Tokyo, Nov. 12.
Emperor Hirohito, delivering an extraordinary message from the throne to-day, cautioned his people that Japan "has a long way to go before realizing her objective—the establishment of lasting peace in the Far East."
The rescript was addressed principally to the Japanese forces operating in North China and Inner Mongolia, Speaking through Field Marshal Prince Kotohito Kanin, chief of the Army General Staff, the monarch expressed his warm appreciation to the Japanese officers and men for overcoming sufferings and privations.
The sovereign praised the successful conduct of extensive operations which he said enhanced the prestige of the Japanese Army. Emperor Hirohito also expressed his deep sympathy for those who fell on the battlefield and those wounded or taken ill during the present campaign.
The message urged the Japanese Army to meet his confidence and expectations by redoubling its efforts to attain the objective of the present operations—namely, the establishment of lasting peace in the Far East. which he said, "is still far off"
Observers recalled that in opening the emergency Diet on September 4, the Emperor had declared in a clear-cut address from the throne that the objective of Japan's action in China lay in urging the Chinese
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