| Show Major Behind di the W War Eliot News Sa Says 1 By MAJOR GEORGE FIELDING ELIOT Indications appear to be increasing in increasing increasing in- in creasing that the Japanese may intend as aa their next major move to try to knock China out of the war Some of these indications indications indications indica indica- were pointed out in my article of May 19 such as the concentration of Japanese troops in the area south of Shanghai Other Japanese forces are re reported reported reported re- re ported gathering at and there is some air of activity from the direction of Canton Meanwhile five additional Japanese divisions are reported to have arrived in Burma to reinforce re reinforce reinforce re- re the scattered Japanese detachments in that country The situation now appears sufficiently grave at to impel the Chinese government government government govern govern- ment to ask for help from its allies with all speed and that help ought to be forthcoming Viewing the war in its larger strategic aspect the axis must certainly find itself under the necessity of trying to knock out one of the major united nations this year To knock out the United States is obviously impossible impossible impossible im im- possible at this time Britain is isI isa isa I a possibility but a highly risky one Most observers h have a v e thought in terms of a two- two front attack on Russia but the Japanese may have determined on an attempt to knock out China before the other allies can set up a new system of getting supplies into that country either by an organized air transport system or by completing the proposed road into China from the Indian railhead at Should they succeed the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese might very well be able to consolidate their continental holdings so as to be extremely difficult to dislodge Moreover should China be knocked out the support of her tough hard fig hard fighting ting armies would be lost to the united nations nations nations na na- na- na and also the use of her territory which represents the deep continental area suitable for the use of a powerful aviation aviation aviation avia avia- tion from which the knockout b low blow I o w must eventually be launched against Japan This on the material side the ghast ghast- ly loss on the moral side c hardly be overemphasized Sidle For China to be finally U c now after so of gallant struggle sing handed under conditions her present did little alleviate this alleviate this would be a a. r moi mm J defeat which might well resi resl reslin in the he loss loss' of the whole of r fAs rAs fAsin rAsin AsI I in the opening of the back dc of Russia to Japanese even in the loss of the wal wai It will be well to consid therefore the means to us for aiding China Probably the best means mean helping China as of helping g I Idia Idia Idia dia is to give the something to do elsewhere Cc pressure on their has bax and lines of communication the Pacific will draw c elements of theirL and naval power Increased A A American glo-American air forces in fall dia will tend to immobilize t Japanese forces in Burma Burnie striking at their and particularly i smashing constantly at the pc of Rangoon on which they mu depend for most of their su plies fl As for direct aid to this may come in two ways waysl may come by air transport India and the completion arrangements and the pr of equipment for a fully org air transport line ov Himalayas should be rush There can be no hope of fin shi shia a road from India in time to toof of use this year The seco means by which China can clin helped is by way of thet v land route from Russia and t 1 volume of supplies oV overt rIt route can perhaps be if arrangements can be bums ma 2 with the Russian to increase its J China as against an additional delivery of allied si st plies to Russian ports V Whatever the means one thing seems clear th the UL uc ed nations cannot afford to alii all China to be knocked ou J cry for help must be Cop Copyright right 1942 N. N Y v r Inc a |
