U.S. CRITICS SLATED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21605, 6 January 1945, Page 4

U.S. CRITICS SLATED

CONTRADICTORY VIEWS WAR POLICIES OF ALLIES i io a.m.) NEW YORK. Jan. 5. “Recent diplomatic developments in Europe are causing certain American voices to proclaim mournfully that we have lost the cause for which we are fightirfg," says tiie New York Times in an editorial. “This talk is harmful to our morals, exasperating to our Allies, and bitter to our troops. Furthermore, much of the criticism is contradictory. Observer A wrings his hands in deep despair because Mr. Churchill tried to force a settlement on Greece, but is perfectly ready to have Mr. Churchill force a settlement on Poland. Observer B, on Ihe othm hand, approves of Mr. Churchill’s policy in Greece but accused him oi betraying the Poles. Evidently we are not all asking Mr. Churchill to do the same thing. I-Ie is bound to displease some of us, whatever he does. “It is preposterous to say that the winning of the war will not accomplish a great purpose. We shall have preserved independence, kept our friends, and turned back the great threat to civilisation. All is not lost

when Britain and tiie great commonwealths of Canada, Australia. New Zealand and South Africa can defend themselves so successfully in a life-and-death war that their free institutions, traditions and liberty survive the struggle untarnished and unimpaired.” ________