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By MAX LONG
The Associated
news dispatches
The Major Battles Are Ahead :
Sicily is ours. All of it now; a week ago it was
all ours except a rapidly shrinking triangle
on the northeast- Now the United Nations are in
full control, and may proceed to stabilize their
military government on the island. ! .
Sicily - is no small dot on the map. It' the
largest island in the Mediterranean, with about
four million inhabitants, economically and stra
tegically important. Its conquest "would be
- worth celebrating if we had time to celebrate.
We haven't. ' .... ; - ' v.;n ??'' '.?.:'; !
Sicily -was conquered with comparative ease.
The only serious resistance was put up by the
Germans. Italian opposition was meek from the
start, almost lacking after-the eclipse of Mussolini-
The Germans, toward the last, fought a
rear-guard action; it is safe to' assume. that as !
in Tunisia, our losses have been comparatively
- light. . '
In conquering Sicily it was necessary for our
forces to obtain control of the narrow Messina
' "strait, which means that beachheads on the
Italian mainland are already virtually in our.
possession, might be established at any mo
ment with the forces now on hand. The hop
across the strait may come at any moment but
for strategic reasons may be briefly delayed.
For that matter, there are hints that our next
major blow may fall elsewhere.
Surrender or no surrender on the part of
Badoglio's government, southern Italy is ripe
for occupation. That government's action - will
make little difference; again- the; resistance
will be German, at such points as the Germans
choose to make a stand. ; ' " ' -
But the fortress of Europe" remains to be ;
cracked. Thus far we have attempted it only
by air. Although as Paul Mallon suggests to
day War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes
may have painted a bit too dark a picture of the
military odds involved, he most assuredly was
correct in his declaration that "the major battles
lie ahead of us and not behind us."
Without discounting the effectiveness of re
cent unprecedented bombing damage, it should
be realized that Axis Europe is a big, produc
tive concern. It includes 350 million people and
at least 150 million of them slightly more
than the total population of the United States
are either fighting or working at war produc
tion; and incidentally, not 40 or 48 hours a
week, but 70 or 80. 1
. France, Norway and the other occupied lands
may be suffering food shortages; Germany is
not, to anything near the point of real hard
ship. Food rations there are 50 per cent great
er than they were in 1917 and '18.
Germany produces 40 million tons of iron
and steel per year and though purely as a sta
tistic that doesn't compare with our 88 mil
lion tons, actually it compares quite favor
ably. Germany doesn't need as much steel as we
do for civilian activities; and Germany last
year sank to the bottom of the ocean almost
half the difference between its steel produc
tion and ours. - s :r
That - brings up another axis advantage
position. Germany fights outward from the
; center of the "fortress," with short and rela
tively fecure communication lines. The United :
Nations must transport troops and supplies
round the outside. Our problem of supply and
communication is tremendous and the only
solution to that problem is more and more pro
duction. No need to worry about what our fighters
can and will do. But "the major battles lie
head' and there is no slightest excuse for a
letdown on the home production front.
Chiang's Leadership
Off the linotype of the usually sound Editor
Hugh Ball of the Hood River News comes an
editorial expressing opposition to the pending
bill for repeal of the Chinese exclusion act.
While The Statesman believes it is practical and
just and definitely in our own interest to re
peal the exclusion act and permit the Chinese
to enter under the general restricted immigra
tion act, we will not debate the question with
Editor Ball at this time. What is startling is the
following extract from his editorial: !
