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 '"Time after time he has made landings on heavily defended, long prepared islands and aimos every time he has managed to land at the exact spot where the JapaneEe were not" he said.
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detail, It was expected these plans then would be brought back to MT. Roosevelt and Churchill for nnal approval before they take leave Of each other this weekend.
 With American troops already In Germany, Russian trooph on tic East PrusslAn border and the end Of the European war deemed a ylrs tual certainty this year, the plans for Germany were the most import. ant of the European problems tack led by the President and Prime Minister. And they include such questions as these;
 Queries
 What zones Of occupation in Ger many will be assigned to the Amer leans, British and RuSsiansp
 VIII the French participate in the occupation
 How many troops will each nation assign to this task?
 How long will the occupation en- dure?
 
 What changes will be made in dermany's borders? It has appeared that the United States and Britain probably will so along with Rus sia's Idea Of giving Poland German territory to make up for the parts of Poland which the Soviet Union intends to incorporate in her bor- daPa There have bean hints that on the western side of Germany. France may attempt to embrace the vital Ruhr in her economic system because of her need Of coal.
 How much economic revival Is Germany to be permitted2 This ties in with the announced determina. ton of the United States to prevent the re-establishment Of German cartelB,
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Bombers Raid Berlin Again

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Evening star., 1944-12-11

what 1t considers its rights and in
stinctively reacts against any at
tempt of the English-speaking ma
jority in Canada to make its views
prevail on nation wide basis.
That is the key to Canadian pol
itics. We have partial analogy
here in the solid South" q political
aftermath OF the Civil War and re-
construction, which, after eighty
years, still conditions" political at
titudes south OF the Mason and Dixon
Line. In the First World War the
English-speaking majority imposed
overseas censcription on Quebec.
That caused a virtual rebellion there
and left legacy of bitterness which
has endured to this day. To avoid
a repetition of that impasse, the gov
ernment of Mackenzie King has re-
sorted to a series of compromises,
logically incompatible yet pragmati-
eally defensible. Mr.. Kings latest
maneuver apparently has succeeded
in at least adjourning Showdown"
on the conscription issue. The
course of the war will probably de-
termine whether such clever i'm
previsations can continue to avoid
an open breach between Quebec and
the rest of the Dominion similar to
that of generation ago.
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Unhappy Greece

Greece has been great and glorious
but never happy. The troubles which
currently disturb the Hellenic scene
are of piece with those which have
been characteristic of it from the
dawn of history. When the curtain
rose in the so-called mythical
period" a war already was going
on-the Revolt of the Titans, In
1898 B. g.. Thehes was desieged by
Amphion and Zethos. Two Theban
conflicts occurred between 1925 and
1912. Then came the long contest
OF which Homer was the chronicler-
the eonfederaey against the Trojans,
ending with the fall of Troy in 1884.
Next followed the invasions of the
1llyrians, the Lacedaemonians and
other alien peoples, 1124 to 1856.
Sparta and Messenia fought each
other from TAB to 683-a struggle
both "bloody and wasteful." The
list of similar tragedies includes
wars between Corfu and Corinth,
Lydia and Miletus, the Amphictyones
and Crissa and Cirrha, the Grecian
cities of Asia and Croesus, Sparta
and the Argives, Sparta and Athens.
It was the incessant turmoil of all
Hellas that encouraged the Persians
to attempt the conquest OF the whole
peninsula. -Four different large-scale
expeditions were launched to the
identical purpose. The first was
halted hy the Thraeians and q con-
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fore, with realistic logic, believed he
could occupy Prague and set up puppet
government, he was amazed that the
western powers. especially Britain, cried
that he had gone too far"
The Russo-German pact was an at
tempt to define orbits between the
Soviet Union and Germany 1t broke
over the issue of German penetration
into Ronania and Bulgaria, where the
orbits crossed. There is no question
whatever that Greece has, by mutual
agreement, been made q British sphere"
at least during the war-but without
defining what rights obligations and
limitations the assignment entailed
The same is true in Poland. 1t is re-
garded as within q Soviet orbit, hut
without the obligations and limitations
OF q common policy.
Now, when each proceeds to act ac-
eording to unilateral concepts of inter-
est, the others are appalled,. And
Britain and the United States being
demoeracies, the people in both coun-
tries react regardless Of their govern
n.ent. The Greek issue becomes q Brit
ish and an American domestic issue.
And there is no standard Of reference
no court of principle, to which the issue
can be referred.
There is, however, one place where
spheres of influence come cheek by
jowl-Germany. Germany Is supposed
to be occupied by three separate armies,
and, for that purpose, divided into three
separate parts. A joint council is sup
posed to lay down common policy. But
We already have joint councils: The
Allied Commission for Italy; the Eu-
ropean Advisory Council In London.
Neither has prevented the serious rift
that has arisen over Greece and the
Italian government. In both cases the
Russians have stood aside. In Italy, the
Communist Togliatti, has joined the
italian government without Sforza,
and without the Socialists, while in
Greece the British are maSsaering
ELIAS forces Of National Liberation, on
the ground that they are built around
a solid core Of Communists!
But in Germany, the Russian interest
Is too strong to permit standing aloof.
Thus We risk to have three separate
policies carried out In the same country,
simply because we have refused to for
mulate common democratic policy.
II the Greek question is causing such
an earthquake, we can only shudder to
foresee the tempest that may arise over
Germany.
Reieased By the Bell Syndicate, Ine)
Evening star., 1944-12-11
The Russian Offensive
By Maj. George Fieldins Eliot

