Show Moscow Parley to Succeed r 1 Must First Remove Distrust I B By DeWitt Mackenzie Associated Press War Analyst Russia continues to be the crucial crucial crucial cru cru- cial theater in our global conflict with vast issues of both war and peace at stake the stake the one along the bloody front and the other in the tranquil atmosphere we hope of the conference table In Moscow These two momentous events may come to rank among the decisive decisive de- de de de- developments of the world struggle The titanic battle of the is In that delicately balanced balanced balanced bal bal- stage where it could within a short time produce a German debacle The politico-military politico parley parley parley par par- ley among representatives of the Big Three Three America America Russia and Britain Britain is is dealing in the preliminary preliminary prelim prelim- inary stages with problems which affect all mankind Because defeat of ot Hitler as quickly as possible means so much mucho to o us the terrible conflict along the Jie may seem to be more important than the Moscow parley par- par ley ey I doubt whether it is though II The red offensive could bo bog down in n the autumn deluge a and d mud without damage the allied cause other than a delay in smashing the whereas a failure of ot the Bi Big Three conference to lay Jay the foundations of full cooperation might be so disastrous as to precipitate precipitate precipitate pre pre- another world conflict Remove Suspicion The first task of Conferees Hu Hull l Eden and Molotov i Ig is to remove the he distrust and suspicion which have lave been plaguing the three major major maor ma- ma jor or powers Until that is done there here can be little progress In settling settling set- set ling such complicated problems as postwar boundaries and the political complexion of European governments which now are in the melting pot Unless it is done theres there's likely to be another war warin warin warn in n our time That phrase war in our time which just slipped Into our copy reminds one of ot the late British Prime Minister Chamberlains Chamberlain's famous famous famous fa fa- fa- fa slogan Peace in our time and of an an interesting discovery by my c colleague Sigrid Arne Associated Associated Asso- Asso Press writer In running through an old song book oot Arne paused over the Russian national na- na ional tiona anthem of czarist days and there here big as a church steeple was the he double of our friend Peace in n our time The last line of each of the three verses Of pf the anthe anthem is s Give to us peace In our time O 0 Lord Maybe that's a good augury for forthe forthe the Jie Moscow conference What Mr Chamberlain failed to achieve at Munich lunich to which this columnist followed him may be accomplished accomplished in the native land of the theold theold old Id anthem Second Front Its It's Its It's logi logical al to believe th t the b battle of oft the M might influence influence ence nce the Moscow conference if it the fighting should produce a sudden nazi rout Certainly the warmly debated question of the second front would come up for review since ince a great nazi upset would be bound to revive the Russian demand for Invasion of France In order to get Hitler between two fires ires and se secure ure a quick killing The latest news of the battle makes bad reading for Berlin It places laces the onrushing red forces almost in ins the big mining city of Rog strategic Rog-strategic strategic railway cener center center cen- cen ter er of the huge river bend which the reds are in process of cutting utting off with the object of en- en I circling and annihilating maybe half a a. million troops One I German broadcast described the Russian army in the bend as a steam roller Down in Italy both the American Ameri Ameri- can Fifth army and the British Eighth army continued over the week-end week to smash holes In the nazi line across the peninsula but the going Is tough and progress isn't rapid The mountainous nature nature nature na na- ture of the terrain lends itself to defense and the Germans are taking full advantage of this General General General Gen Gen- eral Sir Harold Alexander second in command to General Eisenhower Eisen Eisert- hower cautious that progress to toRome toRome toRome Rome will be increasingly slow All AH roads lead to Rome says Alexander but bu all roads are arc mined and bridges are down Slogging Slogging Slogging Slog Slog- ging across country is very costly costly costly cost cost- ly and slow but we must get to Rome |