Today, through one of those curious tricks
of diplomacy, the Chinese, or that relatively
small part of them still under control of Chiang
Kai-Shek, are our friends and fightings our
battles. But there is nobody, not even at Wash
ington, who can say with any degree of certain
ty, just how long secession of Chiang's lead
ers can continue to the Japanese-controlled
nationalist government at Nangktng and leave
Chiang with anything but a disorganized group
of guerillas who, with another winter coming '
long, may be wondering whether a belly filled
with rice two or three times a day isn't likely
to be more sustaining than the hope that some
day Chiang, may be in control of the rich areas
now controlled by the Japanese f
We challenge this as a. statement of fact. It
la not "curious trick of diplomacy'! that the
Chinese are our friends and "fighting our bat
tles." For many decades, and particularly since
the time when the first Roosevelt set aside our
portion of the Boxer indemnity for the edu
cation of Chinese youth in American schools,
the Chinese people have been friendly to the
United States. And China is primarily fighting
its own battle, not ours. The unity lies in hav
ing a common enemy Japan. f ;
Nor is it a fact that there has been any sig
nificant secession ; of Chiang's leaders to tha
Puppet government at Nanking. Quite the con-
wary. iue daps themselves have been disao-
pointed in the faUure of the pupet regime to at- t6"1
ua" uppon eimer 01 Chinese leaders or of the
Chinese people. f; .,
The only , considerable segment of the Chi
nese population unfriendly to Chiang is the
communist group; and they are united, under
Chiang in the common purpose of fighting the
vJaps. In fact one reason for communist antag
onism to Chiang originally was the belief that
he was not active enough in resisting Japanese
"regression - . . - - , ,
Rarely in history will you find a peopl who
Wo Favor Sway Ut; No Fear Shall Awe"
From first Statesman. March 23, 1851
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A. S PRAGUE. Editor and Publisher ;
; Member of The Associated Press
Press is. exclusively entitled to the use for publication of an
credited to it or not otherwise credited In this newspaper.
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have remained as loyal to a leader as the Chi
nese have to Chiang Kai-Shek. Through six
harrowing years, marked by defeat after de
feat, in spite of torture and deprivation, in spite
of -inflation, in spite of the loss of all Pacific
ports and the occupation of the most populous
portion of China, the people of China have held
fast to the determination to expel the invader
and loyal to the leadership of Jhe generalissimo.
, Unless Editor Ball has special and private'in
f ormation to the contrary, which has been de
nied to readers of the general press he is grave
ly in error in his implication that there is de
fection among Chiang's leaders, and that rela
tively only a small part of the Chinese people
are still under control of Chiang. The state-
ments do not help his thesis and do tend, to im
pair confidence in a great and gallant ally. -
fPhysical jerks speed the guns' says the
caption, in a British publication, over a picture
of a man exercising with anti-aircraft shells in
lieu of dumbells. Over here, we wouldn't call
anyone who was helping to win the : war a
"jerk. Words don't all have exactly the same
meanings in all the "English-speaking'' lands.
Our president and the British prime minister
signed a joint statement on progress of the anti
submarine warfare last week, without using
their given names or initials or title. Just commander-in-chief
style. i ; : t
Cities which have banned the sale of liquor
within their borders,' nevertheless are entitled
to participate in the distribution of liquor per-
attorney general has ruled. But
spurn this tainted money!
Rome is to be declared an "open city" but
not the kind San Francisco used to be.
News Behind
TFhe Wetvs :
By PAUL. MALLON
WASHINGTON, August 18 The unofficial vice
president, James F. Byrnes, (acting in lieu of Mr.
Wallace, who is off on a new left-wing political
tangent) gave some shocking figures of nazi mili
tary superiority in his radio round-up.
He said we had met only 7 per cent of the axis
divisions so far, that only 40 per cent of the axis
army was on the Russian front,
and we will have only 90 divi
sions at our ultimate peak.
No one would contradict
these figures, but they ' need
some explanation. The truth is
the Germans have about 300
divisions. Italy had ' (but not 1
now) about 70, and the axis
satellites furnished about 70
more, a total axis strength of
440 divisions. The 7 per cent
rial MaOoa we have met so far would
be around 31 divisions, an approximately accurate
figure for the north African nd Sicilian cam
paigns. ' ;': "':-'f' Ja.:
Forty per cent axis strength on the Russian front
is also approximately correct, the best estimate be
ing 190 to 200 divisions Involved there. But all
these are nazisexcept about 10 divisions of the sat
ellites, so that only about 80 German divisions re
main to meet our 90. (which may prove to be 100
and does not Include British and Canadians.)
