Show The National Whirligig By Ray Tucker Telegrams Telegram's Washington Co Correspondent WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Chiang Chiang Kai- Kai shek's recent conferences with Indian leaders including Mahatma Mahat- Mahat ma Gandhi have eluded general attention in the whirlwind of news from more violent centers But Washington regards his mission as one of the most extraordinary extraordinary extraordinary ex ex- diplomatic forays since Colonel House commuted to Europe in fist first world war days The British have been extremely extremely extremely ex ex- unfortunate in their handling handling handling han han- of problems in India and Burma Even now Whitehall has deemed to discuss the question of dominion status until t the h e peace conference Except for a afew afew afew few professional troops the vast population of India h has a s held aloof from active participation in the fighting Approximately well equipped and hardy soldiers rest on their arms Trained for jungle warfare warfare warfare war war- fare they might tip the scales in the forthcoming struggles in Burma China and their home home- land Chiang is understood to be beseeching beseeching beseeching be be- the Indians to end their squabbling squabbling- and get into the thick of things From his own experience he is warning them that Japanese domination will willbe willbe willbe be infinitely more oppressive than England's mild rule It is entirely probable that he is suggesting suggesting suggesting sug sug- gesting gesting- that once the axis powers powers powers pow pow- ers are whipped the era of alien exploitation of his own and their countries will end Signs indiCate indicate indicate indi indi- cate that his promises have been underwritten by London and the United States with President Roosevelt as the inspiration for forthe forthe forthe the strategy The chief executive has undertaken undertaken undertaken under under- taken another heavy assignment in the universal clash elash between dictatorial and democratic pow pow- ers To his role as civilian com- com I mander-in-chief mander of the united nations nations' nations nations' nations nations' na na- na- na armed forces he has added that of secretary of state He Heis Heis Heis is their diplomatic anchor man In several instances he has moved swiftly to strengthen al allied allied allied al- al lied governments when the going going going go go- ing seemed rough He landed an A E F in North Ireland a few days before parliament almost unanimously gave Churchill a vote of confidence With a recorded recorded re recorded re- re corded speech he participated in ceremonies which marked the launching of a loan by Ottawa Because of the conscription conscription conscription con con- issue and depressed wheat prices Premier King had received word that it might be difficult to float the bonds On the fall of Singapore Mr Roosevelt Roosevelt Roosevelt Roose Roose- velt stepped out with a advance to China and double that amount to Moscow His Hi's spokesmen pleaded rl needy case so eloquently that the senate appropriations committee approved the transaction transaction transaction trans trans- action in 90 seconds Through pressure on Vichy he strives to keep the French fleet from German hands hands hands-a a vital objective objective objective ob ob- ob- ob at this moment Note As conclusive evidence that President Roosevelt is a one-man one state department for forthe forthe forthe the axis anti-axis world he executed these deals while Cordell Hull was ill and Sumner Welles oc occupied occupied occupied oc- oc with Rio post-Rio de Janeiro problems The misbehavior of Illinois ward bosses may dynamite the Roosevelt-Knox Roosevelt attempt to remove remove remove re re- re- re move C. C Wayland Brooks from the senate The federals yearn to defeat the haired curly-haired incumbent because because because be be- cause he was fiercely noninterventionist noninterventionist before Pearl Harbor and also is an ally of Colonel R.R. R.R. R. R R. R McCormick owner of the New anti-New Deal Chicago Tribune As a aGO G O 0 P-er P Secretary Knox was supposed to have first crack at Curly The cabinet member member member mem mem- ber planned to name Ex Ralph Church as his Brooks anti-Brooks man in the April 14 primary But behind the nautical nautical nautical nau nau- back local chose State Treasurer Warren Wright a nonentity He owes election to his present office to the fact that people confused him with Warren Wright the owner of On the Democratic side the situation is even more muddled F D R told Mayor Ed Kelly he would support anybody on whom the Chicagoan and Senator Scott W. W Lucas downstate leader agreed Without consulting Lucas Lucas Lu Lu- cas the Kelly-dominated Kelly Cook county organization nominated Representative Raymond S. S McKeough McKeough McKeough Mc- Mc Keough also an unknown Furious Furious Furious Furi Furi- ous at the slight Scott warned the mayor that McKeough would be a ghost candidate against the popular Brooks Lucas prefers States State's Attorney T. T J. J Courtney Courtney Courtney Court Court- ney a swell vote Last day for filing is Monday and the White House may be double- double crossed by its friends unless the president intervenes Our successful raid on the Marshall and Gilbert islands disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- dis- dis closed an apparent Japanese weakness which may prove fatal to the foe when we begin to swap punches in earnest United States vessels penetrated penetrated penetrated pene pene- deep into these miniature archipelagos before the enemy seemed aware of their presence According to unofficial studies of the engagement the indications indications indications indica indica- are that the Jap forces have poor detectors or none and will be vulnerable to surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise forays otherwise one must make the incredible as assumption assumption assumption as- as that the Nipponese like our people at Hawaii possess possess possess pos pos- sess proper devices but did not have them in operation If It these deductions stand up it augurs well for our on to Tokyo bombardment squad squad- rons Copyright 1942 McClure M Clure Syndicate |