The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-29
Interpreting
The War
BY KIRKE L. SIMPSON
Associated Press News An,,vu


The outstanding fact of the o,.
with Japan now is that Tokvoi
war leaders have before them ".
Potsdam surrender ultimatum st.,
ing in specific terms what ,nn
conditional surrender" will ms,.
for japan when it comes. And cor.
it will, soon or late. Even the nas.
fanatical japanese militarist c,r
not conceivably doubt that
CONSPICUOUS as is the ~.
of Russia in the Japanese nhr.s.
from the American-British-Chjness
war fellowship which pronounced
sentence on Japan, the fact doe,
not gloss over the time. the nlac.
and the circumstances of its nnb
LEGATION. The Potsdam dateline !,
sufficient in itself to put Janan
on notice that Russian Generals.
sirno Stain was boSA aware o. ia
formulation and ape~oved Of ths
surrender terms it set.
World Judgment
In effect the Churchill-Cb
Kai-Shek-Truman document is
United Nations pronouncement an
expression of world judgment upon
Japan. 1t cannot be otherwise con.
strued in Tokyo.
As to when or how anv Jan.
nese government answer will b,
forthcoming one guess is a good
as another There is time factor
involved in the war beyond I'll.
Pacific that runs in Japanese fav.
or in so far as it allows a consider.
able interval before the full weight
or allied attack on Japan and Chi.
nese assaults on the mainland /,
apt to develop.
Weather conditions in the psci.
fic and the East China sea will
not be at their best for the massive
amphibious operations in prepare.
ton against Japan until after the
year end, through January and
April. April weather is also the
war season in most of China due
to weather conditions. And on April
Is next the Russo-Japanese five.
year peace-pact definitely expires.
1t was formerly denounced by Mos.
COW last April as required by IFS
terms to avert automatic renewal
for another five years and becauS.
Japan was making war on Russias
allies.
Still another element in the sit.
uation tending to allow Japan time
for reflection over her plight be-
fore the final allied assaults TO
crush her, with or without Rus.
sian participation, are launched is
the Anglo-American redeployment
from Europe for that purpose 1t
is definitely ahead of schedule so
far as the United States Is con-
cerned but still far from complete
Their is much to indicate that Bri.
itsh mastering in the Southeast
Asia command theater is also well
advanced but there. too, wet mon
soon weather is certain to restrict
major activities until late October
or November.
None of these circumstances al.
fects present phases Of the war in
any Asiatic theater. 1t is clear
that the air and naval prelimi.
naries to invasion Of Japan's home
islands are to proceed relentlessly
and on an increasin scale by air
regardless of the typhoon season
in that theater. 1t is also clear
that the Chungking government
has planned sustained and cumu-
lative ground attacks in Central
China backed by expanding allied
air power as a prelude to the
final mainland victory effort.
First formidable American AIT
Forays against japanese deploy'
ments in northern China have al
ready come from the west. OKlna'
wa based army medium bom0ers
have attacked Shanghai alrflelds
twice within the last week. lhai
is due for expansion TO strategic
battering by B-29's at japanese
war potentials in all northern vi,
ma and Manchuria when Genera
= Doolittle' S redeployed and eqUppe
9th airforce also go seinto ac'ion