Washington, Oct. 10. i i tar"
States to adopt a firm stand toward Japan and praised Britain's decision 1o reopen the Burma Highway.
"There can be no shadow of a doubt! the paper said, "that the statement of the British Prime Minister, Mr. Winston Churchill, re-Mlih& the British decision, was highly gratifying to our State Department.
"At this crucial hour the British and American mmients are acting in cordial understanding.
"Japan has crossed her Rubicon into the Axis camp and is obviously out to obtain mastery of the entire Far East.
"Under these dire circumstances a firm stand must be taken. Mr. Churchill has taken it. We must do the same."—United Press.
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