New York, July 3.
The "New York Herald-Tribune" editorially declared today that the Axis recognition of the Nanking Government had aligned Germany more definitely on Japan's side in the Far Eastern struggle and said that it was believed the.climax of the ten-day debate in Tokyo on policy indicated thai the party favouring Germany had won out, As á result, Japan was believed to be in a position to proclaim a policy which would be disturbing to the United States.
The "Herald-Tribune" said it believed that Chancellor Adolf Hitler, through granting recognition. had paid his price to get Japanese sup-Herr Hitler, the newspaper added, would now demand bali action by Japan to kill American enthusiasm over participation in the Battle of the Atlantic—United Press.
Tokyo, July 3.
Significantly pointing out that food problems decided the outcome of the first World War of 1914 to 1918, Mr. Sekiya Ino, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, in his first radio speech since becoming a Minister of State, urged the people to do their utmost, in helping the nation meet its food problems, *Modern wars are conducted on totalitarian basis, and without a solid economic background, no matter how powerful an armed force may be, it is impossible to carry out effective warfare."
Mr. Ino declared, "As in the last World War, the outcome of the preseht European war will, in the long run, most likely be decided by food questions, Already many warring countries are concentrating on destroying the enemy's food supplies for purposes of lowering the nation's moral, or reducing its efficiency."
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