Two Wars

It is still "two wars." Only Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Chiang Kai-shek were together when the war with Japan was plotted to its intended finish of "unconditional surrender" The President, the Prime Minister, Joseph Stalin of the U.S.S.R. still had to meet to plot the finish of Germany. -The first announcement from the Pacific "Big Three" restated the obvious: "Japan shall be stripped of all the islands in the Pacific which she has seized. . . .

All the territories . . . stolen from the Chinese . . . shall be restored. . . . Korea shall become free. . . . The three Allies . . . will continue to persevere in the serious and prolonged operations necessary to procure the unconditional surrender of Japan." But what of Germany? The world this week was told only to expect further announcements from the European Big Three.

The prevailing guesses: > Germany will get a clear ultimatum to surrender now or take the consequences.

>The ferocious bombings of Berlin are a studied prelude to that demand.

> The actual aim will be. not to obtain immediate surrender, but to drive a wedge between the German nation and the Nazi Government.

>-The ultimatum will not be presented to Hitler's Government through diplomatic channels, but to the German people themselves, through every medium of propaganda and communication.

> Satellite countries will be called upon to leave the sinking ship at once, the conquered lands to prepare for all-out resistance at the proper time. > Progress may be expected toward, the settlement of special problems between Britain and China (example: the future of Hong Kong) ; Russia and China (example: the future of Outer Mongolia).

Some blockbusters explode on impact. London and Washington expected a delayed-action buster to fall on Germany.

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