ALLIES CONFERENCE

Greymouth Evening Star, 28 September 1943, Page 5

ALLIES CONFERENCE

U.S.A. AND RUSSIA

MR. ROOSEVELT’S EFFORT

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27. The Acting-Secretary of State (Mr. Adolf Berle) has announced that Mr. Cordell Hull (Secretary ol State) will participate in the Moscow conference of Foreign Ministers. Mr. Hull is at present at Hot Springs, resting before his journey to Moscow- , j “The appointment of Mr. Edward R. Stettinius to succeed Mr. Sumner Welles as Under-Secretary of State is regarded as a bold move by Mr. Roosevelt to prepare United. States diplomacy for the forthcoming tripartite meetings with Britain and Russia,” says the Associated Press of America. “Observers say that by . the appointment of Mr. Stettinius Mr. Roosevelt means to entrust most of the critical negotiations now developing to men possessing hard-head-ed business experience, and who are known as friendly to Russia, rather than to more professional diplomats or to persons whose views on Russia are based on ideological instead of realistic considerations. Both Mr. Stettinius and Mr. Averell Harriman, who are reported to be accompanying Mr. Cordell Hull to . Moscow, may be described as committed to a policy of American interest in international affairs, and at time they are friendly towards Russia. The vast amount of lend-lease material they have been instrumental in getting to Russia has given the Soviet evidence of their co-operative attitude.” “SECOND FRONT” TACTICS NEW YORK, September 26. “The belief that the Nazis will reopen the U-boat war in a final attempt to forestall the opening, of the second front is expressed by aiplomatic quarters who maintain close contact with Germany,” says the Istanbul correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune.” They say that Germany has abandoned hope that submarines can starve Britain into submission, but hopes that heavy attacks by technically improved UiDdats may make the Allied shipping position as serious as it was last Spring, in which event the more cautious of the Allied leaders might postpone the opening of the second front, thus increasing friction between the democracies and Russia. “The Wehrmacht would withdraw'' in Russia to a line approximately following the 1941 frontiers. The Nazis -would attempt to utilise Allied dissension to persuade the Russians that since all Soviet territory had been liberated and the second front not opened the Russians would do well to sign an armistice or arrive at a tacit understanding under which the Eastern Front offensive would cease. There is no hint so far from Russian quarters that any such arrangement is being contemplated.” HITLER’S MESSAGE. LONDON, Sept. 27. A message from Hitler in which he asserted Germany’s “fanatical resolve to continue the struggle,” was read by the Reich Commissioner (Terboven) at a meeting in Oslo yesterday of leading members of (he Quisling Party. In the message, which was quoted by the Oslo radio. Hitler said: “We are engaged m a life or deal'.! struggle against .Bolshevism and its plutocratic helpmates. The German people is bearing Ihc decisive burden of this struggle, with its heavy sacrifices in blood and property. Aware tiial the.lssue 01. this battle will decide the destiny rite only of the but also of the Germanic peoples ami ins? entire Continent for centuries to come, it is fanatically resolved to continue these sacrifices in the unshakable conviction that Illis resoluteness will in the end lead to victory arid thus create the conditions necessary_ for the construction of a pacified .Europe. It is the Fuehrer's unchangeable will that alter llw- victorious conclusion of Ulis fateful struggle National Socialist Norway should arise in liberty and independence, surrendering only those functions which are essential for the security ol' Europe for all time.'’

FRENCH SECRET ARMY. (Recd. 12.10 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 27. A Vichy Government report reaching French circles in London estimates that the French secret underground army, which is preparing to co-operate with the Allied lanamg forces, numbers 200,000. The document refers to the patriots as the “A.S.” (Armee Secrete), and states it was formed last year when certain elements of the regular and territorial armies decided to co-operate with the resistance organisations in preparing for an Allied landing. . . It was probably this army to whien M. Deal (Fascist) referred yesterday. SPAIN AND ARGENTINA NEW YORK, September 26. “Mr Roosevelt and Mr Churchill should press Spain and Argentina m break with the Axis,” said Mr F. H. La Guardia, Mayor of New. York, in a broadcast. “Mr Churchill should lake Spain by the coat lapel and loox it square in the eye. Mr Roosevelt should take Argentina and look it square in the eye and say: ‘Look here —are you with us? We are going to tel] you right now where you can expect to get off if you don’t break with the Axis, and where you will get off after the' war.’ The United Nations should no longer brook indirect or direct assistance to the Nazis from Spain and Argentina.”