SLAMS In Southeastern Poland, the way
Is certainly being cleared for further
advance of the Russian forces farther
north, between Warsaw and the Car
pathians. Here the front hes been static
for months but the Russians still hold
their bridgehead across the Vistula in
the area of Sandomierz.
A Russian advance deep into Central
Poland would have been dangerous while
the Germans still held the twin hanking
hastions of East Prussia and the Car
pathians; but now Petrov Is clearing the
Carpathian passes one by one, and the
Russians are coming into possession of
the Hungarian Plain south and SOUTH
west of the mountains.
Inevitably the time must come when
this Russian advance south of the noun
tains must entail q corresponding Rus
sian advance north of the mountains-
which means at least an extension of
the present Russian hridgehead west Of
the Vistula toward Kielee and CracoW,
and probably general Russian advance
all along the front from East Prussia
to Silesia.
This must be the nightmare which
wakes little German generals bowling In
the night; for how they would ever And
the electives to step 1t, they surely can
not tell. Already they have been heavily
strained to keep the Russians out Of
Budapest as long as they have.
Now the strain is telling and their
lines are giving way. The call Is for
men and more men; but that is call
to which the German high command
can give only limited response. The
task Of the high command Is now to dole
out Its reserves and requirements, q
little here and little there as the de-
mand becomes frst urgent and then
imperative; but to provide . great mass
Of maneuver to meet . frst-class emer-
geAcy Is quite another matter. And 4
Russian thrust across Central Poland
toward the great indMtrial diatsict ei
elesis. coupled with russian advance
astFide the Danube an visnAa, veuld
certainly be net only 4 Ayat-elass but Z
deubie.harTela1 emesJeany.
(oeeveAA &o4Al
Evening star., 1944-12-11
Compromise in Canada

