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DEBUNKING THE

BLITZKRIEG

of

AFTER sixteen days pitiless fighting and enormous losses in men and materials by both sides, the Russo-German war picture is still confused. This is primarily due to the exceptionally big front on which the conflict-or to be more correct, conflicts

being are fought. What, normally would comprise a battlefront is, in this war, a sector, which means that when communiques speak of the Ostrov - Polotsk - Lepel- Bobruisk-Novograd-Volynsk and Moguilev-Podolsk sectors, they are referring-to-most-of-White Russia and the southern part

July 9, 1941..

International Importance

of the

Sino-Japanese War

By ROBERT P. MARTIN

United Press Staff Correspondent

shown

past 30 years. Under his adminis- China and Japan enter the

tration the highway bas fifth year of their undeclared

steady progress, hostilitles with the struggle us

Authoritative reports showed that suming greater importance be-

the control of north Ching and also Chungking, but most of the observers tost November the dally shipments cause of its increasingly closer

will provide them a springboard, believe this is wishful thinking, as over the Burma route averaged 120 relationship to Anglo-American plus protected lines of communica- long as Britain is still standing and tans, December 142 tons, January efforts to halt the Axis powers. tions, for a dash across the Yellow both Britain and the United States 169 tons, February 210 tons, March

The Sino-Japanese war is River into northern Hunan province continue to supply Chungking with 262 tons and April 380 tons. to-day no nearer solution than and westward to Sian, capital of credits und war materials. in 1938 when Japanese forces Shensi province, if the Japanese lu- occupied the Wuban cities, tend to pursue their advance. China during the last year re- The battle was admitted to have the early ceived more moral, financial and been the greatest siner material aid from Great Britain days of the war and the worst de- and the United States than in fent the Chinese had suffered since the previous three years, two western Powers sought to balster Chinese morale and pro- vide implements of war neces sary for Chungking' to continue The major Japanese

resistance.

The

the fall of Hankow in 1838.

Indo-China

other

Kuomintang V. Communists

Chhun late In 1940 tund early in

The road is functioning the best 'In JLx history with *ill bridges Intact, according to the latest re-

ports,

With constant improvement and Increasing shipments, the Chinese

obtain might possibly

sufficient 1041 Internally went through one of the most desperate periods of the war material to enable them to stage-a

due to a conillet between Generalis-

morale-building offensive, but the simo Chiang Kai-shek and the Com Japanese claim they would welcome

munists which resulted In

nctual

The extension of United States ald

of

of the United The air mission was followed by

military fighting between the Central troops any such move by the Chinese.. China's resistance, it is be- operation during the year was the and the New Fourth Route Arany lleved, will prevent Japan from bloodless conquest of French Indo- and, threatened to split wide open to China under the lease-and-lend Chinn which cut off one of Chung- the 'Ove-year-old "united front.” bill, the dispatch to Chungking by throwing 24 11 3 appreciable

Presiden! Roosevelt

Lauchlin strength to her Axis partners, king's mujor supply routes and ren-

Relations between Chingking tund

Currie, An economic expert, either through ♫ southward dered useless thousands of tons of

imports the Communists at the present time ascertain China's needs and build up expansion programme or out- war materials and right participation in a world which were stored up awalting trans- appear to be temporarily patched the Chinese morate, and the recent war in case the United States portation by railway to Kumming up but the fundamental difference visit of a United States air mission

between the two still exists.

to China, and a further group of should become embroiled from Hanoi,

transport and finance expert have Chlang also was faced with acute also been significant developments. against Italy and Germany.

The occupation of Indo-China also Success of the Anglo-Ameri- made available to Japan the French financial problems, and with the can programme to aid China colony's annual production of 50,000 monetary assistance will be judged historically in the tons of rubber which represents more States and Britain checked the acute a few experienced American pilots outcome of the European strug- than Japan normally

uses. The inflationary trend in Chinese finances, and limited ground personnel. Ap immo Japanese also

gained tremendous with the accompanying evils of sky-parently the United States sirmen gle-whether Japan is bitised to the extent that she is quantities of in and other vital raw rocketing living costs, hoarding, de- will not be used in actual combat and but will train the Chinese to use and will unable to participate effectively materials with the exception of oil. pleted government with the Axis.

Japan also gained a new export other hardships which were suffered new American machiner

have charge of building up and market during the year with Indo- by the Chinese people.

maintaining the Chinese air force. China and succeeded in bringing Chungking has now instituted a

of the The United States had two Thailand within the orbit

centralised food control and taxa- alternatives either to help Japanese "co-prosperity sphere."

tion programme which, with United

All of these steps, plus increasing China and thus indirectly hin-

monetary assistance. gives United States financial,aid, indicate The occupation of Indo-China also States

tremendous

the der Japanese military power,

Importance for China promise of a stronger econo- the bases

the coming United States has placed on bolster- ing Chinn to continue her war

order against the Japanese in Immobilise the latter AS far possible.

