MAXIMUM AID

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 236, 6 October 1942, Page 3

MAXIMUM AID

ALLIES AND RUSSIA

Reactions To Stalin's Views On Second Front

R^£r h °" MM 'JBS& oct 5 cul|ld° r staUn's°lir d™" front Thl Mn» on a secon d of L a Moscow correspondent ?! th e Associated Press saw S of e s.S e Tit?phr e a k s^ n GX P' ana «on reveffi r diffeVence e S S hf'the' lh ° letter , 'ho Allied capFtals th ° Vlcws of letter r^° % Y. radio read M. Stalin's was- delS, war communique read again Wh,le the ,eUcr was An assurance that everything nr >s bv Rrhain pre t ssef J a »d urged snewlv roi of order to give the most Russian Arm hard-pressed rtus.sian Army was given bv the Bracken m I ' lforma^ ion - Mr. Bredan Ur S'" a speech at Kilmarnock. Commenting on M. Stalin's stateMr .? f a ' second fl 'ont, Mr. Sumner Welles, U.S. UnderSecretary for State, said it was hardly necessary for him to repeat o e, ]£ n p of U - S " Government a d Thn it ■• SS ! a c S every Possible ai ,o, |n c United States had given ThJ -n - a i wa » s numanl y possible. ♦ British Ambassador at Washington, Viscount Halifax, said* "We can be quite sure that Mr. Churchill, Lfi , !t, a l Mr " Itoos evelt understand each other very well and that tnere is no misunderstanding between them."

Lord Halifax remarked that the k i Stalin's statement in i , , e ?P, os<e about being able to hold and beat the Germans was very encouraging. The present british and American bombardment of Germany and the occupied territories was having a far-reaching effect on German morale and on the supply of the lighting forces. Hitler and the Japanese had been able to show remarkable results on the land, but the days of easy gains were now over.

Mr. R A. Butler. President of the Board of Education, said the United Nations could not establish a second front without possible disastrous results until they had sufficient ships and complete mastery in the air There was a hard and uncomfortable winter ahead for the people of Britain, but they would not be unduly depressed by the thought of this kind of hardship." They knew the dangers of war and had not ceased to be in the.front line since June, 1940. Stalin's Message For Pnblic Commenting on M. Stalin's statement, the New York Times says Stalin speaks rarely, therefore it must be assumed that, in breaking his habit, he spoke with due deliberation and was impelled, either because the military crisis in Russia was desperate, or because he believed that- the British and American people were more urgently in favour of a second front than their military and political leaders. "The Soviet leader, in effect, is demanding payment on a promissory note," says the New York Times. "He does not say in so many words that the Allies are obliged to open a second front 'on time,' but he states pretty plainly that they have undertaken obligations which have not been fulfilled.

"The message primarily is addressed to Americans and evidently is intended to convey this impression and to appeal to the public over the heads of the Government."

Referring to obligations the newspaper points out that material and other supplies have been transported to Russia at great risk and loss to the Allies and have been delivered in larger quantities than promised. The whole aim of American strategy is to take the offensive at the earliest possible moment, and M. Stalin cannot whip up the Allies more than they are whipped up by their own desire and determination.