“TOO PRUDENT”

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 3, 29 September 1942, Page 5

“TOO PRUDENT”

Anglo-American Military

Councils

MOSCOW, September 27.

Appealing vigorously for a second front at the earliest possible moment, military leaders approve Mr. Wendell Winkle’s emphasis on the fact that next summer may be too late. “I am expressing a belief at the bottom of every Russian’s heart when I suggest that too much prudence has entered into the military councils of the British and the Americans in considering the feasibility of a second front this year.,” said Mr. Willkie. “Perhaps some of the British and American military leaders will need some public prodding. The Russians have resolved to destroy Hitlerism and no Russian talks of quitting. They are facing certain winter shortages of food, fuel and clothing, and of some medical supplies, yet they have chosen victory or death. “I have found difficulty in explaining to Russian soldiers in the front line, for instance, why Britain and America are not ready now to make a direct attack in Europe. They are not impressed with the risks which our experts have pointed out to me. The Russian people are turning impatiently to Britain and America for aid and for hope. We must not fail them.”

I In a farewell message broadcast today bv Moscow radio, Mr. Willkie said that the nobility, military precision and strength of the Russian soldiers convinced him that Germany had no chance of Winning. The calm assurance of Moscow was very impressive, and there was lio nervousness or agitation anywhere. All the Russians he had met were confident of victory. Willkie in Chinn. (British Official Wireless.)

RUGBY, September 27. Mr. Willkie has arrived in Sinkiang, western China, by air from Kuibyshev, en route to Chungking.