Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-03-27

The combination In true brother.
hood of these two air forces-eithe1
OF which is nearly as large in mum.
bers and in power much greater
than the whole air force of Germany
aided as it will be by another AL.
lied air force in Italy almost a.
large which is now established there
these together will produce result.
in these coming months which
shall not attempt to measure in ad.
vance but which will certainly be Of
enormous advantage to the cause Of
the Allies.
i Air Superiority Cited.
i Not only have the British anc
Americans this great preponderance
in numbers which enables them te
send out a thousand bombers as
often as the enemy is able to senc
a hundred against us, but also by
sharing all our secrets with one
another we have won leadership ir
the marvels of radar, both for attack
and defense.
| Surveying these famous and mas
Slve events on land, sea and air ir
the war waged by the two western
allies - Britain and the United
States-against Hitlerism we are en-
titled, nay bound, to be encouraged
and be thankful and resolve to dc
| better than we ever have done be-
fore.
| 1t would be quite natural if ou1
Soviet friends and allies did not ap-
preciate the complications and diff
ficulties which attend all sea cross
MISCONCEPTIONS is the word-oper-
ations on large scale. They are
the people of great land spaces and
when foes threatened the sacred
soil, Russia, it is by land that they
marched out to meet and attack
them.
Our tasks are difficult and differ
ent. But the British and American
peoples are filled with genuine ad-
mration for the military triumphs
of the Russian Army.
I have paid repeated tributes to
their splendid deeds, and now must
tell you that the advance of their
armies from Stalingrad to the Dnies-
ter River, with vanguards reaching
out toward the Prut-a distance of
900 miles, accomplished in a single
year-constitutes the greatest cause
of Hitler's undoing.
Russian VaIOr Lauded,
Since spoke to you last, not only
have the Hun invaders been driven
from the land they have ravaged, but
CUTS of the German Army have been
largely torn out by Russian valor
and generalship.
The peoples of all the Russias
have been fortunate in finding in
their supreme ordeal of agony a war
rior leader, Marshal Stain, whose
authority enables him to combine
and control the movements of armies
numbered by many millions upon a
front of nearly 1000 miles and to
lmpart a unity and concert to the
war direction in the east which has
eNS41 WY SOOd 1O1 oOflCU IIuSSld dIlO
very good for all her Allies.
When a moment ago I spoke of
the improvements for the Allied
cause which are taking place in
Hungary and in the satellites in the
Balkans, I was reserving the &C
acknowledgement that the victorious
advance of the Soviet Army has been
the main cause of Hitler's approach
ing downfall in those regions.
l have now dWelt with the prog
ress OF the war against Hitler Ger
many. But I must also speak of
the other gigantic war which is
proceeding against the equally bar
barous and brutal japanese. This
war is Waged in vast preponderance
by the fleets, air forces and armies
OF the United States. We have &C
copied their leadership in the Pacific
Ocean just as they accepted our
leadership in the Indian theater.
British to Remember Debt.
We are proud of the contributions
made by Australia and New Zealand
against Japan. The debt which the
British and the Commonwealth of
Natlons owe to the United States
Tor the fact that their operations
against the japanese shielded
Australia and New Zealand from
japanese aggression and from NOR
tai peril during the period when the
mother country was at full stretch
IN the struggle against GERMANY
and Italy. That debt is one which
VIII never be forgotten in any land
where the Union Jack is flown.
remarkable success has attended
the work of the American NAVY and
american, Australian and New Zea-
land troops. The progress in New
Guinea is constant. American VIC
tories in the Pacific and, in particu-
lar, their latest conquest and liberia
tlon OF the Marshall Islands, con-
stltutes a superb example of a COM
blnatlon naval, air and military
force.
1t is possible that the war in the
racine may progress more rapidly
than was formerly thought posi-
BILE. The japanese are showing
signs of grave weakness. Attrition
OF their shipping, especially their
OIL tankers, and their air forces on
all OF which President Roosevelt
dWelt with sure foresight year ago
has become not merely evident but
obvious. The japanese have not
felt strong enough to risk their
fleets in general engagements for
the sake of their outer defense lines
In this they have been prudent
considering the immense expansion
OF United States naval power since
the japanese treacherous assault at
Pearl Harbor.
Jap Rulers Called Fools.
What fools the japanese ruling
caste were to bring against them
selves the might and latent war
energy Of the great republic all for
the sake of carrying out a base and
squalid ambuscade.
The British Empire and Common
wealth of Nations have pledged
themselves to fight side by side with
the United States against Japan, no
matter what it costs or how long it.