Mediterranean Algiers Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1943, Algiers, Algiers Sunday May 30, 1943 the stars and stripes Page 5giraud submits plan for Unity to free French executive committee would remove All personal Power birthday since the Allied invasion of North Africa last november and the rebirth of a frontline French army the French people have been divided in their attempt for in United comeback by the double headed set up of Gen. Charles de Gaulle a fighting French organization in London and Gen. Henri Giraud a North african command. Last week it was assured that both French Camps had ironed out their differences and would join forces into one group for the administration of French political and military affairs. Headquarters of the new command would be is j to abolished at Algiers. Plans for the final Union were listed in a letter from Gen. Giraud to Gen. De Gaulle delivered to London by Gen. Georges Catroux who has acted As go Between for the two leaders in recent negotiations. The document asked for an immediate lets sit Down and talk this Over discussion which amounted to a renewal of a previous invitation to de Gaulle to come to North Africa. Obstacles cleared in a broadcast from London de Gaulle asserted that Quot the moment of French Union is at hand and his National committee made known that so far As they could see Quot All remaining obstacles had been cleared from the path of French Unity by the Giraud letter. The committee also indicated that de Gaulle would Speed to Algiers to Clear up a few minor differences before giving his final Okay to the plan. Earlier this month the fighting French Leader All but had his bags packed for the trip after the first invitation when he was asked to postpone his visit. At that time the tunisian Campaign was going into its final phase and it was hinted that his presence necessarily would have interrupted concentration on last minute operations. The plan As outlined by Giraud a head a quarters Here the latest plan called for 1. Establishment of a wartime executive committee of nine members to direct French administrative problems until the liberation of France. 2. A guarantee that a democratic form of selecting a National Cham Bei of deputies an election by the people will ultimately be afforded the freed French to determine the form of government they want. 3. Administration of both free French and Giraud controlled territory by the Central committee. 4. Dissipation of the personal Power of both de Gaulle and Giraud in that All decisions on French affairs would be made by the committee. Neither would control the committee but each would preside alternately at its sessions. 5. Transfer of the committees Powers to a temporary provisional government in Continental France once the nation is freed. One allegiance fusion of the two factions will bring together the vast Colon i Ial Empire of pre War France under one allegiance. That Empire includes Guinea and the Caribbean islands and her huge african holdings of Morocco Tunisia Madagascar Somaliland French West and equatorial Africa. Algeria itself where the Central Power will be established is a part of metropolitan France. Not the least important result will be the return of the Island of Martinique to the free French fold. Admiral Georges Robert governor of the strategic Caribbean base with its immobilized Fleet of French ships has indicated he will Transfer his allegiance from Vichy Only when an unbroken French front presents itself for recognition by the allies. De Gaulle a movement never has been officially noted by the United states although he undoubtedly has been the unquestioned Leader of millions in occupied France. He also Heads the considerable underground movement. With the appointment of a single diplomatic representative to London. Washington and other Allied capitals recognition by the Allied Powers is a certainty. Gen. Jan c. Smuts Premier of South Africa Smuts predicts sudden War end Cape town South Africa Gen. Jan Christian Smuts Premier of the Union of South Africa Cele rated his seventy third birthday last week with a gift of More than one and one half million dollars presented to him by the South african people. Smuts will turn the Money Over to the National War fund to Aid soldiers families. In a speech during the birthday ceremonies Smuts predicted that the end of the War would be sudden and come with an a a Irres Tible a it May be some time ahead but i have no doubt whatever of the Issue whether it be Long or Short. Our boys will be returning from the War fronts to their Homes and i Hope to a better world. We want to see something better than just Victory a he said. One of the worlds Best beloved statesmen Gen. Smuts became internationally known after the Boer War. His famous memorandum on the league of nations was used As the basis for its army in Jap held Burm japs begin new offensive in Centra China enemy s concentrated Advance threatens chinese capital new Delhi India How an Allied a a a ghost army a led by a relative of the famed Lawrence of Arabia operated for three months deep in the burmese Jungle behind japanese lines was revealed Here this week. Even the British love of understatement was cast aside As the exploits of this Force were recounted. There was the Story of How the expedition penetrated More than 200 Miles into the heart of japanese territory. Another told of manufacturing a landslide that blocked the vital Bong Yang Gorge in Central Burma. A Railroad from Mandalay to my Itkina was Cut in 75 places. Patrols covered More than 1,000 Miles during the operation ambushing unsuspecting japs and obtaining essential information on defense and communications. Furthermore when its presence in Burma finally became known the commando Force so occupied the japs that an offensive against British positions in the North was called off by the nip ponese commanders. Little wonder that the communique called it a the greatest guerilla operation Ever