CASABLANCA RESULTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 25, 30 January 1943, Page 7

CASABLANCA RESULTS

GROWING OFFENSIVE

AMERICAN ASSESSMENT

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.) ■■■--' NEW YORK, January 28. The Washington . correspondent of the "New York Times," Arthur Krocfc, assesses the results of the Casablanca conference as follows:— 1. Messrs. Roosevelt and Churchill selected a British and American military leader for the remainder of the North African campaign. 2. They planned the military strategy for 1943 to follow the eviction of the. Axis from North Africa, based on an increased assumption of the offensive everywhere, particularly against the submarines. 3. They laid the groundwork for closer co-operation with Russia and China in the formulation of military and economic decisions which will eventually be reached "by, a supreme council of the "Big Four" at which the views of the other United Nations will have weight. 4. They failed to obtain a satisfactory oasis of adjustment of the political differences between the various French factions. . ■ Informed officials in Washington say that, the Fighting French faction remains unreconciled td M. Peyrouton's appointment, in spite of the fact that it was obviously made with the consent of Messrs. Roosevelt and Churchill, who-were in Casablanca when Peyroutonarrived in North Africa. Mr. Krock says that for that reason it is clear that the-Fighting French are no longer assailing the policy of the War Department and the State Department, but the policy of Messrs. Roosevelt and Churchill themselves. "UNFINISHED BUSINESS." "A sense of unfinished business haunts the resounding echoes of the Casablanca conference," says the "New York; Herald Tribune" in an editorial. "It lacked a concrete demonstration that a glottal, war is being " waged. Neither the American people nor their leaders yet appreciate what waging total war implies, since the leaders have not awakened to the realism which the situation demands, and they (have not yet enforced such .realism upon their political, military, and diplomatic, servants throughout the various complex branches of our war, machine. Hence it would be chimerical to expect a global policy to emerge from such confusion in the course of a single conference. "It is not surprising that Mr. Stalin found himself too busy to attend a conference at which he was apparently offered none, of the realistic proposals •which" the Russians well understand to be the essence of war." "As -far. as it can be told at.present, the story of the; conference is complete," said the President's secretary, Mr. Stephen Early, to the Washington correspondent of the- United Press of America. "Subsequent chapters will undoubtedly be written," he added. The Chief of the Office of War In-^ formation, Mr. Elmer Davis, said the story, would be amplified by subsequent military events. ■'. He discounted the reports that Finpish, Turkishj and Italian representatives attended the conference. < , : The' United Press correspondent says that the Note from President Roosevelt and /Mr. Churchill to Mr. r Stalin is interpreted as foreshadowing even ' closer; Russian co-ordination in the Allied offensive plans. •; * POLICY Fbk FAR EAST. The Washington corr^ondent of the "New York Herald .Tribune," ■in a weekly review, says that "foreign correspondence" suggests.lthat Russia at some later date will take part in disposing of the Japanese:menaceV "It is not surprising that ;ißus"sia. refrains from; exacerbating" he£' relations^ with Tokio while the Nazi danger is so grave," he says, *fbut- when 1 the danger is removed it is a fair assumption^'that the forces of the four/great; Powers, will be turned against Japan." • The" Chungking corrfespdnderit of the "New York Times 1' says: "Chinese bffi- ; cials assume the sincerity of the Casa-! blanca promises to give China all pos- ,; Bible aid, but it is impossible to avoid an impression, that the interest in China which \vas taken,at the conference was at second harid. There is no Indication that China will be invited co a four-Power council, which, in general' is .regarded hot only as bad tnanners by a nation which places a high value on manners but also as danferously unwise. Authorities oh the 'ar^East naturally believe that Japan and Germany should be crushed simultaneously, but.the authorities understand that every blow against Germany, as well as the sea and air actions : In the Solomons, are weakening Japan and forestalling invasion of Australia anct"New Zealand.". The Chinese "Central Daily News" sums up the Chinese reaction by stating: "Undoubtedly important military developments will follow Casablanca, but the official pronouncement leaves the question of < a four-Power council Unanswered and the Far Eastern military situation unchanged." The, Chinese Central News Agency In Chungking says that the Casablanca conference was the most important event since the Joint United Nations declaration in 1942, and that it is particularly welcomed in China.