-3-, #6243, December 27, from London Russian soldiers have shown themselves to be in practice the best soldiers of capitalism. "Lord Beaverbrook's presence White House conver- sations strengthens hypothesis that American inclina- tion to suspend for some time application Lend-Lease law is absolutely inacceptable to England, who took rash decision to use enormous quantity war material in Libya without throught of any economy, on the assurance this war material would be replaced for General Auchinlek quickly as possible by American industry." STAMPA twenty-fourth declares that Churchill, the vassal of President Roosevelt, is consulting his master to determine with him whether it is preferable to strip Atlantic and Mediterranean in order to attempt resistance in Pacific or whether Anglo-Saxon powers must resign themselves to defeat in Asia. POPOLO DI ROMA twenty-fourth notes satisfaction expressed by British press and radio over prospects that Washington conference will lead to unified democratic command and adds "They are under the illu- sion that such a command would be entrusted to London." Apart from this question which doss not interest Axis, the paper continues, conference has no other task than that of drawing up balance sheet of disasters suffered by the |