TANGLE OF TALK
THREATS IN JAPANESE NEWSPAPERS WITH SOME RECOGNITION OF DANGERS. POLICY OF “EXPANSION” TO CONTINUE. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, August 10. Despite a frank discussion of the dangers confronting Japan, Japanese newspapers reaffirm the nation’s determination to continue its policy of southward expansion. Some Tokio papers frankly warn Japan that Britain is ready to go to war if Japan continues to move southward, and add that if Britain fights she will have the full support of the United States and the East Indies. The “Nichi Nichi Shimbun” says Japan, by her own power, will not hesitate to reject any action by Britain, the United States, or any other nation tinker Anglo-American influence trespassing on Thailand’s independence. The “Asahi Shimbun” says Japan has to decide on a policy of establishing a “Greater East Asia co-prosperity sphere,” and will not be moved an inch by bluff from any third Power. The New York National Broadcasting Corporation picked up a Tokio radio message that the Dutch ConsulGeneral at Shanghai has asked Dutch nationals to leave without delay and that a similar request has been made to the Dutch in Japan. The Tokio bureau of the United Press reports that the Canadian Pacific Steamship Company has ordered the closing of all offices throughout Japan and instructed the personnel to return to Canada.
Informed sources said that Canadian and American business interests in Japan were nearing collapse as the result of the rigid Japanese retaliatory regulations. The Tokio correspondent of the “New York Herald-Tribune” says that the Japanese Press has warned Thailand against a policy of co-operation with the "democracies. At the same time, it has warned England and America that Japan will take action in the event of any territorial threat against Thailand. The “Nichi Niehl Shimbun” suggested that the best policy for Thailand would be the one which would maintain her independence, and added that Thailand could depend upon Japan to help her to carry out this policv. The “Asahi Shimbun” asserted that Thailand was a member of Japan's “co-prosperity sphere,” and, therefore not free to conclude the understanding which was alleged to be sought by the democracies.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 August 1941, Page 5
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