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ins radiophoto above, flashed from London, shows 80 -year-
old David Lloyd George, British Prime Minister during World War
I, with his bride, the former Frances Louise Stevenson, 55, at Churl,
Surrey, the Lloyd George estate where they are honeymooning. Mrs.
Lloyd George had been the stateman's private secretary since 1913.
THE WAR - WEEK •-- Commentary on Current Events
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Russian Victory Looks Like
Their Greatest Of The War
The Germans have lost the bat-
tle for the lower Dnieper and the
Crimea. The ultimate extent of
the Russian victory now depends
on how well the Germans can ex-
tricate their forces from an ex-
tremely dangerous position,
From now on, the area of Rus-
sian territory to be regained by
the Red Army is not as important
as the fate of the German forces
within that area. Russians recon-
quest of all the lower Ukraine and
the Crimea is almost a foregone
conclusion.
The question is, how much of
German armed strength In South-
ern Russia can be smashed in
the progress of the enforced re-
treat. It has a vital bearing on
the future course of the war In
Russia. If the Germans can be
made to pay heavily enough for
their ill-advised attempt to hold
the line of the Dnieper, the conse-
quences could be tremendous.
The Russian victory already
looks like their greatest of the
war. It might in the end turn out
to be a decisive one.
Campaign In Burma
It is no Secret that the Allies
are aiming a blow at Burma, says
The New York Times, The Mon- •
soon rains are ceasing and both
sides have reported patrol clashes
Along the Burmese border. But
It will be many weeks before the
waterlogged river valleys dry out,
and even limited operations can
hardly begin until Admiral Mount-
batten,
ountbatten, Allied commander In south-
east Asia, returns to India from
his conferences with Generalis-
simo Chiang E ai-shek.
The map is a poor guide to the
coming campaign. The contiguity
of ,northern India and Burma is
deceptive. On paper it may look
Eike an easy matter to march a
strong army from Assam into Bur-
roa" drive the Japanese invaders
back in one grand wheeling move-
ment and open China's supply
routes again, But this approach
is one of the most difficult in the
world. It leads through a road -
less angle of 8,000 -foot mountains
into country which would do us
very little good to regain. The
strategic approach to Burma is
''Gly sea, through Rangoon and up
the river valleys which slice the
land into north -and -south strips.
This was the path of Japanese
conquests.
An Amphibious Project
It is because the invasion of
Burma must be chiefly an am-
phibious enterprise that the Brit-
ish have hitherto been unable to
undertake it. Neither they nor
the Americans had the fleet and
cargo ships to clear and bridge
the Indian Ocean. With the sur-
render of the Italian fleet and the
opening of the Mediterranean both
are now available. ° To defend
the Indian Ocean, Japan will have
to risk splitting her fleet, hard
pressed by the Allies in the
Pacific. This is not only- to say
that we can now move boldly on
Ragoon and take it by assult. It
will first be necessary to seize
the Japanese -held Andaman and
Nicobar islands as air bases. After
that Admiral Mountbatten may
prefer the broader strategy of a
direct attack on the Kra penin-
sula, that narrow neck of land
which connects the Malay States
with Thailand and Indo-China and
eventually free the South China
coast.
Such an ambitious project,�re-
quiring a huge force, may seem
beyond present hope. But it is
not too much to exrect that before
the monsoons start again next
May the Allies will have made a
real beginning.
The -Road To Rome
Further Allied advances in Italy
represent successes against the
Nazis, the weather and the ter-
rain.
Reports of the fighting above
the Volturno River indicate that
the American and British troops
are faced with a grim tenacious
'adversary whose intention is to
make capture of Rome a costly
and protracted action for the
Allies, The enemy, being on the
defensive, is aided by the moun-
tainous character of the country,
and has dug himself into high
positions from which his artillery
fire gains effectiveness. Rain has
hindered the Allied advance and
has hampered air operations.
It is plain that this battle -is a
thorough test of the fighting quali-
ties of Allied troops; one reads
magnificent personal histories be-
tween the lines of the news
reports, The public should pre-
pare for periods in which progress
seems to be small, as measured
in miles.
But if the fighting on the land
is sometimes a slow business,
there are points ahead at which
new amphibious thrusts will be-
come feasible along the coastline
of Italy. These ventures should
have ?he effect of drawing off and
confusing tate Nazis who are now
resisting frontal attacks.
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THEY'LL CATCH YOU
A California girl announce$ her
engagement .to marry Gunder
Naegg, the fastest runner in the
world, Whereupon a columnist
comments: "Which only goonto
Show. boys, that no matter how
feet you run, they'll catch up to
you."
—Stratford Beacon -Herald.
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IMPORTANT QUESTION
Then there's the story of the
Chinese laundryman who telephon-
ed a dentist for; an appointment. •
"Two -thirty all right?" asked
the dentist.
"Two -thirty all right?" asked the
dentist.
"Yes," replied the Chines
";Tooth hurtee all light, Wh
time I come?"
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O -U -T SPELLS "OUT"
The shopkeeper's prewar motto,
"The customer is always right
has given way to what Wright be
called the eeny-meeny-mineymo
policy: "If he hollers let hint go."
--Christian Science Monitor.
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FOR HIS COUNTRY
A Salvation Army lassie whisper-
ed
hispered to a young veteran of a naval
action: "I'm sorry you lost your
arm." He shook his head and re-
plied: "I didn't lose it, ma'am. I
gave it."
—Dunnville Chronicle.
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COSTLY FIRE
Every bonfire burning leaves at
this time of year robs the soil of
humus the Creator intended to go
bade into the land.
—London Free Press.
Objects To Use
Of Flag As Drape
A clergyman, Rev. D. L. Ritchie,
has made public his objection to
the use of the Union Jack 'as a
pulpit drape, and he has been
severely criticized on this account.
We are in complete agreement
with his point of view. We do
not like to see the flag used as
a drape for a pulpit, or a chair-
man's table at a public meeting,
or for any such purpose; that is
not what a flag is for.
—Peterborough Examiner.
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