Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1943 — Page 9
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is Whole Aspect Vishay the whole aspect, he Saw Asiatic influences = pressing westward from the far interior of Europe and revolving in a circle there to the long-time embroilment of the two great land powers, Russia and Germany, far beyond the occurance of peace after this war. “Accordingly”. he continued, “I see the outlines of an Atlantic
- System emerging. in another circle
from this war, which would read-
Just all previous geopolitical eon-
cepts. and make thé Atlantic area of the future the equivalent of the Mediterranaen of the past.” Looking through his high win dows at the stars of a lovely Right, and gesturing - in “aquiet way, he went on: “The age long history of this continent is the story of the tension between : land:-locked and seafaring peoples.” Drawing a large circle, he indicated the new center of gravity of the European world as being pushed westward into a seaboard perimeter. This shoreline Europe, Africa, South America and North America, with England and ‘the
o U.S. —Salazar| J ‘omeing not, involving the Ger BE. gelany minleiar closed the |
forces at their backs. : U. 8. in Orbit "In the path of this pressure
the United States now enters the -
whirlpool orbit directly and irrevocably, and becomes to this hemisphere as a whole what England used to be to the limited continent of Europe—the detached but everlastingly involved sentifiel in’ which will rest the balance of power.
““Even With all of Russia's’ vast-
ness and demonstrated potentiali-
ties, the balance of power cannot.
center in that Jand-locked nation anymore than the balance of power previously rested in powerful Germany—which it never did. At the same time, it is equally evident the balance of power permanently has passed beyond the British isles, the balance of power for this century will be in the United States.” Turning to immediate prospects, the prime minister explained why he thought the European war
‘would last another year at least:
“The Germans see no alternative but to continue. There are elements within Germany which are deeply eager for peace, but they are weak and unorganized. And the people ,as a whole lack confidence in their physical safety
: if they surrender.”
Gravest Difficulties
He said he saw the gravest difficulties between Japan and Portugal, unless somehow the dispute over Timor in the South Pacific is settled. He is also worried about the deadly effect of this situation on residents of the other Portu-
_guese Pacific colony of Macao, But it is highly significant that Sala-
Zar views. his Pacific. crisis A
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interview on the note that the ‘United States isthe hope of the
impoverishment of great nations, the immorality of important governments, the opportunism; when I see the crisis of life, the crisis of all domestic economies and the ever-weakening resistance’ to pressure groups everywhere, it seems to fhe almost impossible to overcome | the difficulties which beset the people of Europe—unless Europe can see a new guiding light, blazing with national integrity and consistently dedicated to international morality.
“From. .the European: point -of-}
view, remembering. that all European nations are so ‘sadly “involved inthe dilemmas of the past which led up to this war, such a beacon in foreign policy can come only from the United States.”
8TH LUNGES. AT STUBBORN FOE
Despite Bitter Counter Blows on Road to Rome.
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position, strewing .mine fields and barbed wire across their path to prevent a further weakening of their
line protecting Rome —already|
smashed near the Adriatic.
At Castelfrentano the British beat off two counter-attacks in| hand-to-hand fighting and won
positions giving them an advantage in another bloody struggle for Lan-
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| northeast. os Action in Air Bombing and fighting planes laid
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ton both the 8th and 5th army fronts, {enabling the “5th British elemerits [to hack out minor gains near Cala{britto, five miles southwest of Mig- | nano, against stiff machine gun and { Mortar fire, Five separate German attempts fre strike back in the air were | smashed. Clearing weather per{mitted - ‘an increase in aerial fight- | ing, described in front dispatches as the greatest of weeks, : . iAoapture. of. San. Vite. and. Lan- 5 esr pe 1! ciatio by thé 8th army would per] | mit the British to swing southwest | along a lateral road to Castel Di| Sangro, far inland, and either pinch | off a big German force in the | mountains or force them to. Speed | their retirement northward.
Fighting Bitter
A fierce battle was fought for | Castelfrentano, ~~ which lies . some | four miles past the Sangro, with { the enemy clinging hard to his | prepared positions and swinging | back” in powerful but futile coun-fer-punches. [But the, bitterest fighting was in | progress at Lanciano, a town of a SE id 10,000 on a 900-foot ridge dominat- : oe
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