Two Alternatives

revenues

or to embargo completely trade gave the Japanese afr with Japan as a means of under operations against Kunming and the mic footing during

Burma Road and air bases for year. mining Japan's war-making possible future use against Malaya ·

Chinese Optimism

power.

Such

move

and the Netherlands East Indies,

Significant Moves

to

05

be uble so far is shown in Japan's refusal

The Intter course had the danger

Politically, Japan's major necom- The Chinese optimistically pre- The effectiveness of the programme that it would force Japan southward to the Netherlands East Indies and plishment of the year was the recot diet that. Chungiting will Malaya to obtain oil and other row nition of Wang Ching-wel's Nak to take the offensive in the fall of to take the collapse of the East materials and open markets for regime-a recognition which has, noi exports.

night yet produced any results because of 1941 or the spring of 1942 when the Indies econemic negotiations as the to give Wang flow of America's war supplies gives signal for a southward push, This is on Japanese realisa- partially on have forced the United States into Japan's other militarily, polit them necessary tanks, artillery and based war with Japan. defeating America's any power either

cally or economically, plus. the fact planes. But with the neutral mill- tion that further extension of the war aim to concentrate on Europe,

in China dangerously and also on the The United States chose the first that Wang has not yet been able to tary state of the United States this in the Far East might stretch the lines

other prominent Chinese is still debatable. alternative and continues to supply induce

apparent realisation that the United

rendy The only supply route which the States is

back up

ita Japar with lesser quantities of the leaders from Chungking to aid him reconstruction

the Chinese have now is

Burma stand in the Pacific with force it' imporis which she needs in an effort in. his "peace

route, operated under the direction necessary and the realisation that to keep the Japanese military forecs movement."

who

situation has the present international a of Dr John Earl Baker that bogged down in the China conflict

not entirely favourable for while not committing any overt act

with the United States and China for the further milltary adventures. would bring the Pacife crisis to

nud

Some observers

state

·

or placing the extra pressure which strengthened Nunking regime might been a rail and highway expert in is

be able to negotiate, peace

head.

Japan in the past year confined her China war activities to continual mopping-up operations against Chin- ese guerilias-in-occupied areas,-com-. palgns against the Chinese regulars. tremendous uerlal onslaught

of the province of Leningrad, against Chungking, extension of the

coastal

blockade order in an attempt:

to

With the Chinese Army

country also. It is the worst thing

All day long we find ridden By Agnes SmedLEY powerful. This is true of your own which absorbs an area of about to cut of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-along the Chinese defences in 80,000 square miles. In addi-shek's supply lines, and attempts to Nerth Hupeh Provinces. When stood at attention. "Salute!" shouted in all existence. I am one of the

disrupt the Burma Rond operations. tion there are fighting sectorse last, judging by the decreased the shadows of the hills. grew in Bessarabin, the Ukraine and operations in the past few months, long we halted at a mud hut in falute, but with better reason than and oppose such people. This binds

the northern province of Mur-have been almost abandoned as im- mansk.

possible.

been

of

Chungtiao Fighting

On

From

commander. the

diers of those

"Tell us what our friends are do-

I told them. I told them the

hope for those that do work of humanity. In

the Lord

calls for money for medical ald.

mommy and shouted:

"medicul

"Long live Llod Mayo of London!'

I returned the millions of your friends who detest they, "This Is a foreign friend, such men as you with the millions a narrow valley which one of She works for our wounded, She of whom I am one. I would apolo- glse to you for my countrymen who the armies, was using as its first wit speak to us."

sel! weapons of death to your A second reason why it is

dressing station to care for the

What does one say to men going enemies-but I do not regard them hard to gain an accurate idea The most crushing victory the wounded.

out to die? The faces and eyes were as my people." Japanese Infleled on the Chinese of how the war is progressing

solemn, serlous-faces from another occurred in May when 100,000 There was but one door to the world than mine. But were they? from the point of view of Japanese, including two divisions strategical and territorial gains from Manchuria, surrounded 200,000 hut. Inside, on the earthen Then I thought of my own people, of ing against this." and losses, is that the only re-

Chinese in the Chungtian mountains floor, lay a number of wounded the people of England, of all the common people of the world who In in so

southern Shanst province and le-

the men in a row, and in the fading have watched and sympathised with names and the work of many organ- ports issued are the offeint micted 50,000 casualties communiques from Moscow and Chinese at a cost reported to have light their dark forms were like China. And I began to tell the sol- leations working for China, and of

people who less than 10,000 Japanese. a part of the mud walls and the their victory, who give from small this I mentioned the name af. Presi- Berlin, which of necessity are

eam- Military observers claim the extremely generalised, and to paign was 70 to 80 per cent. success earth beneath them. On a rude wages or saliuries to send medical dent Roosevelt and

ful since it gave the Japanese a table near the door stood half supplies to them. I hesitated about some extent coloured.