The 140 axis divisions attributed to Italy, and
the satellites originally are just about half shot
Some were destroyed in Africa and Sicily, and the
remaining' bulk is scattered through the 'ftttri'f
and reported uneager for combat. The available
80 divisions of real nazis left in Europe to face
includes reserves and administrative divisions, and .
are scattered from Norway to Italy and from Po
land to France.
Mr. Byrnes well may be correct In saying the ma
jor battles lie ahead, and ha is certainly sound in
warning against complacency, but the British and
Canadians will give us a heavy superiority ia num
bers for those battles.
The administration's big, patent political medi
cine for all the post war ills of man and beast so
cial security is not gaining expected support with
in congress.
Ia fact. Senate Finance Chairman George and
a number of the other most influential authorities
have decided the pending. Wagner bill will not be
taken up until after taxes. They are also begin
ning to shake their heads in doubt about it ever
being allowed to pass in anything like its present
form. : ,
The British parliament has done about the same
thing with -the Beveridge report, which was ad
vanced like the Roosevelt program, to provide
"security for all from the cradle to the grave."
These plans are supposed to be the nucleus of
the liberal post-war program, and there have been
suggestions that as soon as the war is over, the
laboritea. in England may oust Mr. Churchill and
ride to power behind thia social security banner.
But even many a liberal is beginning to wonder
if the program is liberal or can provide security.
The Wagner bill calls, for Instance, for a 12 per
cent payroll tax to finance government attendance
at the cradle, grave and in the interim 8 per cent
on employer and f per cent on the worker. All
other taxes on men and business are levied on
profits. - -. . -
You have to make some money before you are
taxed. But in this tremendous new taxation pro
gram, the government would collect before earn
ings. If any, are computed. The tax therefore would
be a capital levy on a business not making money.
It would help big business monopolies, .where
high prices can be fixed to provide profits. It would
be destructive of small- or independent business.
It would confiscate worker and business savings
a stagnant government pool.
would it provide security?
co?ect bUlions of dollars annually
from the worker's pocketbook and the business
cash register, but with inflation hanging over our
heads and a $200,000,000,000 post-war debt upon
our shoulders, would any great number of people
ver get back the dollar value that would be paid
in either at the cradle or In the grave? i
The liberals thought the scheme would be a
freavVAlCtcher but vte who have been in
SfJ congressmen seem more concerned about
teh destructive tax rate, they win have to pay to
now than they are about the prospect of the gov
ernmentpaying their undertakerX?0 or year,
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The Finishing Touches
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Dnteirpreting
The War News
By KIRKK L. SIMPSON
QUEBEC. August IS Under
the driving impetus of battle
front developments I in Europe
and the dynamic urge of its own
joint captains, President Roose
velt and Prime Minister Clmrcb
m, the allied war conference
here was surging toward final
strategic decisions tonight.
Within a week or leas these de
cisions should be ready for trana
miwion to field commanders for
execution. Out of them unques
tionably win flow intensified at-
tacks upon the axis on aU now
active : fronts. : They .will also
.form the pattern of new and di
versified blows to confuse the
enemy, scatter bis forces ia de
fensive deployments, to thin and
weaken his lines for crucial new
assaults at selected points, and ,
whittle down his already over
strained powers of resistance." -
i For, the key to all allied stra
tegic concepts Is attrition now
that axis air power has been
out-matched, quantitatively ) aa
well as qualitatively, nazi U-
boats been drastically curbed in
the Atlantic, and Japanese air
and sen power aggressively chaW
lenged i to disclose - ebbing
strength. Wherever and however
it is done, the objective of ev-"
cry move being planned here in .
Quebec must be to waste away
enemy means of battle as well
as will to fight; and to do it at
minimum cost in allied lives and
with a minimum loss o& time.
Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Church
ill made clear to their military
staffs the importance of the time
factor in; evolving I ; new and
stepped-up strategic war Higry
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ence until the 'early nMrnlna
hours and up again with little
sleep - to caU m high ranking
military figures for progress re
ports. . :;.o-r
It was the . time factor, also,
that heavily urkterscored re
newed Russian press comment
on allied strategy at this crucial r
stage of the fight. Red - Star,
house organ of the Red army,
charged that the battle of Sicily,
had failed to divert a single nazi
division from the Russian front.
