European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes weekly january 1945 endorsing polish government hot potato of big 3 meeting not so peaceful Budapest new 19 the fall of Warsaw has placed a Man size problem at the head of the list of things to be Dis cussed at the forthcoming meeting Between president Joseph Stalin and prime minister Winston in the opinion of most political observers toe Lublin provisional government of Poland was generally expected to make a dash for the newly liberated capital some reports had them already there and by so doing would achieve enormous prestige overt the exiled London polish gov the move would not Only be one of it was pointed but would give the Lublin group factual control Over the Lublin has at its orders army and will be Able to organize police forces and also has All Means of transports at its the London poles Nave their underground inside poland1 but it was expected the members of the move ment would soon be forced or persuaded to support the new polish military forces Are far from the the bulk of them fighting in and yesterdays reception by Pope Pius of the polish commander in Wladislaw was seen Here As a sign stressing the Complete income of the two opposed gov particularly since mos cows Semi of Filiai organs have lately attacked the Vatican with considerable Hie London poles Are recognized by Britain and the United states and a Large proportion of polish americans seem to favor the Lon Don regime this renders the prob Lem All the More complicated and a solution All the More difficult to solution necessary snowbound italian town fed from air map Crews of the Balkan air flying their own sm82 succeeded yesterday in dropping flour to the snowbound Mountain Village of Castel Del near previous efforts to drop supplies to the italian which is inaccessible by were in but a solution must be found without delay and it is obvious there can be no solution of observers therefore anticipate that the big three will apply a Solu Tion similar to the one used in Clearing up the yugoslavian Situa of like tee recognized by Britain has been presented with War is nothing less than in ultimatum and few american students of european politics would be surprised if a the polish Balkan questions were not expected to present a very difficult problem at the meeting since Churchill stated yesterday in the House of commons that Britain and Russia Are in agreement As to what shall be done it was Felt Here that Church ills characterization of greek communists in his yester Days speech can hardly have been music to the Kremlin new Headquarters Jap Home Industry pounded by b29s fortresses from the Marianas bombed Industrial targets on the japanese Home Island of Honshu in Daylight the War depart ment no additional details were but a japanese broadcast said that approximately 80 b29s raided the Central sector of concentrating on the cities of Kobe and according to the associated the radio added that scattered raids were made on Chubb and Kinky a wide Belt of Terri tory running from coast to coast across Central the japs said the damage was negligible and the amount of bombs dropped unusually Haywood Hans Elps b29s from Saipan last hit Honshu on 14 when they attacked site of huge aircraft fac excluding harassing and recon Naissance this latest strike rounds out 41 missions since last june and ten since 1 of this year against Industrial and military targets upon the Jap London yugoslavs expect agreement Peter conferred at length with Premier Ivan Subasic today and yugoslav sources expressed the belief the Young Monarch would make a final decision regarding a Regency pos Sibly within the next 48 the associated press official yugoslav quarters said they believed Peter had taken prime minister Church ills advice and would accept without reservation the Subasi Tito the yugoslav government in London issued a communique which said that the Cabinet was con Vinced Attiat the question of the agreement Between marshal Tito in Belgrade and Premier Ivan 3u Basic would be solved to the com plete satisfaction of All parties con and in the interest of the state and the it suggested that some of the Youthful monarchs objections to the Regency proposal and legislative Powers of the Council of National liberation already been with drawn a Lisp Rich from Belgrade today said All of the yugoslav papers i Ere continued to carry Long articles dealing with the popular Here is a View of the hungarian capital before the nazi the germans admitted that they had with drawn from the which in Plain russian or English Means they were encircled by the red demonstrations against King Peters rejection of the one of the most influential of the Belgrade declared editorially that the reactionary trying break up the Unity of our will in the nearest future stand before the National courts on and will have to answer for their crimes committed against the people and the for this they intrigue and with the sole thought in their minds of breaking up the fraternity and the Uty of coup people and their heroic struggles against the German in Krueger mystified by but sees drive going Well 19 Walter commanding general of the 6th told correspondents in an interview at his Headquarters today that the situation on Luzon was quite he said i have no idea what the japanese plans May but i do not i am going to let them worry instead about what we Are going to Krueger said he is not trying to guess whether the japanese Are planning a Strong defense of but that the japanese do some funny i might be Able to figure out what other people would do in similar but i do not know How or Why the japanese do argue treatment of Hitler Lish provisional for Merly the polish committee of National liberation of has moved to liberated the radio announced last Edward prime minister of the provisional gov in a proclamation Broad cast by the Lublin stated that Power in our ancient capital has been assumed by the provisional government of the lawful government of Cre ated by the polish Home your sufferings have come to an end the gloomy period of five years of German occupation is the Lublin radio also broadcast a message of gratitude to marshal Joseph in the names of Council president Bole Slaw Beirut and general Roazy commander in chief of the polish army fighting with the red Strong feeling deeply moved by the liberation of our sorely tired Warsaw and by the liberation of millions of our Brothers and As Well As the liberation of thousands of towns and on behalf of the whole polish express to you and in your person to the red and to the whole Sovie