undertaken by european brigadier o. C. Wingate 39-year-old Leader of the raiders is no Novice at the deadly game. He had been schooled by the great Lawrence a wiry pint sized English archaeologist who led an army of Arab Nomad ruffians to Victory against the turks in the last War. Wingate helped to command the ethiopian guerilla Campaign against the italians in 1941 and brought Haile Selassie Back into Ethiopia. Wingates men in the Burma sabotage sortie were the pick of English scotch. Australian Canadian and Shurka units in India. They crossed into enemy controlled territory on february 16 and thereafter were never in Contact with their base except by radio. Supplies were dropped to the columns at intervals by the Raf. Not until considerable japanese forces began closing in did the raiders withdraw. Several Sharp encounters took place and at times the columns had to fight their Way out of encirclement often under the most trying hardships. A the majority of the men got through safely the communique said. Washington a japanese army of 60,000 men has sprung from its Static position in Central China and is driving in a two pointed offensive against chunking Headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek and capital of free China. In two weeks of operations the japs advanced at some Points As far As 75 Miles. One column pivoting South from Lake Tung Ting is threatening the City of Changsha. Another column swinging North has moved into the River port of Chang. Capure of those two centers allow the invader to sweep around either flank of the impregnable Yang tee River Gorge and storm into the Rich lands of Honan province. Beyond to the East some 300 Miles lies chunking Citadel of chinese resistance. Quot the Little Tiger chinese forces under the command of Gen. Hsueh Yueh who earned the title of a the Little Tiger for other stands against the japs were making a determined fight. But Only at one Point had they turned Back the invader a chunking spokesman admitted. The chinese needed More than courage to break up the Imperial land Armada. Generalissimo Chiang s air Force of american pilots and planes might be sufficient but his land army was poorly equipped. American lend lease material Only trickled into chunking because virtually All of it had to be flown from India. The Only land route since the cutting of the Burma Road is a rough Trail winding through Tibet. As always the japanese attack had been neatly timed. The Monsoon season in Burma had limited ground operations there although american bombers perhaps to relieve a bit of pressure on China gave the Jap Jungle fighters their most troubled Days. Attu in the aleutians was All but regained from the japanese invaders although pockets entrenched around Chicago Harbor still held off american infantry after five Days of bitter fighting. Low level bombings from the South Pacific came reports of How an army air Squadron using new Low level bombing tactics had destroyed or severely damaged 33 japanese vessels and downed 18 planes in 30 consecutive Days of combat. This report added some credence to the japanese Story about the death of its top ranking Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto the Man who announced after Pearl Harbor that he a a would dictate terms in the White Tokio said Yamamoto had died in an air Battle. But the Campaign in China overshadowed developments in the far East. General Chiang Kai Shekus Hopes it seemed Lay in the just concluded Roosevelt Churchill meeting at the White House. The two Allied leaders had come out flatly for full Aid to China. The Only question that remained was would it come soon enough United nations Greet comintern dissolution former russian plan for world wide communism dropped move paves Way for Complete Allied Accord by Cpl. John Willig Start and stripes staff writer polka ups War Plant production London polkas labor research expects have decided not Only Are a Fine accompaniment to the stripping of burlesque Queens but they also provide an excellent background for boasting War production figures. A a music while you work a declare the experts a a is Here to almost All of England a big wartime factories have installed regular broadcasts and gramophone concerts for their workers and the labor ministry reports that production figures received from America where music has been installed in War plants confirm data already gathered Here. Psychologists explain it As a a the influence of rhythm on the impulses Between the brain and the experiments have shown that the polkas and faster dance tunes get the Best results in increased work output. But most employees who done to give a bang whether the music shot or slow have their own explanation. A a it takes our minds off our work a they say. From Russia last week came one of the most far reaching and momentous events of the War. The third International russian born communist organization dedicated to the revolutionary Job of easing capitalism from behind the world steering wheel and letting the working class do the driving announced its decision to disband. Further the presidium or executive committee of the International informed its amazed members in a dozen nations throughout the world that they were literally Quot on their the rules regulations and policy decisions set up for the various communist branches and regarded As the gospel for party activities were in effect dissolved. As a final rejoinder before cutting the communist Brood from its apron strings the International admonished All members of the party to devote their full time and energies to the War against Quot German fas cism and its from Allied nations came a Quick and involuntary chorus of approval not unmixed with sighs of Relief. The Skeleton in the closet of the Allied Camp was at last going to its final resting place. Allied Confidence not Only did the proposal of the third International or comintern As it is known Knock Down one of the major barriers to a More