"On this New Year's Day I would Hike to tell the nation that we are lint our west for the maintenance fof peace and order, giving employ-
obtaining velibood, pacifying vent to Chinese to saar them bandits who have surrendered, and carrying on decisive military. oper tome cooses of the Japanese forces in China were sttribuled to the "august Ivirtues" ofthe. Emperor" tothe bravery of the men at the fronts, ann othe support of the whole nation in Statement. issued! by. Vice-Admiral !Ghiet'ar the Japanese China Seas tofore. the final goal of the sacred We have a fon way still to go
eu is reached, and. both the llitory foreex and the nation should put forth more strenuous effortx™ hit
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