That spirit of compromise which,
In Britain and its parliamentary off
spring, so often settles problems
logically insoluble has smoothed the
stormy waters of Canadian politics.
Faced by a crisis over the conscrip-
tion issue that threatened to split
the Dominion on racial lines, upset
the government and precipitate
general election, which almost no.
body wanted at this wartime juno
ture, the Canadian Parliament has
upheld Prime Minister Mackenzie
King on a program which, while
maintaining the general policy of
voluntary overseas service, actually
drafts about $4,000 trained men for
such service who had refused to VOL
unteer. That was the figure which
the Canadian high command had
certified as absolutely essential to
maintain the efficiency and the
morale of the Canadian forces fight
ing in Europe. There remain some
$4,000 ehjecters, nicknamed "Zom-
bies," who for the present will re-
tain their home-defense status, but
who presumably will be drafted in
patches as replacement exigencies
again arise.
TO American observers. the whole
controversy is apt to appear incom-
prehensihle, since in this country
universal liability for overseas mill
tary service is accepted as a matter
of course. That is because few
Americans understand the peculiar
makeup of our northern neighbor,
divided as it is into two groups with
different languages and cultures and
with latent antagonisms which stem
from canada's earliest days. The
Freneh-speaking element, centered
tn the Province Of Quebec and with
constitutional privileges which en-
able \ to exercise local ascendancy
there. b extremely touehy about
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structive policy for the time when all
organised Nazi resistance ends This
has bcesl brought forcofuliy before the
public through the incidents between
the United States and Great Britain
over Greece and italy. Previous less
spectacular incidents between Britain
and Russia when Moscow manipulated
to overthrow the government OF Iran
because OF its willingness to discuss oil
concessions with London also have con-
trihuted to the western powers desire
to have some concrete basis for their
foreign policies.
It Is fully realized in Washington and
in London that mere words and state
ments that everything will henceforth
be for the best are not sufficient. AS
the liberation Of Europe from the Nazi
yoke Is proceeding at greater pace,
the great political game for power pol
Icy Is also increasing. The arrange
nents reached at Tcheran dividing Eu-
rope into two zones Of influence are also
threatened. They lack the moral
foundation of justice and 1t is obvious
that while bayonets may keep the lib
Grated people down for some time, this
cannot be continued indefinitely.
The troubles in the liberated coun-
tries In Western and Eastern Europe
are only beginning. A mixture of many
ideologies together with unbelievable
physical hardships Is playing havoc with
our plans to restore at least q relative
peace on that continent. All those who
have returned from recently liberated
countries are unanimous in their sum-
mary that organized war between the
Allies and the Germans is being re-
placed by civil wars in every European
state.
This applies to France, Belgium and
all the other liberated countries as far
as the borders of the USSR. The pee-
pie are exhausted after five years of
hardships but they are also driven to
despair. The nations which are playing
power politics are encouraging these
desperate peoples and are helping them
with arms and ammunition in order to
gain their political objectives.
The prospects Of real peace after
the German defeat are becoming every
day more questionable and the policy
trainers In Warrington are becoming
aware that unless something Is done In
the near future to improve conditions
and induce our major allies to revert to
reasonable policy, as provided In the
charter, this war may have been fought
in vain.
Evening star., 1944-12-11
On the Record
By Dorothy Tkomtsos

