The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Sun. FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1942. JAPANESE ACTIVITY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 173, 24 July 1942, Page 4

The Auckland Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, Morning News and The Sun. FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1942. JAPANESE ACTIVITY

g CF, the Coral Sea and Midway battles most of the news of Japanese activity has romp from China. The landing made by their forces in Papua, and the conjectural report that they new have about 25,000 troops established in the Aleutian Islands, are indications that they have not modified their aims in the Pacific generally. As Mr. Curtin said in comment on the Papua landing, the Japanese work like beavers In the Aleutians, despite climatic difficulties and the attacks of United Staler, air forces they have gained a good harbour at Kiska, land for j!n,| IH ,' IS |' -? n<l r a po ' sltk ' n federally which will serve as a defensive outpost Mii r.iv m7r' mi vv , h , lrl ? ,n threaten any attempt to establish an air a n r., v to ' Sovict territor y- Whether the move has is 'It !-i1 -> r V l'A n > ? u an nnly be a matter of conjecture. There the lr «' n iho ai .' y ° thc 'Japanese attacking Russia, in which case 5MT at * ,lme whe " - A-fr.rT'i 10 ' ,inr 'i n £ ' n Papua follows Japanese attempts to reduce Port thniHi) ' y ? ir at,a ? ks - he accepted as evidence of a reafisatkm j," 'ht Australians remaining foothold in New Guinea must be attacked ocpiiniprl at fl "° m 3 , h , etter P° siU ™ than those the Japanese already also could md Thouirt n b a vp e ' U n® su^ested that the Australians war should alter in theft favour Their :ircumstances of the Pacific given recently bv Dr PvatV " Li P moves su PP° r t the warning prepared to be attacked bvtheTaLnf Ca " at , taCk Japan we mus t hS Pacific." And New Sl ar ft ifnVSKd.'" ,toMt eWy p ' rt ° ! "»