The Archive · 1940

SUA Long Way To

"Many difficulties stil) He in the path of the attainment of the objec-ives of this sacred campaign, although a favourable atmosphere for the establishment of a new China has come to prevail as the result of ce-operation between a number of enlightened Chinese and the Japanese" he continued. "We still have: a long way to go until we witness the establishment of a new order in East Asia, which is the final goal of the' incident." An additional diMeulty had been me Jected by the outbreak of the war In Europe, he declared.

"Whenever it came face to face with a national etisis, in its history of 2,600 years, the Japanese nation has always shown itself capable of surmounting the difieulty by dis playing a strong unity, National destiny has been developed follows ug such a situation," Vee-Admiral Yoshida stated.

"This_must be attributed to our unique national polity, It constitutes not only a reason for which the Japanese people are proud out presents an ternal lesson to the in. this spirit, which Aas prevailed since the foundation of our ation, that we shall persevere in bringing to an end the incident in which we are now involved by over coming the numerous—diftculties lying in our path," he said.—Donvel-

"Mystery" Warship

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