JAPANESE ANGER

Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1941, Page 4

JAPANESE ANGER

FEAR OF DEMOCRACIES LN PACIFIC WARNING GIVEN BY NAVY SPOKESMAN. CRITICISM OF UNITED STATES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright' TOKIO, July 7. The Navy spokesman. Rear-Admiral Mayeda warned against a spread of the war to the Pacific. He said that should the United States secure now bases in the North Pacific similar to those in the Atlantic Japan's security would be shaken to the ground, but the Japanese Navy was prepared for any emergency. Alluding to the United States’ strengthening of naval and air bases, he said, the East Indies. Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines were all rallying under the American banner solely against Japan. The American intention to aid Russia also commanded Japan's serious attention. The Dornei news agency reported today that the Emperor’s audiences with high Government officials, including separate audiences with the Premier, and the War and Navy Ministers, in the past few days had culminated in a new trend in Japanese politics.

It is announced that the former War Minister, Lieutenant-General Seishiro Itagaki, is promoted to general, and appointed commander of the Japanese army in Korea, Lieutenant-General Hayao Tada is promoted to general and nominated to the War Council, General Ikamura is appointed commander of the North China army, and General Kotaro Nakamura is admitted to the War Council.