Show I Views of the Nations Nation's Press 1 t This J much may be said amid the gloom about our whole position position position po po- If It Britain had succumbed to Hitler two summers ago if it the conquered countries had ac accepted accepted accepted ac- ac the yoke as inevitable if Russia had not cho chosen chosen en or had not been able to make a fight of it then it-then then the people of the United States w would uld have found out by now that they had no practical choice except to say sayto sayto sayto to Hitler Where do we fit into your scheme 1 Events and the fortitude of ot our allies have given us a a. chance to survive We are almost ready may may- maybe maybe be we are ready However bad the news is we weare weare weare are not too late For months we have been aware that this summer would bring crucial days These are those days They find us far readier tp meet them than we might have been both in m spirit and in material material material ma ma- strength Minneapolis i Star Journal Because of this direct and in In- 1 direct American stake thi this country shares with Britain th h right to torn toffen in explanation of th allied debacle in Libya and th Egyptian retreat This is thE thi first case where the old weakness weakness weak ness of too little and too late does not apply According t to the early London statements the allied army at first had monand more mon and better troops and planes tank equality and superior supply supply supply sup sup- ply lines plus the added advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of ot the British fleet i British and American corre correspondents correspondents at the front seem seem to tc agree that the British g generals were inferior to Rommel lackIng lack lack- ack Ing initiative and leadership to match the high quality of the allied troops But it is easy to make scapegoats scapegoats scapegoats goats of defeated generals That Thai has been done several times before before be be- fore in in inthe the middle east east east-as as well wen wenas as In Singapore and elsewhere elsewhere- without improving the results Hence the growing belief in England England Eng Eng- land that the fault is not so sc much with individual generate general as with an antiquated organization tion and system particularly th the lack of unified command San San Francisco News I i 9 |