Change of Pace

Britain is already looking forward to Part II of World War II. Part I will end when Germany is defeated. Scripps-Howard Columnist Raymond Clapper last week cabled from London:

"Great Britain is looking at this war in terms of a 'part one,' to be followed by a quite different 'part two.' . . . The British expect a considerable change of pace after Germany is defeated. . . . England, which is now the advance base in the fight against Germany, sees herself dropping out of the combat zone and fighting a war remote from her home shores, as we are doing now. . . . For instance, the huge air-raid precaution services, the Home Guard, the anti-aircraft defenses and all other activities connected with the bombing of England and the danger of invasion would have no further purpose and would be rapidly dismantled. A partial demobilization of troops is expected, and a partial conversion of war industry back to peactime work.

"There has long been a fear by some in America that Britain would lose interest in the war, once Germany was defeated. But when high Government officials are asked about this they stoutly deny it, saying Britain has too many interests in the Far East to take any such position. . . ."

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