Show WEEKLY NEWS A ANALYSIS py edward C wayne I 1 british open new offensive in libya in attempt to divert axis attention and cr create ate second fro front nt for russia demand for strike legislation grows whan lous are expressed in ID those the columns alumni they the are re thou those of 1 I the tb nw news not necessarily of f this tati ille leased by western newspaper union i BRITISH second front british tank units armed with U S military supplies opened what hat london termed a second front against the axis powers when they opened a smashing drive into libya in north africa berlin sources denied londona Lon dons claims that 1 the attack was a surprise and 2 that I 1 it really amounted to a second front berlin said that what russia had been bean hoping for was not a drive in africa but a campaign on the continent of europe so that nazi forces would have to be diverted from their efforts against leningrad moscow and the southern russian fronts but britaina Brit ains campaign in lybia did take most world capitals by surprise and first reports indicated that british troops aided by the RAF had started their attempt to drive all italian brid and german forces from north africa first objective was the relieving of the besieged british forces at to bruk libya here a british garrison had been holding out against the nazis and italians since mid april CHANGE lit leaders the reply of the british government to demands that changes be made in the wa war r leadership which had frankly m meant cant member the war ar cabinet came tn in the form of a change in in 9 generals ene rals effective christmas day gen sir alan brooke 58 a specialist in mechanized warfare was to replace gen sir JohnD john dill as chief of the imperial general staff dubbed a wizard in this form of warfare by his fellow officers general brooke had been commander of the home defense forces since july 1940 there was little significance tobe to be found in the change except fo for r the fact that general brooke was iras two years younger than dill sixty was described in the british press as a normal retirement age for an army general brooke was a winner of the dsa in the list war isa is a steely eyed dark mustached northern irishman and was commended for his brilliant biant dire direction c sidn of the second corps dur during I 1 ng the bat battle tle of the low countries tries in 1940 lie he is credited with being the inventor of th the ebarra barrage i gai map for artillery fire he also is quoted with a statement that he would welcome an invasion attempt as it would afford an opportunity of throwing the nazis into the sea MISSION to soviet A large irge number of american army officers soon will have a close up view of the actual conduct of the german ger m an blitz against russia it had been learned that a big military mission was being formed and will be sent to archangel russia plans are are being kept secret about the mission but news was obtained that maj gen john N greely of fort sam houston will head it the mission not only will observe the war but will be actively in charge of the distribution of americas lease lend aid to russia seeing that the goods and materials go to the proper spots to do the most good august 26 a similar mission was sent to china the pending fig of one to russia emphasized the close cooperation with the soviet that was now americas full policy REWARD slaying suspect for the first time since the slay lings of german Germani soldiers of occupation started in france the german authorities named a murder suspect identified him and offered unusual rewards for his capture the name oddly of german sound and spelling was that of gilbert brustlein Brustle ln 22 and he had been described as exceptional art ari dangerous evildoer any informant of his whereabouts was offered not only large sums of af money but also ithe ahe nazis off offered ered to set free any prisoner of war that the ahe informant might name brustlein Brustle jn it had been reported was the man responsible for the killing of col paul friedrich hotz german commandant of the district of nantes thus after frenc frenchmen ahmen had paid with their lives for this crime and the execution of another had only been averted after there had been a worldwide condemnation of the procedure even including adverse virse comments by one of ger banys partners in warfare nevertheless the terrorism and the nets acts of sabotage against rall railroads and factories and the setting affre of crops continued the reward for brustlein Brustle ln did not require his capture but ay any information which might be likely to lead to his hia apprehension JAPAN carrying the ball treading gingerly much as a novice would attempt to walk barefooted over a hindu fakirs fakiri bed 01 0 spikes were secretary hull and saburo kurusu kurusu as they had started their conversations looking to a better understanding between america and japan or a better misunderstanding kurusu using a familiar autum not nal term in the united states had said that he was carrying the ball for J japan apan and that he hoped to make a touchdown but neither he nor hull were set tang any speed records in in their broken kenfield field running early stages of N A ya X v 4 M X is 11 5 4 CORDELL HULL mr kunau earned carried the she ball the talks were exploratory both said and if there was anything sinister about the affair ait came from kurusu who asked reporters why k are americans so war minded this brought a smile to the corre spon dents who were thinking in terms of japans record as opposed to that of the united states I 1 after the first conversation with hull the nipponese envoy 0 wa was s asked still think yo make make that tha t touchdown ouch down he answered gravely 1 I dont know RUSSIA offensive the J he red army had taken the offensive in the northern and central sectors but on the south was losing an important battle to preserve connection with the caucasian oll oil fields vital to her armed forces the nazi invasion force in the crimea had taken kerch last port on the easter fi tip of the crimean peninsula and only a two mile strait separated her troops from a foothold on the caucasus itself yet it was to be a difficult foot hold to gain and even niora more difficult ito to hald military observers it agreed greed especially ahard a hard point with which Ito to establish lines of communication and supply unusual reports were coming from moscow once more more supplanting in the datelines of dispatches including stories of germans on the retreat tri in one sector so rapidly rat idly that they fled d through the snow in fri their underwear leaving their uril uniforms lorms behind also the of the nazis for winter warfare was described as most desperate and it was vas recounted that prisoners had peen been taken wearing fur coats A daniel brigham dispatch to the times from bern stated that one red outfit finally had been equipped entirely with automatic rifles whether garalds or not could not be learned and that in the kalinin district this organization had dealt a crushing blow to the nazis i A london had reported an effort on the part of the germans with heavy mechanized forces to cut the railway line between and moscow and that the air force also was heavily involved the red air force on the other hand was reportedly filling itself out with british and american planes ind and was rapidly meeting the numerical superiority of the germans |