Show The National Wh By Ray Tucker Telegrams Telegram's Washington Co Correspondent l I WASHINGTON Armchair strategists crying for immediate immediate immediate imme imme- diate retaliation against Japan betray a criminal neglect of military realities Here is the official exposition of the united nations' nations plight and planning Should the enemy climax his southwestern Pacific campaign with the conquest of Java Australia and New Zealand the war then will enter a vital phase Tokyo may simply establish establish establish lish a strong defense system from Nippon to the Antipodes and dare us to break her grip Or in a move to weaken us utterly utterly utterly ut ut- terly she may assault with powerful forces our inner life lifeline lifeline lifeline line in the Pacific which reaches from Alaska to Hawaii and thence back to the Panama canal Those points will become desperately critical in repelling the attackers or in serving as eventual bases for a future of of- To expose or endanger them now by poorly prepared smashes against the island empire empire empire em em- pire would be suicidal Similar considerations govern the fighting across the Atlantic In order to weaken and overwhelm overwhelm overwhelm over over- whelm Hitler the allies must maintain Britain with food and supplies keep Russia in the war and retain possession of the middle middle middle mid mid- dle east and Suez As President Roosevelt hinted in his latest address the loss of any of these bastions might be fatal We must prevent break through these regions by the axis Army and navy experts will not hazard a public guess on the prospective length of the war But they scoff at reports that Wall Street pessimists envisage envisage envisage en en- visage a decade of conflict If all goes well with the united nations nations Japan Japan held to her present gains and der fuehrer chained on the continent in spring and summer fighting they they figure that a firing cease-firing order may ring across the world late in 1944 But if the allies suffer further reverses in 1942 they foresee a hard war lasting into 1945 or 1946 Here is the theline theline theline line of their tentative prophecy The next year will be devoted to preparation and desperate re resistance resistance resistance re- re by the allies allies allies-a a period during which this country willbe will willbe willbe be obliged to make and transport transport transport trans trans- port the planes ships tanks artillery and munitions which alone will turn the tide In 1943 our side must carry the battle to the enemy to obtain landing areas and bases of operations for close infighting In view of I tion of fortifications by the axis i especially Germany this phase of the effort may easily stretch beyond the estimated time Not until late 1944 or 1915 do our officials believe that we shall be in a position to crush the foe The war crisis has generated many inventions new devices and substitutes for peacetime products One gadget is the so- so called hot can designed for use by troops in the field during blackouts or survivors of torpedoed torpedoed torpedoed tor tor- I ships It consists of Df a receptacle inside in inside inside in- in side an outer container container-a a sort of bulkhead construction The inner arrangement contains food milk milk chocolate soup meats beans etc The outer is filled with chemicals By puncturing holes in the cover and shaking the whole thing its liquids create a degree heat Thus the contents are warmed and the soldier or shipwrecked person person person per per- son has a hot meal under all circumstances In demonstrating ing his product to maritime commission and navy representatives representatives representatives the salesman served them steaming cups of excellent coffee The heater is too bulky for standard equipment of lifeboats although a few may be placed aboard for children or individuals individuals individuals suffering sufferings from exposure But the war department has ordered one hundred thousand for experimental purposes They should be handy when field forces are maneuvering or billeting billeting billeting bil bil- bil- bil on terrain where even a alighted alighted alighted lighted match might expose them to hostile attack The recent squelching of an United anti-United States move in Uruguay focuses attention on other underground axis schemes below the Rio Grande Reports on secret investigations of Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese infiltration plots now now can be revealed Tokyo long has controlled controlled controlled con con- trolled its nationals in Brazil where wh re over were instructed in instructed instructed in- in to live in the state of Sao Paulo along railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road lines The Mikado's ministers asked permission of Colombia to settle farmers in the Cauca river val val- ley Their request was refused but as a compromise they were granted fishing rights A similar attempt to place agricultural workers in Costa Rica brought the same solution The so not-so- curious factor is that these two countries are close to our Panama Panama Panama Pan Pan- ama canal The humble fishermen fishermen fishermen fisher fisher- men actually were retired Nipponese Nipponese Nipponese Nip Nip- ponese naval officers more interested in interested interested in- in in photographing shore shorelines shorelines shorelines lines and sounding water depths than in nets and hooks |