BRILLIANT SUCCESS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 December 1941, Page 6

BRILLIANT SUCCESS

CLAIMED BY THE JAPANESE AMERICAN & BRITISH FLEETS OUT OF ACTION. BUT TALK ALSO OF LONG WAR. (Received This Day, 11.10 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 16.' An intercepted Stefani broadcast states that the Japanese Foreign Minister (Mr Togo), in a speech in the Diet, said: “In less than ten days the majority of the American Fleet has been destroyed and a major part of the British Far Eastern Fleet put' out of the combat. The front to encircle Japan has been broken in many places and these brilliant results have raised the prestige of our empire. We are ready for a long war. Japan is firmly determined not to lay down the sword until Britain and the United States have been subdued.” The Globe Wireless heard the Manila radio reporting another air raid at 8.55 a.m. yesterday. The Associated Press of America states, in an official broadcast from Tokio, that the . Japanese reiterated “the great initial success scored by the Japanese.” The Domei news agency quoted a naval spokesman as saying that the situation had been changed to such an extent as to nullify President Roosevelt’s high-pressure policies.

emy submarine in the last 24 hours. The bombardments did little damage and naval operations against the enemy continue.