WAR ON JAPAN

Grey River Argus, 12 September 1944, Page 5

WAR ON JAPAN

MAIN TOPICS QUEBEC CONFERENCE Pacific Naval Dispositions rAtic & NZ Pr«s» Assn J (Rec 630) OTTAWA, Sept 10. Mr. Churchill and his party have arrived at Quebec for the conference with Mr. Roosevelt and American representatives. Mr. Churchill is accompanied by Lords Leathers, an Gherwell, and by British Chiefs of Staff, Mrs? Churchill and Mr. Churchill’s personal physician, Lord Moran. The party also includes Major-Gen-eral Laycock, and General Sir HastT'he Associated Press of America says: American leaders who are expected to accompany President Roosevelt to Quebec include General Marshall, Admiral Leahy, General Arnold, and Admiral King. The main emphasis at the meeting will be the wind-up of the European war and the conclusion of the campaign m the Mr. Churchill came ashore from a giant, transport at an east Canadian nort. He grinned delightedly. He left for Quebec an hour later. The United Press of America says: The meeting will be the most decisive of all of the Roosevelt-Church-ill conferences. It is dubbed “The Victory Conference.” The Ottawa correspondent of tne “New York Times” says: . The secrecy around this Quebec confer - ence will be greater than that which enwrapped the last one. The mam business will be war against Japan, which is expected to become a joint Anglo-American one. Canada' and Australia, the French Provisional Government and Holland have' indicated a. determination to participate. The conference differs from its predecessor because in consequence of the coming election Mr. Roosevelt cannot commit the United States to the same extent as Mr. Churchill can Britain, where a change of Government does not entail a reversal oi major policies. Therefore, to some extent the meeting will be concerned with consideration of all. possible political emergencies and the preservation in all circumstances of the Anglo-American co-operation on the. same happy basis, as permitted a successful conduct of the war against Germany.

- THE PROBABLE TOPICS (Rec 8.5) NEW YORK, Sept. 10. The “New York Herald-Tribune’s’ Quebec correspondent states: No one professes to know exactly what is in store for the conference. Indeed, it can- be said that all of the new's originating in Quebec for the next week or so will be speculation, with the exception of any official announcement. However, informed observers, who have seriously, studied the preparations for the conference, predict that the discussions Will in-', elude the following topics:— (1) What part Britan and America are to play in the policing of Germany. Policies in this connection, shaped by Messrs Roosevelt and Churchill will later be welded into a co-operative policy, with Russia in a meeting of the Big Three. (2) What responsibilities Britain and America are to be given in the war against Japan when their combined naval forces, numbering at least two thousands warships, can be sent against that staggering Axis partner. . ‘ (3) What part shall be assigned to France and the Netherlands in the war in the Pacific, where they have sizeable stakes. (4) The discussion of one hundred and one Euronean problems, including that of the Polish border, the minorities, and the small nations. (5) A heart-to-heart talk about the “ifs” in American politics,, namely, what can be expected if Mr Roosevelt is beaten for the Presidence on November 7, or barely squeezes in. The correspondent adds: The P'acific war will probably be the most important topic, because, unless all signs prove wrong, the war against >■ Germany may end even during the conference. Therefore Mr Churchill and Mr Roosevelt will have to decide how long it will take for British naval units to be sent to the Pacific; and whether they shall be merged in the American task forces for a united campaign, or whether the British and the American Navies in the Pacific shall be kept separ--ate; and finally, if they are kept separate, what area of operations shall be assigned to either. While the last Quebec conference planned the invasion of Europe,i it is an open secret that the main concern this time is the application of the same methods to the destruction ’of Japan. Whether or not there should be a German, armistice while the conference is progressing, there certainly is no more long-range grand against Germany required. Therefore, it is significant that all whom Mr Churchill has brought along or has summoned to Quebec are experts in the long-range planning of combined operations. However, while the Chiefs of Staff will be closeted at the Chateau Frontenac foi’ military discussions of a most secret nature, there will be time enough for Mr Churchill and Mr Roosevelt in the Quebec Citadel, to tackle many political problems concerning the future .of the world. The correspondent concluded:— Since the last conference, the Eng-lish-speaking nations have definitely merged in leadership. Therefore Mr Roosevelt's and Mr Churchill’s con- ■< versations about reconstruction of the world have undoubtedly a new confidence.

ARRIVAL OF BRITISH DELEGATES NO RUSSIANS C'R CHINESE (Rec. 10.40) OTTAWA, Sept. 11. Scores of returning servicemen crowded the deck of a transport that brought .them and Mr Churchill from England. Their cheers mingled with a tremendous welcome given to the F'rime Minister by Canadians, after which Mr Churchill’s party travelled to Quebec in two special trains. British representatives from Washington are arriving in Quebec. .They include Sir John'- Dill, Sir Percy Noble, Lieut.-General Macready (the Chief of the British Staff) and Air Marshal Sir William Walsh (head of the RiA.F. delegation). A Canadian official said there was no wort) of any Soviet participation in the discussions. There also was no indication of any Chinese representatives.