Tokyo, May 11.
Japanese newspapers, commenting today on the German blitzkrieg into the Low Countries, were unanimous in refraining from criticism of the Nazi lightning stroke, devoting their editorial columns to speculation over the probable fate of the Netherlands East Indies.
Considerable attention was also paid to the attitude of the United States and Italy, the papers agreeing that both countries would ultimately be forced to join the conflict.
The influential "Asahi," however, said that Chancellor Hitler apparently carried out his lightning stroke at this time in the belief that the United States would not join the Allies in war on the eve of a presidential election.
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