WORST NOT OVER

Grey River Argus, 25 November 1942, Page 5

WORST NOT OVER

Canadian General URGES AID FOR MACARTHUR (Rec. 8.50) TORONTO, Nov. 23 The sending of Canadian troops to the aid of General MacArthur was advocated by Major General Od um in a speech at the Canadian Club. He declared: “The best defence fo. Canada is not the group of divisions sitting passively in Canada, but some additional force, even as little as one division should be sent to General MacArthur, so that. on.the Japanese tender southern flank. General MacArthur might pass from the defensive to a vigorous local offensive. He declared that one weakness among the United Nations spirit of criticism and complaint, which was to be found everywhere except in Britain. General Odium expressed, it as his opinion that the turning point in the war had not yet come, and he said that they were now looking the worst squarely in the face.

ALLIED PLANS QUESTIONED. SYDNEY, November 23. The “Sydney Morning Herald’.’ today expresses the editorial opinion that the Japanese hoped to save the dav in Papua by a victory at Guadalcanal- in that naval battle which eight days ago brought them only a crushing defeat. Belated efforts to relieve their Papuan expedition during the past five days have cost them a cruiser. two destroyers, and a number of landing craft as well as 34 ’planes. Commenting on the marked Allied air and ground superiority, the “Herald” adds: “What is surprising is the absence so far of any mention of co-or-dinated Allied naval support on a scale, which would have cut off the Japanese. line of retreat, or reinforcement. Such support would seem the natural corollary of the Solomons naval ac-

tion. Admiral Halsey, however, is not a man to neglect' the fruits of victory. It may be that truer synchronisation of his (Halsey’s) offensive plans with those of MacArthur must await an advance from Guadalcanar through the northern Solomons against Rabaul.