Show The War This Week Great Britain Face Imminent Jap Attack On Discontented India BY RICHARD M. MACFARLANE The monsoon season is nearly over in India and arid with its ending comes the threat of an imminent Japanese attack on dissension-torn India and the soft southern flank of This attack will come for the anese war machine after stunning successes in last winter's cannot afford to wait to consolidate past but must strike and keep striking while its enemies are still weak and With winter approaching on the Siberian frontier the danger of a Jap attack on Russia News reports from China indicate that the Japanese have moved the troops and planes engaged in the summer attack on the Chinese in province to leaving only a holding force in eastern Although there are ample indications that the Japs are planning a major drive to dislodge the Americans from the Solomon there have been no indications that they plan an invasion of the logical direction of attack is at torn by dissension and civil India is the last area left in Asia from which the United Nations can counterattack the Japanese in Burma and and send desperately needed supplies to embattled The British have built steel munitions factories and supply depots around the area now directly menaced by the Britain and the United States are now sending troops and material to India for a future drive at the Japs in But the United Nations are not yet ready to attack from nor will they be this and probably not The ever can be counted upon to take full advantage of the of the United Nations forces and Indian civil strife to press their attack this Ghandi's civil disobedience program is making the defense of India incredibly more difficult than it might otherwise Already the program has caused a dangerous slowdown in India's war plants and created a serious cleavage between the Indian people and their British It will take all the desperate strength of the United States and Great Britain to hold the Japs at bay in This they must for if the Japanese and the Germans can effect a meeting at the Khyber the United Nations will suffer a momentous defeat which may easily pave the way for their ultimate This is one of the gravest situations faced by the United Nations this They must bend every effort to forestall a Japanese success in India by pouring more material into and most make a serious effort to come to some agreement with the Indian National Congress and the Moslem To accomplish they must show infinitely more statesmanship and military prowess than they have yet exhibited in |