front where it was needed complete hold of the Chungtino a dozen half-filled bottles, a pair the medicine, for it was not at the Mayor of London, who had issued But it has been possible to mountains and also the Yellow river of black native scissors, a few These men had seen more of bomb- Suddenly a soldier jumped to his feet ascertain this: the Nazis are

crossings leading to Shengl and Ho- nan provinces and wiped out some rolled bandages, and some small ing 'planes and ammunition from my

a country than they had seen attempting what they call a

squares of gauze. the best Chinese divisions. four-pronged offensive aiming The Chinese admitted the Chung-dusty rafter hung a big wad of supplies. But, I thought, when men Long live Liosevelti"

go out to die you say things to, en- cotton. An tino mountains were evacuated but unwashed local

courage them. What encourages inen at Leningrad and Moscow. The later sold the defeat was not as bad

The entire company shouted after army dresser sometimes reached most at such a moment as this? So him. blitzkrieg against Leningrad as it sounded.

"Lan live the The Blogan comes from two principal points If the Japanese consolidate their up, took a bit of the cotton, I told them of that which I thought their they

leader had forgotten the names of -Murmansk in the far north hold it will give them, for the first dipped it in a small bowl of would make them feel that

have not done enough," con- the organisations I had mentioned, so time in the war, complete control of liquid, and washed the wound of were not alone in to which Leningrad is connected Shansi province which is the key to one of the men lying on the elded, "but we have tried, to do he hesitated and then added: "All floor. Then he took a bit of something. I shall tell what i have the people in the world who are our by a main railway, and from Estonia, Latvia and the north-steam-roller movement such as gauze and a bandage and bound seen here, how you look and fight, friends!" ern border of White Russin. was the case in Poland, France the wound? He did not wash and of the spirit that moves you to On off the blood that had caked on continue fighting until your country

is free."

The commander smiled proudly, There are also two chiof lines and the Low Countries,

The men saluted and sat down turned to me, and said: "We must of attack in the offensive their own admission the in-the man's neck and face.

again and remained silent for some now move up." against Moscow; one from the vaders have been held back at

time. Then a slow murmur came

"Salute!" he shouted, and all the centre of White Russin (the many vital points-especially

from them. They were talking to

arose and saluted. They Minsk urca) and the other vital to them, for unless these

Marching feet beyond the mud hut

each other. "What are they say men through Bessarabia and the can be secured, their armies in disturbed me, and I turned to see a ing?" I asked the commander, and he shouldered their packs and rifles and were ready. They began to march. other areas, although gaining ine of grey figures passing, with turned and said to them: "She wants with a heart heavy with misery 1 Ukraine,

Soos marched with them up into the Another point also appears to local successes, may find them-rifles and packs. I went slowly out, to know what you are suying."

Soon they halted, removed their

Cn the creat of a rise the emerge; that the Nazl blitzkrieg, selves completely cut off,

come Two of dircetly me: viewed in the light of the The indications are that the packs, sat down, and rested their hands at his sides, and said, looking

their achievements scored by previous Germans, in line with the restrißes between and brought back a freely at me own wolls plants fartbert" I took his hand, shook my

them went away

head, and together we walked in similar German offensives, has of the world, underestimated big wooden bucket of bolled water, and ammunition to Japan to kill us silence. The ravine grew dark, and

material, fighting and soon all had drunk. This was with."

ngain he halted and sald; "Go back. been

war failuro❘ the 1 comparative

Good-bye." against Russin. Successes have ability and staff leadership of a company of troops moving up to

I stepped to the side and the men been attained, for instance the the Soviets. Hitler's Intest ad- the battlefield, and this was their last

proved stop for rest.

So, I thought, they are hard-head-. overruning of Russin's incor- venture has already

I went towards them, and their ed ment. They face the eternal veri- marched past me, cach one turning They were like pornted States of Estonin, terribly costly, and if Russian

of fine theories. To them I answer, shadows no they passed, and I reach- Latvia and Lithuania, the ad- morale can be maintained and commander arose quickly and salut ties. They are men of the earth, not his face to me,

stood until their vanco through White Russia, her military and political chiefs ed. He came up and we talked,

"We are going up," he said. will ed: "I can only tell you that there ed out and touched them. Then they and the thrusts made in some continue to use sound judg-

for you and against you, and that figures blended with the darkness. parts of Bessarabia and the ment, the Nazi regime may yet you say something? We have half are people in every country who are tvere all gone, and

those against you sell war materials Somewhere in the hills a shell buret machine guns hammered. Ukraine. But evidence is lack- dig its own graveyard in the an, hour here."

The commander uttered n com- to your enemies. They make money and ing to show that after 16 days fields and plains of the western

Imand, and all the soldiers arose and out of death. They are few but Misery overwhelined me, the Nazis have achieved a Soviet Union.

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soldier arose, stood stiffly with his vineler said: "Do

to