Cuadlo" Pirngirainnis
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, It asserted allied failure to strike
: ' in the west from Britain, .to
match the Russian summer of
fensive, was a lost opportunity.
Yet these caustic Russian com
menta coincided with a tremen-.-
dous and widening allied air of
fensive, battering at continental
- mvasioa ::: gateways ; along - the
.whole reach of the Vediterran
. ean and of the ; channel coast.
Allied : gunfire from the cap
tured I Messina bridgehead of
, Sicily: began pounding the Ital- ,
ian mainland coast only two
' BnOes away, supplementing na
val blasting at like Italian tar
gets. , Heavy bombers crisa-
f crossed the continent from Brit
Jlsh and north African bases to
v spread havoc deep behind the
. coastal defense fronts.
- In answer to Red Stara call
for an allied invasion thrust in
the west to force withdraw
al of CO or more German divi
sions from the Russian front
it can be pointed out that nei-
- ther Washington nor Ioodon had
any definite foreknowledge of '
the i Russian summer offensive
until it was in fuB swing only
weeks ago. In both, capitals there
.was hope that Russia could not
only stop dead, as she did, the
expected nazi summer attack, but
also be able to shift a major of
fensive 'herself this year not lat
er than September.
Actually the Russians bested
the Nazi Kursk drive and start
ed their own offensive in July.
There can be no doubt this de
velopment in Russia was a ma
: jor circumstance in causing the
Quebec, war conference to be
called to take prompt advantage
of It, as well as of the clearing
U-boat situation hi the Atlantic
and the unexpectedly swift al
lied conquest of Sicily. The de
cisions were "emerging in final
form tonight in Quebec- That
they have been .or will be made
fully known to Moscow goes
without saying. Russian-allied
reciprocity ; in the advance ex
changing of such vital military
information has been urgently
sought by Messrs. Roosevelt and
Churchill too often to doubt that
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Chapter IS Continued . v
"You see." I said to Komako,
' that's Delmar's ring. He was
wearing it the night he was
" kUled 1 glanced at Turva. You
- know! it's Delmar's."
"Where you get it, Henry? w
Komako asked. . c
"I I found it," Henry mut
tered. ; ' '
' Turva spoke up fiercely "He
found it this afternoon in his
. canoe, wedged into a crack in
the bottom . of his home-made
- locker. He brought it to me first,
and .after consulting Mrs. Del
mar. we decided he should keep
it. Both kids are so happy over
It I dont want it spoiled!"
Komako studied her spirited
face In the flickering light, then
turned and looked long at Hen
ry. Mary began to cry and Tur- ,
va put her arm about her.
" "Henry, Komako said heav
ily, "you not take ring off body
when you was divingr
"No! It was In my boat." I
didn't look in my locker until
this afternoon."
Komako stood silent, consid
ering, then turned to f Mary.
"More , better you let me keep
ring tHI we find bow it get from
Delmar's finger to Henry's boat
That not spoil your engaging." '
Stm weeping. Mary took off
the ring and handed it to Koma
ko. He pocketed it where it
would lie with the bunch of keys
which was the only other tangi
ble clue we had gathered. t
"I think you're brutal!" Tur-
va - said .indignantly. "Come,
Mary, let's wash your face and ,
go back to the party. Ill see that
you get the ring again.'. :
Komako began to question
Henry, falling into ; their own
language which was easier for
mem both. Henry's face took .
- on af stubborn resentful look as
he gave short answers. Finally
Komako sent him back to the
shouting Joyous dancers, . and
gazed thoughtfully after him for
some ' moments.
"Well?" I demanded.
He shrugged. "Everything too
bad! What he say seems all
right but I think be not. tell
everything. Come, we walk a
while. Settle dinner and do some
winking."
