LOOKING TO DAY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 1 September 1943, Page 3

LOOKING TO DAY

WHEN ALLIES WILL CROSS CHANNEL MR CHURCHILL’S BROADCAST. EARLY MEETING DESIRED WITH M. STALIN. LONDON, August 31. Broadcasting from Quebec tonight, Mr Churchill paid a tribute to the armies of the Allies, the Canadians, the Australians, the New'Zealanders and the South Africans and to the recent Russian successes. Russia, he said, had not been asked to be represented at the Quebec Conference as it was largely concerned with the war against Japan. The Soviet had a five years’ treaty with Japan. Mr Churchill said he and President Roosevelt would persevere in their efforts to meet Marshal Stalin. It was most necessary and urgent to have a meeting of the British, American and Russian Foreign Ministers. Mr Churchill said he looked forward to the day when British, and American liberating armies would cross the Channel in full force and get to close grips with the Germans in France. Africa was cleared of the enemy, Sicily was conquered and Mussolini had been overwhelmed. A big part of the German air force had been drawn from Russia and was being worn down by British and American air attack. The air assault on Germany had affected Hitler’s war-making capacity and these air assaults would still increase in volume and accuracy. Forecasts as to the length of the war he regarded as unprofitable.