Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 November 1942 — Page 8

COST OF NEGLECT

|. Carriers Are Being Lost id Like the Two Toehold on

in Exchange for Islands;

Traded for the Guadalcanal.

- By GEORGE WELLER Copyright, 1942, by The Indianapolis Times and The Chicago Daily News, Inc.

SOMEWHERE IN AUSTRALIA, Nov. 9.—The 10th parallel of latitude may become known in American history ‘as the thin red line where the United States first began to learn the price of its pre-Pearl Harbor political neglects in

western Pacific.

the

In the Atlantic, where barter of island bases was first

arranged with Britain, it was considered a considerable extension of American control when air and naval bases were

established as far south as the northern coast of South America, which roughly corresponds with the 10th paral-

lel of latitude. But the Caribbean defenses are based upon the 10th parallel north of the Equator. } In the Pacific the 10th parallel, where three aircraft carriers and one large aircraft tender have been lost, is not north “but south of the Equator. In the Pacific, America is de- | fending a long line, not only : nearly 7000 miles from San Fran- i cisco, but far below the latitude of the Atlantic bases. The 10th parallel of sub-equatorial latitude divides Australia from New Guinea, of which the Japs still hold by far the largest part. The 10th parallel also divides Australia from the Indonesian “barrier” islands which, as far as stemming the Japs was’ concerned, proved no barrier whatever. What America has in the AtJantic she lacks in the Pacific: Permanent island bases under the American flag and American control. This rounded seas,

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tional dateline west to Singapore, infrequently cruised by American

American prow cut the Solomons waters in 1923—is now the resting place for many of our sailors. But, while the costly exchange of Pacific carriers for islands continues, an overall plan akin to the Atlantic system of bases is still mentioned only in hope rather than in prospect. :

Langley Was First

The Langley, grandmother of American carriers—her flight deck cut down to 60 per cent of its length, thus classifying her as an airplane tender—was the first to go under. The Langley was lost crossing. the 10th parrallel northbound to save the tottering Dutch island base of Java. The next to go was the Lexington, in the Coral sea battle, off Misima island, which is almost bisected by the 10th parallel. The Lexington was our price for defense of the China strait entrance to Port Moresby. The carrier Wasp went down in the southern Solomons trying to bring . reinforcements to Guadalcanal, whose tip lies exactly upon the 10th parallel. : Finally, the unnamed carrier reported sunk by Secretary of the Navy Knox last week received its death blow in the Santa Cruz islands, originally Spanish, now British, whose salvage Melanesian tribesmen live exactly upon the same 10th parallel.

May Be Painful

But as fighting men themselves see history smokily unroll, the Langley was lost not on the 10th parallel but in Paris when Wilson gave away to Japan the Marshalls, Mariannes, and Carolines, including today’s chief Japanese bases, the Truk and Pelew islands. The Lexington was lost not upon the -10th parallel but when Stimson's 1931 overtures for AngloAmerican co-operation went unheard. (Henry L. Stimson, now secretary of war was then secretary of state.) Today's hindsight may. be painful but it is clairvoyant. The Yorktown was endangered when America allowed her forces in the Yangtze to be topped by Japanese superiority and the Yorktown went down, in the navy man’s view, years ago when Japan acquired bases on

§ | China’s Hainan island, in Camranh

bay, in French Indo-China, and finally in Thailand, without interference by the United ° States through diplomatic or forcible means. The Wasp was America’s price for being without control in Singapore. Last week's nameless carrier loss was what we paid for not possessing some such a working agreement with the Dutch in Soerabaja as already operated in Dutch possessions in the southern Caribbean.

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BENGAL HIT BY HUGE TYPHOON

More Than 11,000 Persons Swept to Death By Tidal Wave.

By A. T. STEELE

CALCUTTA, Nov. 6.—The heartbreaking work of burying bodies and clearing the debris of shattered villages is still going on in the coastal; regions of eastern Bengal three weeks after a typhoon and tidal wave which swept more than 11,000 persons to their death and left at least 200,000 without homes, with- = out crops, without hope. It was easily the biggest natdisaster i since the

I talked with a :: high official of the Bengal gova ernment, who had just returned to Mr. Steele Golcutta with the first-hand story of conditions in the devastated region. He said the main lines of communication had been restored with the greatest difficulty but that the problem of providing food, shelter and medical attention for tens of thousands of villagers stripped of everything they possess will tax labor and the resources of relief organizations for months to come. Publication of any news of the disaster was withheld for three weeks pending restoration of rbads and facilities. From Bay of Bengal The cyclone was generated somehow in the Bay of Bengal and whirled inland at a rate estimated at more than 80 miles an hour. It was accompanied by a tidal wave 15 feet high which smashed across the seawalls protecting the coastal lowlands and flooded the fertile countryside for considerable distances inland. More than 40 miles of coastline was inundated. “Thousands of houses built of mud and thatch were swept away without a trace when the tidal wave hit them,” the official said. “Two salt factories which received the full force of the torrent simply disappeared and everybody working in them was lost. I talked with one man who said that he had sent 21 of the 26 members of his family to work in the salt plant. All 21 were drowned.” It is estimated that 60 per cent of all the people living within four miles of the sea were lost. The remainder escaped by clinging to wreckage until the flood subsided. Deeper inland where the tidal wave struck with less violence many escaped by fleeing to high points of and. Covers 1000 Square Miles

Officials reckon that about 1000 square miles of countryside were affected, mostly in the Midnapore district at the south side of the River Hugli’'s mouth where not less than 10,000 persons were drowned. Casualty lists are far from complete and may exceed present estimates. A 12-inch rain, accompanying the gale and tidal wave, added to the havoc. © The tidal wave struck on the afternoon of Oct. 16. If it had come during the night, thousands more would have been entrapped. The Midnapore district has a predominantly Hindu population which has been giving considerable support to Mohandas K. Gandhi's civil disobedience movement. ; The tidal wave drowned political issues for the time being, though some superstitious villagers are inclined to link the two. What they cannot figure ‘out is whether it is retribution for indulging in political agitation or punishment for not doing enough of it.

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