ALLIES' DUTY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 235, 5 October 1942, Page 3

ALLIES' DUTY

SECOND FRONT ISSUE

Stalin Says Obligations Should

Be Fulfilled

United Press Association-—Copyright Rec. 1 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 4

A second front occupies a very important place in Soviet estimates cf the current situation—one might say a place of first-rate importance, declared M. Stalin in a written statement on a second front to Henry Cassidy, Moscow correspondent of the Associated Press. He added: Allied aid compared with the aid the Soviet is giving to the Allies—by drawing upon itself the main forces of the German armies—thus far has been little effective. Only one thing is required to amplify and improve this aid —that the Allies should fulfil their obligations fully and on time. Soviet capacity for resisting the Germans in strength is not less, if it is not greater, than the capacity of Germany or any other aggressive Power to secure for itself world domination."

"The common man in the United Nations feels that the time has come to take the offensive everywhere," said Mr. Wendell Willkie addressing a banquet given by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in Chungking. "Timid souls won't win the war. It will be won only by bold and courageous men inspiring their peoples to undertake ana carry through bold plans. Timid souls always find reasons for delay in 3ggressively pushing on to victory. "I have learned that the ordinary citizen, from Cairo to Moscow and Chungking, is a lover of liberty, wants action, action now, and is ahead of his leaders. The citizen wants the job done. He no longer fears the myth that Japan and Germany are invincible and he is annoyed that the might of the United Nations is idle, awaiting action on some future day. The ordinary citizen is ready now; we must catch his infectious spirit and enthusiasm for immediate and slashing attack." Mr. WiHklc Rebuked The Washington correspondent of the New York Times says the Army and Navy Journal, which often reflects the opinion of the Armed Services, said It was fortunate that Mr. Wendell Willkie had "ceased to be President Roosevelt's personal representative or else he might be demanding in Chungking with some semblance of authority that a second front be established immediately in proximity to Japan. Possibly," the joutnal added, "Mr. Willkie may make embarrassing promises in Chungking, if so they will be without the basis of authority." Mr. Willkie, the journal said, carried letters of introduction from Mr. Roosevelt to the chiefs of State, but there was no announcement that he was representing Mr. Roosevelt. The journal pointed out that both Washington and London resented Mr. Wlllkie's second front statement in Moscow. It said: Mr. Willkie, who is completely ignorant of the fundamental military principles and lessons of the current war, has attempted to move the High Command before it is ready. It is doubtful whether the American people will listen to him when the lives of their sons are at stake.

RECORD OUTPUT Rec. 1.30 p.m. LONDON, Oct. 4. The Moscow paper Pravda states that Russian war factories during the last three months have reached a record output in planes, tanks, guns, automatic rifles, mortars, rifles and ammunition. Hundreds of factories exceeded their quota for September, when the aero industry exceeded its schedule by 6 per cent The tank industry had progressed similarly.