Chapter 1 . :-V ;:'
The fragrant wilting leis were
heavy on our shoulders as we
turned away from the music and
merriment and followed the trail
down to Uie beach. There the
starlight was soft on the sand,
and as ; we emerged from the
trees we saw two figures stand
ing out In dark silhouette against
the sky. One was unmistakably
Mokino's spare little figure, and
- the mountain beside him could
be only his gentle wife. They
were gazing out across the wa
ter,, and in their . hands were
plates heaped with food. '.
. Komako whispered in my ear,
"They bring part of luau for
shark. Always share good
things with him." ,
I chuckled. "Only Hawaiians
would make such a pet of"
X was interrupted by an excit
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ed shout from Mokino. He
dropped the plate of food and
ran to the ede of the water,
shouting again. His wife called
to him with shrill anxiety in her
voice. : ' . -
Kowako set off at once on the
run, one hand feeling for his
flashlight. I began running after
him, my nerves tingling. Some
thing was up but what? With
the wavelets lapping at his feet,
Komako flashed his liht across
the rippled surface of the wa
ter. The old woman screamed
almost in my ear, and from Mo
kino came a wad cry of anguish.
Something was floating on the
water. It. was like a body as I
. glimpsed it momentarily.' Then
I relaxed as I saw that it was
only a dead shark.
But Mokino and his wife were
splashing in the shallows toward
it, Komako hard behind thn.
The water grew deep and Mo
kino began to swim, his inces
sant cries half choked.
Then came shouts from be
hind me, flaring lights through
the palm grove, and the Hawaii
ans from the luau came pouring
down to : the beach, carrying
torches. They swarmed into the
water to help Mokino. The wom
en set up the ancient death
chant of Hawaii. It was extra
ordinary, all this fuss over a
. dead shark. i
I watched as the men brought ,
the body in and laid it reverent
ly on the sand, aware that the
grief of Mokino and his wife was
very reaL As the mourning
chants rose higher in sobbing
staccato, I realized, also, that the
other Hawaiians shared in that
grief. . , - .
- ' In time, Komako pressed back 1
through the crowd and joined
me. "Terrible sad," he said hus
kily. "He got spear stab in him.
Bleed to death. . One more mur
der!" "Komako, be yourself! It's
only a shark!"
"It only son Mokino , ever
had! he returned indignantly,
then paused to eye me depre
catingly. "I forget you not
know bout that. Never mind.
Just remember shark . is good
friend to all Hawaiians in Wai
maka." He started to stride away as
if to end the explanation, but I
caught up with him and made
. him sit down beside me on the
beach. s.
"Now out with it,". I demand
ed. "This may be terribly im
portant. What do you mean, the
shark was Mokino's son?"
He still hesitated. "You going
. to call me "superstition if I tell
'you: Them' things hard for
haoles to believe like Pel e be
ing goddess of volcano. ' You
jump down my neck when I tell
you things what come down,
from beginning of world in old
Hawaii.
"Go on," I urged. "I wont
Jump down your throat this
time. If they believe it, it's the
same as If it were true, anyhow." ,
(To be continued)
Today's Gordon
By LILLJg L. MADSEN
QU15f5TION: S. A. R. writes
that someone has told her about
how much fun it is to start ferns
and she asks if there are ferns
. which bloom and bear seeds or
from where the fern seed is ob
tained. ANSWER: Spores are the
seeds to which she refers. These
are on the back of fern fronds
. and in most cases resemble rust.
Ripened snores may be shaken
from the fronds, put in a paper
sack to dry, and planted In ten
days or two weeks. They should
be sown in flats of light, moist
soil. Do not cover the spores
with earth. Peculiar little
growths, not at all resembling
the parent plant, soon appear.
When these are large enough to
handle, transplant them. One
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about tea months.
QUESTION: B. B. I, asks
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den." Says she saw a little shrub
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particularly good In "a formal
garden."
ANSWER: A garden geometri
cal in shape, laid out with reg
ularity, and planted in classic
design is styled as "formaL
Very trim shrubs are best In a
formal garden, and unless one
has a lot of time to put into the
garden, one should not attempt
a formal garden. Neatness Is an
all important factor. No un
trimmed edges can get by in
this type of garden.
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