PROFOUND EFFECT

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24759, 6 December 1943, Page 3

PROFOUND EFFECT

MOMENTOUS OCCASION

NAZIS' DOOM SEALED SHORTENING THE WAR KRecd. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 4 "The great conference between Mr. Churchill, President Roosevelt and Marshal Stalin is no longer a secret," says the Daily Mail. "The way in which the news of the conference got out, or the way in which it has now been made possible for British newspapers to publish it, will again cause criticism. "It is a pity that in such an important case, where complete world secrecy clearly is impossible, the first and earliest possible news should not come in the form of an official announcement." Enemy Hopes Demolished The diplomatic writer of the Press Association says: "The announcement from Moscow sets all doubts and speculation at rest. The Teheran conference, so sou 11 after the North African conference. will have a profound effect upon the world, upon the war, and particularly upon the leaders of GerDianv, who know that the United Rations have completed plans for their .final defeat and agreed upon measures to deprive them of all power for future agression. "It is one of the most momentous events of the war and of history and demolishes all hopes the enemy niay possess of a negotiated peace. The leads of the three Governments have now put their seal upon measures for shortening the war against Germany. These undoubtedly include unification and synchronisation of the final assault at many points, by land, sea and air, against Hitler's European fortress. Turkey's Part In War "It is believed that the Soviet and British Foreign, Ministers, M. Molotov and Mr. Eden, and British Foreign Office officials attended to take part in the political discussions. No doubt the conference considered Turkey's entry into the war, which now is increasingly possible. "Following the long series of conferences m which nearly all the military leaders, of the United Nations have engaged, it is generally expected that an announcement will be made of the appointment of a commander-in-chief of operations against Germany in Western Europe. "The German leaders, press and wireless have been trying hard in the past fen- days to soften the effects tlie.y know the meeting will have upon the German people and seeking to prepare them for fome kind of declaration by the United Nations." MORALE CAMPAIGN NEWSPAPERS IN GERMANY '(Real. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 4 The Berne correspondent of the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet 6ays German newspapers have been instructed to launch a morale drive on the home front emphasising that the Allies intend to annihilate the German people and preaching bate, particularly against Britain. POLITICAL FACTORS CONSIDERATION NECESSARY (Reed. 6.30 'p.m) LONDON, Dec. 5 The Sunday Times points out that achieving a victory in Europe at the earliest possible time, which was the prime purpose of the Teheran conference, involves a lot more than military operations. Well-timed political influence may have an immense effect and the Allied leaders would be inexcusably lacking if they failed now to plan not onlv for victory, but lor swiftly exploiting the victory whenever it comes. The Times issue a warning against planning too far ahead, however, and fays political visibility in Europe to-day , not good. It is very risky to legislate for other people or for ourselves beyond .the realm of fact. NOT A TRAVELLER STALIN'S EARLIER EXILE [(Seed. 5.35 p.m.) LONDON. Dec. 1 bong-distance travel was hard and grim in 1912. Perhaps that is one reason u 'hv Marshal Stalin until now has not jnade a foreign journey since his return from a mission to Vienna from Moscow in that year, when he carried to Vienna letters from the Bolsheviks to the Social Democrats of Cracow in the old Austro-liungarian empire. Marshal Stalin in the 31 years since then has not crossed the Russian frontiers, hut twice previous to 1912. h e in merchant ships. He visited Jjondon in 1907 to attend the Social Democrat Congress, and also voyaged t? Stockholm. Apart from these excursions ho has never been outside Russia. Marshal Stalin in ten years made 'even involuntary journeys to Siberia curing the stormy last years of the tsarist regime. Each time he was condemned to prisons more and more remote from West Russia. His last Journey to exile was the most uncomfortable in his life. He was condemned Jo Kureika, which is beyond the Arctic ,-Mrrie,