The Wilmington morning star., 1945-07-22
Interpreting
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BY K1RKE L. sIupSo,.
Associated Press " sun

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Attention remained cJosa naIvs'
cused on the Churca.ll.S-sY,sy 70
man n conversations IN po,sd -;..sp
the week end despite nro ,r5A
meagre official word from, ' u.
Three conference as to IN. We 81
or progress of its deHb~ ,.s aa'ia
Such 'ntimations as aid 'g.S
the press, however, onIv ,o read
heighten expectation on 4t'ea 10
OF the Atlantic that decis r .os. St y
heighten expectation on ' fl =, a 4
OF the Atlantic that decisios. SO.
feeeing the duration Of fIoa' At
with Japan would be reaches va
The titanic Anglo-Ano~icc.a-'ss'
air attack on Japan that co ,,4 ss'
unabated throughout h ''- a.t
heightened that expectations % o
after city, both coastal ana ny
terror, in Japan was witberas
bomb blasts u incendjsria,
by naval guns. There was M 4;
1ecflve reaction by tac foe ot e, e.
sort except for a hornets We. '4 J,
antlalrcraft fire stirred IN bv
rler planes which located AND 70. 81
tackled hide-out japanese wsrs,' g.
at the mouth of Tokyo bay. ''
Ignore Fight
Enemy warships had lain .,s..
inactive to conceal their pressr,,
at the main Japan naval baqo :
that area, Yokosuka, through y. -
peated air raids on Tokyo and W.
kohama. They ignored ever 4.
booming Of Allied naval guns cIoa '
off shore on the opposite si6a d,
the entrance to Tokyo bay. Or,
tile fact that they were ypot,st
from air and attacked touched M
their ack ack batteries at last
The essent al fact of the wed,
outside of what undiSclosed vnds.
standings may have begun to TAX.
shape in Big Three discussion,
was that for a week Or mar.
American and British warcrat n
all categories including the mor
modern an d powerful battleshr
afloat, roamed up and down h,
japanese Pacific coast unch..
lenged by sea or air. Nowhere d
even coastal batteries open Id a
though battleships. cruisers an
lighter surface craft more ths
once were in easy range Of eva
shore mounted field guns. Only d.
vast combined carrier fleets II
NAMED far out at sea to launS
their air flotillas and receive the,
again to be fueled and armed h
further attacks.
There is no parallel in hlao.
for such bold inshore naval ope-:
tons against a maritime powe
Prior to the naval battles Of ID
Philippine sea Japan cera.s.
still rated as third naval pOgt
in the world, surpassed only
Britain and the United States. 4.
err Pearl Harbor she undou0tel
stood second in sea power a1i
yet today she is incapable Of d
Tending her own shore line cit;
from naval as well as air alta:
The long or even short ran:
effect of that fact on the JapanG
public will to continue the uSee
fight is yet to be assessed.
effect on Russo-Japanese relatio,
already strained by Moscow d
nunciation of the otherwise Sc
perpetuating Russo Japane
peace pact is also yet 10
learned.
1t should not be overlooked iii
before the Big Three finally beg
their talks in Germany press 4
vices from Amer. can correspO'
ents accompanying President IT
man reflected their expectation
developments relating to the VI
with Japan. They stressed parllc
larly, whether on information
belief, that both Mr.. Truman a
Mr.. Churchill were primarily CO
cerned with ways and means
cutting the casualty cost OF u
mate victory over Japan and We
likely to seek Russian partlclp