Show I South Africa Premier Asserts DrainOn DrainOn Drain DrainOn On Nazi Strength in Russia Has Set Stage for Allied Attack LONDON Oct 21 The JP-The The The allies are re at the threshold of the offensive phase of the war Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts prime minister of South Africa told 1000 members of f Britain's parliament Wednesday in a session d scribed described by Prime Minister Churchill as in many ways unprecedented Smuts' Smuts appearance in the commons commons com corn mons chamber was a gesture to him as high a at alf that given Prime Minister Churchill by the congress of the United States when he broadcast an address to it in irl joint session during his visit to the United States The German army is bleeding to death in Russia and the stage is set for the last the offensive phase of the war for th the United Nations Smuts declared d. d Urges Russian Aid He said the appalling bloodletting bloodletting bloodletting blood blood- letting which is necessary for Hitler's Hitler's Hit Hit- lers ler's ultimate def defeat at is being administered administered administered ad ad- ministered by the Russians Although he said they alone can do it he urged whatever help we can give to Russia in the fullest measure and with the utmost speed Like a huge secret society nearly nearly nearly near near- ly 1000 members of both houses assembled to hear Smuts Neither the time nor the place nor even the date of the meeting which brought together one of the most distinguished British ass assemblages assem assem- em- em of the war was disclosed to the public in advance Price Minister Churchill was among mong the members present and David Lloyd George who as prime minister in the World war war appointed appoint appoint- ed Smuts to his war cabinet in introduced introduced in- in the South African lea leader ler Arrangements Secret Secret So strictly were the arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments meats held in secret that writers were not allowed even to describe the chairs hairs lir hr the h hall hail ll l lest st the enemy enemy en- en en en- emy amy be given a clue to parliaments parliaments parliament's parlia parlia- ments ment's wartime meeting place Smuts was given a tremendous s ovation as he arrived in field marshals marshal's marshals marshal's marshals marshal's mar mar- uniform attended by an honor guard of the parliamentary tary home guard and ascended a built dais covered with a arich arich arich rich broad red carpet In a brief response Churchill called Smuts' Smuts message invaluable invaluable invaluable able Urges Russ Kuss Aid Russia Smuts said is bearing more than her share of the common common common com com- mon burden and he urged that whatever help in whatever form we can give to Russia to sustain her in her colossal effort should be given in fullest measure and with utmost speed In reference to the second front Smuts sai said saia the defense phase of the war for the united nations had ended The final alignments both of the allies and of our enemies have been made mad he said Resources ha have ve been developed and mobilized on a very large scale Ours still are on the increase those of the enemy are on the decline Our man power still is growing that of the enemy is getting depleted while he makes ever heavier drafts on his suffering vassal peoples The specter of want hunger hung r rand and starvation are beginning to stalk through the subject counties countries countries coun coun- tries ties and arid the spirit of unrest is heaving leaving and rising The explosive limits of endurance are nearing We are approaching the point when both on the war fronts and the home fronts in the enemy countries the situation is ripening for reaching far-reaching developments Smuts said that in spite of heavy setbacks and many disappointments disappointments disappointments we have had the neCessary necessary necessary I essary time to prepare to parry deadly blows and to assemble and 4 t consolidate the forces and re- re Continued on Page Four Column Three 55 RUSS BEAT BACK GERMANS S Continued Continued from Page One Oni wrote home but never had a chance to post wa was quoted I 1 have nothing good to report For four tour months there have been no meats and fats fata Only one oneS S thing disturbs mo my memy my stomach A few days ago several dogs ran to our line Une The one which I 1 shot proved to be very skinny The army organ Red Star said It Its had rained without stopping since Monday that air activity was hampered and the mud was becoming increasingly difficult for tanks to navigate The weather was cold iThe The Tie soviet high command has not admitted a German gain in n 48 hours In the Stalingrad area soviet a-soviet unit repulsed attacks threw the back to his initial positions and wiped out over a company men the noon said Baid Guar Guardsman killed 30 another tommy-gunner tommy 44 Guard burned I two tanks silenced ed three batteries I of artillery and wiped out a company company company com com- comI I pany of infantry Captured Germans had said that 70 per cent of their divisions divisions- seven ev n out of every 10 men men had had been killed kUld wounded or taken prisoner Jn fn the last few days DR Day of Siege It was the day of the siege of Stalingrad and the eighth day of a a. supreme German effort to break through the industrial district dis reach the Volga and spread n north rth and south mopping up Sta Sta- I S The Tle nazis crushed the tle defenders who fell back The Tle arrival of S Russian reinforcements saved the situation but fresh enemy troops struck the soviet flank west of the factory broke through army formations formations for for- and reached a railroad S A lone rifle regi regiment t almost encircled defied the superior enemy enemy enemy ene ene- my and managed to clear the the flank bolstering the soviet center After 24 hours of uninterrupted battle on the outskirts of the factory factory factory fac fac- tory the Russians restored d their initial positions Aided by The Germans resumed their assault assault assault as as- sault against the same factory from two directions Tuesday dispatches dispatches dis dis- dis p patches said with even more tanks An additional 40 tanks assaulted a neighboring industrial settlement in an effort to start a pincers maneuver Dive bombers in groups of five and six x supported German try The Russians Russian fought desperately desperately desperately desper desper- before the factory Jut but were forced to retreat In one place On Ona a a. a neighboring sector a soviet unit counterattacked the enemy flank S stopping the advance The retreating retreating retreating re re- re- re treating soviet unit rallied and c counterattacked flinging the enemy enemy ene ene- my fly back Fierce fighting still raged on the outskirts of the settlement settlement settlement set set- for two streets but no German progress was reported |