Washingto:
The t for American action against Japan has come unless the United States is prepared to withdraw completely from the Far East, the "Washington Star" said in an editorial here yesterday Ti an editorial entitled "showdown in the Far Ea the paper said that "mere words" would no longer slow up Japan's southward drive Japan's invasion of Indo, hina, Japanese Army in south China we being ordered to suspend its attack!: against Indo: The breakdown in communications between Han and Langson, however, made it possible to learn here today whether the Japanese attacking from the north ha suspended their attack, Latest reports from the fifty mile fighting front before the disruption of communications described bitter fighting in the Langson sector where the militant Japanese south China army was attempting to gain control of several strategic highways.
Official reports said that Japanese pushing toward vital high communi ach side in open defiance' for preservation of America's stand of the status quo Langs Altho faci French artillery place:
before the framers of Ameri- batteries and other fortified position: n foreign policy the ne ching a "momentous decision, of the Japanese in managed som the sectors to. slip through the Fren paper said.
"It is clear." the paper said, "that mere words will not check the Japanese drive to secure domination over the south Pacific. America now must decide whether to take strong measures, Unless effective action is taken, Japan can be e: pected to move on to other ai including the Netherlands t Indies. On the other America must decide whether an afford to involve her Fleet deeply in the Far East as long as Britain's control of the Atlantic gered."—United Pres lines under cover of darkness and advance "certain distances," oficial ench reports said.
The Japanese were reported to have reached the town of Kho on the Langson-Caobank highway and also were reported in the Locbinh sector along the Langson-Monkay high day, according to French reports.
Unconfirmed reports r said the French hi Japanese soldiers during the Monday attack on Langson, The official French casualty list thus far totals VUnited Pre (Continued ow pave 2. col 4
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