Show economic highlights lights it la Is not possible nt at this time to detail nil all tho the events and clr cir cuni stances which led to japans victories in tile the pacific but the broad outlines ao aio a o clear wo un the extent ahna tile tho striking power of 0 tile tho japanese alp air aad naval forcia corces wo were overconfident over confident wo we did not turn tile tho philippines and the lessor islands into tho the kind of bastions which could have ro repelled polled a further wo we like uio tho obest ot of tile democracies wore lethargic wo wishfully disregarded the writing on tho wall according to walter LIPPI lippman narl japan must havo have spent at least eighteen months preparing tor for an attack on so vast it a scalo scale but few americans bollego war wab tic lually coming lit in tho the pacific loright spot in ili tho the philippine war litta haa been the superb fighting spirit shown by the american mid and filipino troops commanded by general macarthur Mac Arthuri who soemo to liace fully lived up till to ilia his rop lita altion UH as tho american goll yener oral nl a officer f f I 1 a a r MacArt liura gifol 0 ta out numbers their equipment was ayas interior lufer lur to that of tho the japanese Japan after the early days daya ot of fighting they had no air power to speak of yot yet they tho the enemy pay a tremendous toll in inon ond 11 attrial for overy ovary inch of ground taken and it at this writing they ilnyo on trenched themselves at luzon island not north th of lost manila find and on the great for fortress treas etcor dot lit in manila day bay and arl an continuing tho the fight many have wondered why mac dinc arsbur was waa not given U S naval aid ald in ili the opinion of tile strategists it would have beon been suicidal for tho navy to have sent bout major fleet forcell it hi nix an attempt to save manila japan lifts has big naval b badoa ases lit in for formosa mesa and on the mandated islands ome of which are well wall under tinder a th miles train from luzon our forces nearest major base id 19 anan thousands of miles illes away from the of at action at vc aearl arl II 11 harbor har a rb r b bor 0 r F furthermore arther inore while luzon Is IB important it 6 not vital what tile the allied pacific solvers must attempt to save at hll all costs Is Sing singapore allore which velch la Is via tho koy to tho the entire par far east Inc inducing lulng tile tho rich dutch east in 1 I I 1 vr all possible A I 1 11 11 lo 10 0 d f must bo be tor for tho dec lelve land and air battle which will poon take place altig along tho the Mala malayan yati peninsula the commanders com mandora or of great armies and navies must tako take tho long lev e 1 I find and look to the ho winning of the war not tho scattered costly victories Ic which might imperil the ilanor campaign campal gu it its 1 often said that the prime objective 0 at thial war la is tile the do de st ruction ot of tile the nazla that once that la Is done japan and hillers Hit 11 lers other allies can bo be taken care of in fil their turn tho tf news which out of russia hussla la Is immensely encouraging to the allied powers tile the german rout continues and the destruction of at german divisions and gernian german equipment la Is on an almost incredible scale tho russian com cent fiand now says saya that it meana to press forward until germany itself la is turned into a battlefield and lit in libya tho the british have won a victory which may provo prove of immense importance to the eventual winning ot of tile the entire war this country la Is now koiv tor for the first time realizing what war means the order freezing salos sales of now motor cars and prohibiting hi tho production of new ne cara after january indicates tile the way away the wind blows it ii may bo expected that our lives will be with astonishing there thera will bo be no luxuries at all and many seeming necessities will bo bel foregone or produced in bare minimum quantities IU at this moment wo we are spen spending dinh about 25 26 per cent of at our national income tor for war purposes ws by the end of the year we will it if the plans go through bo bel spending ob ab much as aa 60 50 per cent what that will mean to tho the civilian standard of living la Is easily sn N yet there la isi no grumbling crumblin grum blin g right a and nd loft left wingers labor leaders and big industrialists democrats and republicans alike aalke agree that an all out effort with al all I 1 the privations entailed oa must bo be made there la Is much I 1 erl criticism ti clani of administration nieth methods but no criticism of ad ministration longbull long pull object objectives lyos it lq la that in tho civil government its aa lit in the armed forces change pro being mabb in ill executive personnel designed to weed out the unfit and nd replace them thein with nien who will got get ro insults time la Is the great factor now time to produce the Instrument a of war and to train the necessary troops javan japan got the jump on us as aa aerni germany ferniany any did on russia and britain in the early days ot of conflict because she had sl spent ent years yeara preparing for war while we had done relatively little wb have the res resources Arces to make up tor for this it if only we make full use of thel the titue time we have loft left before tile the decisive stage at 0 the war la Is reached the allied agreement under which the united states great britain russia china and more than a score of other nations pledged themselves to make inako war until complete victory is achieved and to conclude no separate peace Is vitally important it Is the advance answer of the united to any peace offers alit hitler and lils hla partners may have in mind peace offers that will undoubtedly be based on the pro balse that the axis has virtually won tile the war and that there la Is no use in any nation bucking the inevitable |