BRITAIN ALERT.
TO JAPANESE MOVES.
LONDON, Sept. 26.
“The Tndo-China incident brings the Japanese'too close to the Indian Ocean for our liking,’’ stated a commentator to-day. “If Thailand comes under Japanese influence she will constitute a threat to Singapore. To us it is almost as important to check Japan as it is to check Germany.’’ Recalling that in mid-October the opening of the Burma Road will have to be considered—it was closed in response to a request by Japan and a promise to negotiate for peace with China which she did not keep—the speaker said that undoubtedly the pressure to reopen it would be great, especially from America, but Britain did not wish the United States to be drawn into war’ with Japan. That might seem a strange attitude, but Britain was a little worried lest American supplies be diverted from Europe to the Pacific.
“We must not forget that the master mind of the campaign of aggression lives in Berlin or in bis stronghold at Berclitesgaden,” added the speaker.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 258, 28 September 1940, Page 7
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