our most sincer the message the polish nation will never for get that it regained Freedom and the Opportunity to recover inde pendent National to the splendid Victory of Sovie arms and to the torrents of Bloot shed by the heroic soviet the Joyful Day of liberation from the German Yoke will strengthen still More the unshakable Friendship of our King Leopold moved to Rhineland resort 19 ing to reliable information from King Leopold of the Bel who was formerly interned in recently was transferred o the hotel Dreesen in bad Godes Rhineland Holiday resort and Cene of hitlers and chamberlains second meeting in the reports said Vichy exp remier Lorre Laval and other French col abortionist politicians were also n the hotel which is surrounded by High barbed wire fences and guarded by special Gestapo although Godesberg has never been heavily bombed and possesses excellent there have been reports that several of the French Ali Ticiano were recently killed by a Umb 19 Britain and the United states Are at present engaged in a discussion whether Hitler and other top nazis should be tried As War criminals and probably shot or or treated As political prisoners and sent into it was Learned the nations War crimes commission at the suggestion of the american Delegate has recommended the trial but the British government was reported to be More inclined to punishment by Herbert the american Dele is now in where he said he was ready to speak frankly and critically of the British if their present attitude does not the 6th army commander made several trips to the front his statement that things were quite satisfactory was interpreted by newsmen As having great signify coming from who is Ultra regarding japanese pressure on the so called american left Krueger explained he considered our lines As being All front with no thus indicating that his infantrymen were prepared to meet enemy pressure at any Point while proceeding toward their reviewing the Luzon Campaign so Krueger said the Early successes were largely due to the sur prise Factor and to some extent to he pointed out that the japanese expected the to land farther North on the East Side of lingayen Gulf and had prepared to defend that area instead of the san Fabia lingayen we landed at a Lousy he i knew the japanese would have expected a Landing where we had better terrain behind the and so i decided on the san Fabian lingayen arrival notice 19 Prince Olav of Norway arrived in Washington today to Confer with american authorities on the libera Tion of american press Hail russian victories Luck favored us greatly by giving us fairly Calm weather for the next Days and the succeeding Days surf ran 12 but that is one of the imponderables of we might have had a Tough Krueger believes that the Leyte Campaign drained the japanese of much strength for defending the Philippines but he was unwilling estimate How seriously the Phil Pines Campaign has damaged the japs3 military cannot Tell How much the Japa Nese have up their i can Only say that they have been hit very he his Only comment on general commander of the Japa Nese forces in was i have never met the Chiang anticipates internal agreement Missimo Chiang Waishek today confidently predicted peaceful Settle ment of the chinese communist question and said there would be no civil War in China As Long As he was head of the the associated press he declared that while Justice to Security from further aggression must be Given full con he would not advocate a policy of revenge toward Chiang said one of chivas main problems after the War would be to accelerate democratization while another was industrialization and a sound National Robert Mcclure of the american command in China commented that the military situation is better than it was three months the american air attacks along the China coast by a earner task Force from the Pacific have definitely upset the he planes of the 14th Saaf were out in Force Over South China Fol lowing up the Carrier they destroyed or damaged 135 and at Shanghai smashed airfields almost without catch ing 87 planes on the new Amer ican and British press hailed the crushing might of the soviet Offen Sive across the new York times wrote the Victory guns of Moscow Are roaring and the Din of their salvos echoes the Thunder of the Cannon at the front to proclaim a sweeping Triumph of russian the Washington Post said rus Sian successes Are so vast and far reaching that they completely change the whole military situation in the new York Herald Tribune said the appalling Power unleashed by the red army is the Best possible justification for the time consumed in preparing it it is the Best answer to the gloom of those who have been looking at the Western front forgetting that for the Ger As the War is a single and this is the Best possible reminder that in inter Allied Unity there is our Only for either War or peace yet before the tragic ruins of Liber ated does one need re minders the London daily Telegraph said the red army is breaking Down the whole Structure of German de the London daily mail declared that the British people Salute the great red the London times wrote that Germany faces a More immediate menace than it has had since Allied troops were surging toward the German Frontier in the West last Italy votes recognition of Chianos government chinese National government at chunking was formally recognized today by the italian Cabinet which voted unanimously to repudiate the fas Cist foreign policy sanctioning Japa Nese the Cabinet pud Date the also voted to re Cian Ribbentrop Mauritius Island swept by devastating Cyclone port 19 three Day sweep ing Over the Island of in the Indian Ocean East of Madagascar has left thousands homeless and has completely ruined the sugar dispatches from port Louis said the which was judged to be the second worst Ever to strike the caused much devastation and communication lines were Cut and water Supply was stopped in Many livestock has been left without shelter and almost every building on the whole Island has been agreement of on the rumanian hungarian Boundary As an attempt to destroy the Liberty and Independence of the people of the Danube Basin and was contrary to the will and interests of the italian Pescara burgers grab former fascist minister former fascist has been arrested at Pescara under a writ issued by the High commissioner for punishment of fascist Rome newspapers announced Acerbo was under sentence of death by a special fascist tribunal at Verona for participation in he fascist grand councils final meet ing which voted its order of the Day against