The lins taken by Or. Goebbels In the
Greek affair indicates the seriousness Of
the dilemma Of United Nations rela-
tions. Acting on q pure propaganda
impulse, the German radio first took
the line that the Greek people were
rightly resisting British occupation
forces. 1t was an appeal to Europe TO
recognize that the Allies were after
domination, not liberation,
But on second thought Goebbels
changed to political line. 1t says to
the British: told you so; the European
continent Is undermined with Commu-
nism; Britain Is not strong enough to
suppress 1t; Russia will back it; and
therefore Britain needs Germany, the
real bulwark against bolshevism.
This has been the ace card OF Ger
many since leS3-the fear of European
left-wing movements in conservative
British circles. 1t lies behind Munich
and explains the early appeasement
policy.
Now Goebbels hopes to revive 1t, and
the Greek situation gives the Naxis the
chance to do 80. As Na1is they will not
succeed. But ! am not sure that circles
Who originally backed Faseism will not
in the long run, succeed.
~
II We criticize British policy, 1t must
not be with elf-righteousness. The
United States, in the 6iraud case. made
similar attempts. We have also not
chosen to wage straight anti-Fascist
war. The United Nations have not
developed any principles to guide them
The Atlantic Charter, solemnly signed
by America, Britain and the Soviet
Union has been abandoned. Those who
have insisted on the application OF prin-
ciples have been called 'idealists," and
for the first time in American history
the word Is opprobrious.
The "realists'-for whom the word
used to be "cynic"-have taken the
line that power alone Is what matters
and that 1t can be separately sxer-
cised In assigned areas.
Now We see where such realism" leads
US. Far from establishing our mutual
power, 1t brings us into q conflict of
powers Instead of easing the conflicts
between left and right, 1t exacerbates
them. We have made virtue of mud
dle-headedness and called 1t wisdom.
We have refused to learn from the
mistakes Of our enemies At Munich,
and In the Russo German pact, the
attempt was made to keep peace by
dividing Europe into orbits" At
Munich, C1echoslovakia came into the
German orbit" When Hitler, there
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venient hurricane which destroyed
the fleet of Darius; the second was
stopped at Marathon by Miltiades
and Aristides; the third, led by
Xerxes, took Athens but was de-
feated at Salamis by Eurybiades,
and the last, under Mardonius, was
destroyed at Piataea and Mycale.
The Greek allies, however, were
not satisfied merely to defend their
own territories. From 479 to 40,
they pursued the Persians wherever
they could find them. Meanwhile,
they quarreled among themselves in
the old traditional fashion. The
rivalry between Athens and Sparta
eliminated in sequence of wars
of savage intensity. A peace agreed
upon in 3B7 was supposed to termi-
nate the horror, but it proved a
futile gesture. Weakened by the
tedious strife, the entire Hellenic
community was brought into subjec-
ton by stranger-Philip OF Mace
don-in 3Ss. Alexander, the son of
that King, mastered much of Asia
in a prodigious endeavor to make a
single empire OF all the known
universe, but his dream collapsed
when he himself died at Babylon
in 323.
BY 2l5 the influence of Rome in
the Eastern Mediterranean had be-
come strong enough to create mo-
mentarily a union OF resistance
under Philip v, and again Greece
was drained of sweat and tears in a
series of clashes with an imperial
foe. Meanwhile, the barbarians
: from the east and the north were
pressing in upon Hellas with ever
increasing force. In 267 A. D., the
Goths could pillage Corinth, Sparta,
Athens and many other cities with
out hindranee." Another menace
appeared from the south In the
form of fleets and armies of Sara
Gems beginning in 632. Then fol-
lowed the Seljuk Turks in 1912. Con-
stantinople was taken by Mohammed
II. May 20, 1856, and all Greece was
under Turkish control by 1478.
The movement for liberation from
Ottoman rule started in 1885 but did
not succeed until 1882. Even then,
there was no serenity under the
Hellenic sky No Greek living today
can remember even a single day
when Greece was undisturbed by
violence or the imminent threat Of 1t.
Evening star., 1944-12-11

The development OF the Russian Often
sive In Hungary and Slovakia must be
observed with increasing anxiety by the
German high command.
Three large armies, perhaps more
properly to be termed groups Of armies,
are involved. Two of them appear to
be advancing along the Danube. that of
Marshal Tolbukin on the left bank of
the river and that of Marshal Malinov-
sky on the right hank. On Malinovsky's
right, the army group of Marshal Petrov
Is pushing into Slovakia. The task of
this force is to seize In succession
the railways connecting Hungary with
Southern Poland, SO that with each
successive gain the supply situation of
the armies deeper in Hungary grows
easier
Malinevsky. in swift advance, has
now reached the Danube north of Buda-
pest, at the point where the great river
swings round In sharp curve from its
eastward course to southerly course Of
Lake Halaton, and Is pressing into the
two gaps east and west of the lake.
y ~ u
The gap to the east is between Lake
Balaton and the Danube; that to the
Wk@s W. sstSfN F4NkSt%yS f$AS NSAee4WS1S
is between Lake Ralaton and the Drava.
Russian success east OF the lake-say 4
penetration as far IS the important rail
and road center Of Szekesfehervar-
would almost certainly entail the fall Of
Budapest and q junction of Tolhukin's
right flank with Malinovsky's left on
the Danube above Budapest This would
seem to indicate q Russian advance
astride the Danube on Bratislava and
Vienna. Russian success southwest of
Lake Balaton-say an advance to the
rail and road center Of NagykaniEsa-
might be the prelude TO another ad-
vance ON Vienna from the south, through
Wiener Neustadt,
Viewed on the wider held Of the whole
stratesie situation IN Esstern Europe,
however, this Russian pfaeFess makes
even worse readinE In Berlin.
ler o. the two army gEeups On either
side Of the Danube gain eFeuAd, and d
Hetrev pushes fesvasa hetveen the Nus.
atAa Maaae4 u Hungary And Va Rus
Evening star., 1944-12-11
This Changing World
BY CcssfSsfims Broys

