SECOND FRONT DEMANDS

Southland Times, Issue 24861, 29 September 1942, Page 5

SECOND FRONT DEMANDS

Position Of Allies (Rec. 9.40 pan.) NEW YORK, Sept. 28. The New York Herald Tribune s Washington correspondent says that Mr Wendell Willkie’s second front plea from Moscow emotionally stirred the capital, but the prevailing opinion is that the question should not be decided on sentimental grounds. Military observers doubt whether Britain and America are in a position to undertake an early full-scale, invasion of the Continent. They estimate thnt an attacking force ->f 500,000 would be needed to effect a serious diversion and the question is whether Britain and America have sufficient shipping available to transport and supply such a hugv force. The Nazis after the conquest of France were unable to invade England and experts believe that the factors militating against the Nazis crossing the Channel then would operate in their favour if the United Nations attempted it now. An Ottawa message says that though he did not directly refer to a second front, the British Deputy Prime Minister, Mr C. R. Attlee, broadcasting, pointed out that the war aims of the United Nations involve tie lives of men and cannot be affected by demands made by irresponsible people. “Those who bear the responsibility are animated by a single purpose, that of winning the war,” he said.