| Show Jap Defeat Proves Hies flies Pile Up Striking Power I- I IDE DE WITT MACKENZIE Associated Press War Anal Analyst st The disastrous defeat suffered by the Japs on the equatorial ers era of the Bismarck sea is a major triumph for the allies L what impresses me even more than the immediate victory his Is evidence of the terrific striking power we e. e are piling up I mst lost st the enemy I i he demonstration of rapidly in Ining In- In in 1 1 ing strength in the e various lt herd bespeaks excellent final success ms idea would seem to fit well with Undersecretary of I Pattersons Patterson's s report of ot a ain in mUng Inting ting output of ot armament andr and r Including war- war 0 IM last month That tiis iKs a tremendous victory in ft tory of Air lr O er Sea nother Other ther point which stands out O this historic Pacific battle is fact that this is II a victory of gr jr r over the sea That's vastly for the war against M an an is of ot such geographical nae na- na e hat allied air power is bound play a great role in knocking Gut ut We shall see the proof that when we finally are able Concentrate hugh fleets of ot over the mikado's own i jyo o. o i tong the close view of ot the Bis- Bis r c engagement it would seem sure domination of ot the south- south by the united nations rt fu means among other things t it there was any threat of r It Invasion of Australia its it's h t ng to worry about now rHe e growing fast allied strength I praed in this remarkable bat bat- bati i Should also afford encourage encourage- nt nt- to the Chinese who have haveIt It d so patiently and bravely for forIn forn n a big way I dont don't mean meant It In t they will take this as pren pre- pre n rig any grand offensive in the then n late future My t was that the thee theIn In se e finally have recognized that the allies alUe arent aren't cly 1 to make maJce an out all drive iI st the Japanese until Hitler d t been een een further ironed out Still SUII e Jt piling up of ot allied power is ening real's reals t important too for tor the SQ so arc are having a terribly hard hardRi Ri jef and they have no delusions iut tut it the great task before them go e l Problem Ahead fe IVe Ve c should recognize as do the I ese that theres there's a huge Jap ny to be disposed of In China Is s s means that it either cither must be bo on the battlefield or forced to capitulate because the mother country has been compelled com com- to surrender and it would be e the height of ot folly CoUy for us to bank on the latter Jatter contingency I Even under adverse circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- I stances the Japanese will hold out as we have seen them do until out they hey literally are annihilated And that's the problem facing the Chinese Chinese Chinese Chi- Chi ChiI I nese when they start their big offensive The Chinese have been expecting expecting expect- expect ing ng that the opening move would be 36 for the allies to invade Burma across the Bay of ot Bengal from India in order to oust the Japs and reopen the Burma road so that I supplies could start pouring into China That's Thal's the logical program as they see it now Of Ot course it wouldn't be surprising if another I united nations operation started simultaneously from the southwest Pacific And those bombers Well weve we've got to have bases for them to opI operate operate op op- erate from against Japan Time I alone will disclose where the bases will be I |
