualasq M
discouraging to early expect Wv,
of new and massive Allied m' ~.
sion sorties against the cor.n. -,.
it could bring about a sag NJ g'i !,
will to risei against the Nan ~.
pressors in France, the low .s, Nv
tries and Scandinavia. Tna' ,..,.. wv
also lead to further and Dl;'sli t.i
Russian reproaches for A IIr ~,
failure to risk greatly 1oi T.
: possible results. r.
The president and PRIME p
} ister will have all OF tness
siderations in mind not OIL.
phrasing whatever they ns5
say of the Quebec confereaz p.
its conclusion, but In the II:
of that announcement. II coo.,e
nish a clear clue OF |ha. ., Il
pect in new military acllor acr..5
; if no hint of the actual ops,s:
to be set in motion is LaGlaa'' ,.ao 4