ALLIES’ FOE IN PACIFIC

Evening Star, Issue 24288, 1 September 1942, Page 3

ALLIES’ FOE IN PACIFIC

TRAINED OK SPARTAN LINES MR J. C. CREW'S WARNING ABOUT JAPANESE STRENGTH (Rec. 9,30 a.m.) WASHINGTON, August 31. Mr J. C. Grew (former United States Ambassador in Japan), broadcasting, said: “There is not sufficient room in tbo Pacific the peaceful American and the peace-loving United Nations and swashbuckling Japan. The Japanese military caste, whoso cruelty and brutality have caused this war, must be crushed. No one should entertain, even momentarily, the idea that the Japanese army’s failure in China has discouraged the Japanese. On the contrary, it has steeled them to greater sacrifices. Furthermore, the Japanese High Command relied on the white man’s, flabbiness. It regards us as constitutional weaklings, unwilling to make sacrifices for victories against a machine which is prepared and trained in Spartan simplicity. When Japan struck she left no road for retreat.” Mr Grew is confident that we can defeat the Japanese, but says victory will be remote unless we realise we are fighting a powerful war machine and a people whose morale cannot be broken by economic hardship, but only by complete physical expulsion from the areas temporarily conquered, also by the progressive attrition of their naval power and merchant marine, resulting in cutting off the homeland from all the outlying areas. SIGNIFICANCE OF SPEECH IN TUNE WITH AUTHORITATIVE OPINION NEW YORK, August 31. Commenting on a broadcast by Mr Joseph C. Grew, former American Ambassador to Japan, the ‘ New York Times’ says: “The grave tone of his appraisal of Japanese strength is considered highly significant by Washington observers, ''since the contents of the speech were necessarily submitted to the highest Government authorities. . Mr Grew’s emphasis on the long and difficult road ahead of the United Nations conforms with a statement made on Friday by a high Government official cautioning the country against over-emphasising the importance of the Solomons actions. Influential members of the Government said that they feel that the American,people, who for years have mi der- estini at ed the' Japanese strength, do not yet realise what we are confronting,” The ‘ Times ’ adds; “Mr Grew’s warning is the beginning of a new Government effort to arouse the United States to accept the sacrifices necessary to overcome a powerful and dangerous foe.” BID FOR MASTERY LOURENCO MARQUES, August 30. Japan can be beaten only by driving her out of Manchuria, China, Malaya, and the East Indies, says Mr George Gorman, a journalist, who spent 16 years in the Far East. “ Japan’s determined bid for Pacific mastery,” he said, “is based on a more far-seeing policy than immediate military subjugation. The # keynote of the Japanese programme is a population increase carried forward by systematic reproduction of their own’ kind, and Japanese births are expected to reach2,ooo,ooo, annually, within five, years.' The Japanese in occupied territories are waging a continuous campaign against the white races. Japan is powerfully organised financially, and there are fixed low prices for every commodity. Rationing is faithfully performed!, and the people are not spending their surplus money, because very little can be purchased for entertainment. Voluntary savings are, therefore, buttressing the obligatory investment in Government bonds. There is full exploitation of the resources of industry, trade, and commerce in order to stave off internal economic pressure. “ Japan cannot be beaten by a blockade or internal disruption, and the Japanese themselves believe that only defeat at sea can beat them. The Japanese also contend that they will hold the territory won, not only because their man power is always increasing, but because they propose to give the native peoples better terms than they received from the whites.” ACUTE DEPRESSION ' JAPANESE-OCCUPIED COUNTRIES LONDON, August 30. Information reaching India from South-east Asia, says the Delhi correspondent of ‘ The Times,’ indicates that the Japanese co-prosperity regime, far from being the promised) economic millennium, is synonymous with the most acute depression. This is not merely an aftermath of the hostilities on the soil of South-east Asian countries, but the result of the fact that they are cut off from markets for raw materials. Japan is unable either to offer alternative markets or provide transport to such limited' markets as are available. Accordingly products are piling up. The Philippines sugar industry' is doomed, the Burma rice industry is hard hit. and millions of growers are facing ruin. EIGHT FRONTS LONG AND HARD WAR (Rec. S a.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Admiral King, speaking at a patriotic celebration of workers in his homo town in Ohio, said: “ The battle of the Solomons is only a hint of what will ultimately happen to the enemy, but we need every killing tool you can make. Our greatest difficulty is implementing eight fronts simultaneously. We shouldn’t hit the best stride on the homo front within a year. Then wo shall proceed to victory, but the war will be long and hard. The eight fronts are Britain, Middle East, India, China, Alaska, Hawaii, South-west Pacific, and Russia.