In the absence Of a political under
standing among the Big Three the
American and British governments may
have TO revert to the Atlantic Charter
~ the basis for their postwar policies.
The charter was the embodiment of
the views of the two remaining great
world democracies and fell into oblivion
shortly after the Teheran conference
because of Moscow's interpretation of
that instrument of peace The inter-
pretation given to the charter by the
U6SR government according to the
few who have been informed of
the Russian note, is that Ambassador
Maxim Litvinov signed 1t In the name
of his government on January !, l942,
In the belief that 1t would not be
retroactive.
The Russian government accepted
that document with the unspoken
understanding that territorial changes
which had occurred prior to the date OF
by the charter. This meant that those
portions Of Finland. Poland. the Baltic
States, Bessarabia and Bukovina which
had been incorporated into the Soviet
Union before January. 1912, would not
be affected in any way by Russia put
ting her stamp of approval to the
document.
Under these co. ditions the American
and British governments, which were
anxious not to cross the Soviet wishes,
preferred to place the Atlantic Charter
among many other obsolete documents
such as the Kellogg BRAND pact.
X
Since the conclusion of the Moscow
and Teheran agreements no high-rank-
ing American or British policy framer
has mentioned that document which in
the past was being held before the
world public opinion as the essence of
the democratic principles against those
Of the conquest-bent totalitarians. The
fact that Russia had signed 1t without
reservation served to calm the qualms
Of many people In this country and In
Great Britain who were still inclined
to Judge the Soviet by its policies be-
tween 1899 and io4l when Stain had
Joined Hitler In dividing the eastern
portions Of Europe,
The dramatic developments in the
last few weeks In every liberated Euro
pean country, and particularly in Greece
and Italy, compelled the American and
British policy trainers to give some
thought to the charter 1t is obvious
that the western members of the United
Nations begin to feel the lack of con-
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Outpost

TIE epeHing Il like & thoussad others
OF its kind.
4 tattered Ale ef sncisst dog-ssesd
HadgaStnea;
Under blue JNrse Of etgsssttss the hS~As
OF poker hash.;
Nostelete eyes ERssstNcly remember
former scSMes,
A battle-scarred piano: across its rick
ETY. keyboard
A soldiers grtmy hands sTops tosoasd
the past;
Uxshacen and In ragged elothss ~ Amds
the chord;
The song soays UP on briEliant utRas
at last.
And there beyoad the torsished saeet-
nsas GRd srsoks,
! 1SVoNd the click OF biIlidrds ea& rock
Of pine-peRs bala.
Me5esftc Metes emerge ~ NeMe-els1
testasseRt a. feith:
Aeroas The Nstlea snd yeers ne passleR
ef 1eefkepen JGlls.
yANDxNI0K H1Nlox1.
Evening star., 1944-12-11
The Greater Evil
By David Laurence
Prom the Montreal L. Presse.


The present war b = sadly eloquent
illustration OF the evils which they may
draw down upon themselves and their
people If they believe 1t to be a good
thing to muzzie the press. For having
wished to prevent the people from know
ing what was happening both within
and without the country, Germany to-
day is on the brink of ruin. II they
are not entirely blind, Hitler and his
advisers should perceive the mistakes
which they have made As has been
said many times, the excesses and abuses
that sometimes result from the liberty
OF the press cannot justify the suppress
sion OF that liberty. The moment the
mouths of the press are closed, 1t is
tyranny that takes its place with all
those evils which are infinitely more in
supportable than those it was sought to
correct. History furnished numerous
examples, throughout ill the centuries
and in almost all countries.