ALLIES’ CO-OPERATION

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 April 1943, Page 6

ALLIES’ CO-OPERATION

CHICAGO PRESS CANDOUR.

NEW YORK, March 31.

“If we must, we can settle peace problems after the war. Meanwhile, lots of things are necessary, the lack of which is delaying, if not preventing, victory,” says the “Chicago Tribune,” in a leading article. “One of the immediate problems concerns Russia. The United States is furnishing Russia with enormous quantities of supplies, thereby depriving our own soldier of weapons they are clamouring for, and sending food taken from the mouths of our own people. We have the right to ask the Russians to end friendly relations with Japan. At present the Russians are furnishing Japan with food from Soviet fisheries, and with priceless Alaska weather information. We should demand that this assistance should cease. There is no ground for complaint against Britain. Her cooperation is satisfactory. “A very significant point, but difficult to explain, is the failure of the British Dominions to pull their full share of the load. Australia, Canada, and South Africa have not enacted conscription imposing sacrifices as heavy as Britain and America. South Africans will not fight outside Africa/ Canadians are not drafted for overseas. Australians permit the use of conscripts only in a limited area. American boys are fighting the Japanese 6000 miles from their homes, while Australia continues to impose restrictions. Whatever the excuse for it, and there never was a good one, is removed now that the last Australian Divisions are home from Africa. “If our Allies will not equal our efforts during the war, what kind of co-operation can we reasonably expect from them in peace?” MR. EDEITS MESSAGE

RUGBY, April 1. Mr. Eden, in a message to Mr. Cordell Hull, after expressing gratitude for the kindliness and friendliness of his reception in the United States, said the talks he had in Washington have shown we thought alike on the problems that faced us. “I return to London with a new understanding of the policies and ideals of your Government and people, and a deepening conviction that close collaboration between us is the indispensable basis for the development of common action by the United Nations, now and after the war.” ~ 4 Mr. Hull, replying, said that Mr. Eden’s presence in Washington, and the exchanges of views had been a real contribution to the cause we had in common.