Bombay, Feb. 16.
Sudden developments in the Far Eastern situation are being given widespread attention in the Indian press generally.
Regarding the Japanese threats in the Pacific as a matter the threats against Britain ud are thought by some to be bluff, we do not share this comforting opinion. The truth is that the Japanese Government is at present so deeply committed to a policy of overseas expansion towards the south that a withdrawal may prove impossible, or at least must be a delicate and protracted feat."
The "Times of India," urging pre-poredness, says: "It would be a tremendous gamble, it is admitted, for Japan to move southwards, as Japan would almost certainly find herself at war with America." The leader concludes: "Not to be ready for an extension of the war to the Pacific [would be dangerous opt Reuter.
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