Complete and confident understanding Between the allies especially Between Russia and. The United states but it also assured an air of Mutual Trust at the Allied peace table instead of the pall of suspicion the More pessimistic allies expected. Conversely the dissolution crumbled the foundation of the Axis anti comintern pact to fight bolshevism on which Germany Italy. Japan and other satellite countries of Europe had based their Alliance. At the same time the action Hung a a a closed until further notice sign on the nazi propaganda show starring the a a bolshevik bogeyman As Europe a Frankenstein. Axis shouts radio Berlin which has never ceased dangling the menace of a conquering red army to keep its occupied nations in line and which has even sandwiched the red herring in peace feelers to the United nations bowled lustily. The dissolution was a a a fake dictated by Joseph e. Davies presi Den Roosevelt a personal envoy to Premier Joseph Stalin a the Axis shouted. Davies was former ambassador to Russia and arrived at the Kremlin Only last week end on an unrevealed Mission for the president. An american statesman who holds the Confidence of Russia s leaders. Davies has worked without let up to bring about closer Cooj aeration Between the soviet Union and America. But while the Axis was left shipwrecked and without a cause to Champion Liberal groups everywhere hailed the announcement As the beginning of the decline of communism and toasted the eventual demise of the party As a world wide organization. Hull comments at Washington Secretary of state Cordell Hull declared a the elimination of the comintern from International life and the cessation of the Type of activity in which that organization has been engaged is certain to promote a greater degree of Trust among the United Hull added that the russian move would contribute greatly to whole hearted cooperation necessary for winning the War and for successful Post War undertakings. The new York times termed the International a decree a russian contribution to Allied Victory a a second Only to the heroic struggle of the russian armies and the people it was pointed out. However that the final effect of the decree hinged entirely on the practical results achieved in the future. Earl Browder. Communist party head in the United states remarked Only Quot that a very interesting when first informed of the i action. He hastened to add later that the dissolution of the International was of Quot no immediate concern to the american communist party and reminded the world that since 1940, the american Branch has Cut communism a Moscow mistress cold. That at an it rate was his Story. At London however the British party scentral committee recommended disbandment at once. The communist scare none of the communist Brandle could have been too surprised Ai the comintern a action since the party a political turns twists and reverses As dictated from Moscow in the past two decades would shame the most agile of russians own Ballet dancers. For years the comintern octo pus like has reached into numerous countries directing party affairs and even subsidizing several of its weaker and less successful off shoots. The name Quot communism has always been a Bug a boo to democratic Peoples and especially to americans for whom the words Quot communist and Quot violence held an inseparable connection and one distasteful to the democratic principle of orderly government. Although Russia has repeatedly denied any formal ties with the comintern both great Britain and China have severed diplomatic relations with the soviet because of comintern activities in the countries. The United states which recognized the soviet Union in 1933 Only after a pledge of no further comintern activities in America has repeatedly been forced to remind Russia of that agreement. Organized in 1919 the third International wa.1-born in the blood and terror of the Days following the close of the first world War when Vladimir Lenin father of Modem Russia founded the Federal Union of socialist republics under the communist form of government. Preceding it had been the first International of Marx and Engels a working menus association which collapsed in 1871, and the second International of the socialist labor party which died in 1914 and from which sprang communism with its systematic plan for a world revolution. After Lenin a death in 1924 Ana tile expulsion of his protege Trotsky by Stalin several years later the plans for a Quick upset of the world governments gradually died As Stalin turned to the task of putting his own House in order. Party organization actually there Are Only some four million members of the communist party in Russia ruling a population of almost two Hundred millions. Unlike the branches in most countries where membership is open admittance to the party in Russia involves a strict Entrance examination. Although Stalin holds the Secretary ship of the party and is thus top Man the head of the comintern is Mikhail Kalinin who also holds the title chairman of the supreme soviet a the party a two House Congress the rising wave of fascism the collapse of the league of nations the Munich pact and other world events Over which Russia had no control As Well As Stalin a own Outlook have dissipated most of the a a revolutionary a tendencies of communism. These events likewise were responsible for the multitude of political somersaults performed by the party As Russia stalled for time to build up its strength to fight fascism. Since the War russian nationalism has reached an unprecedented height which eventually May Bur the old ideas too deep for a lasting revival when the War ends. Polish evacuees Jerusalem thousands of polish boys and girls evacuated to Russia Atter the German invasion and later brought Here Are being trained in youth Camps to take part in Poland a Post War rehabilitation. The Camps Are staffed by polish teachers and have elementary secondary and vocational technical schools
