Show EDITOR lED CLAIMS INITIATIVE INITIA TIVE WITH ALLIES Salt Lake Visitor Lists 3 Major Military Problems While the war is by no means won the initiative now is with the united nations Raymond Leslie Leslie Les Les- lie Buell foreign affairs editor of Time-Life-Fortune Time magazines and former president of the Foreign Policy association said in Salt Lake City Sat Saturday There are three major military problems to be solved he said First is the north African sit sit- If Rommel succeeds in getting troops to Tunis the Germans may hold on a long longtime time Until Tunis falls north Africa ca is stabilized and no major offensive offensive offensive of of- elsewhere can be ex ex- ex- ex Next comes the submarine problem In some months of last year German submarines sank sanle more tonnage than during 1937 7 I January were worse than December The greatest mistake of our navy has been its failure to construct proper escort ships for convoys Unless this problem is solved we shall be unable to move or supply our armies overseas China Position Critical Third is the critical position of China Shina The Japanese are blockadIng blockadIng blockading ing China more effectively than ever before belore and the only effective means of relief to China is to re reopen re- re op open n Burma road There is danger that Japan will yet conquer the Chinese se air bases thus denying them to U. U S. S airplanes Should this happen the war in the Pacific might go on for years The international affairs expert said Hitler probably will try a a. Counteroffensive against Russia next spring in an attempt to show that Europe cant can't be invaded except except ex ex- at a cost of millions of lives and then advance a peace offer to play Russia off against the United States The peace offer however will willbe willbe willie be ie rejected asserted Mr Buell If we solve the shipping problem keep China in the war and develop great air superiority we will be beable beable beible able ible to invade the European continent continent con- con through the Balkans or France It is conceivable that Hiter Hitler Hit- Hit ler er will be knocked out in 1943 but more probably in 1944 postwar Postwar Problems Problems Problems' He pointed out that despite military mili- mili tary ary progress little has been done to o solve the political problems of the he conflict or lay the basis for forthe forthe forthe the postwar future Should the war stop tomorrow the world would be thrown into chaos because no preparation has been made he said It is essential now to establish a united nations organization which can serve also as a basis of postwar world organization said Mr Buell The United States tates too ne needs ds to restore its moral Influence influence influence ence throughout the world by assisting assisting assisting as as- in policing and creating a world economy He concluded by warning that every American must realize that thata a return to isolation after this war would mean a permanent and crushing burden of armaments and eventually a new war in which next time we may find the whole world allied against us Mr Buell addressed a a. meeting of the Salt Lake Like committee on foreign foreign for for- eign relations Saturday afternoon at the Hotel Utah |