"Chungking, in short, is on the eve of final ' breakdown, while the Chinese government at' Nanking is growing big end strong with Japan's Major Tominaga's charges that Generalissimo Chiang is a "puppet"
United States and "Britain were re-echoed in the Japanese press which pointed to recent] recognition of the Nanking regime by the Axis powers as an indication e's indepen-
The Japanese apparently have tired of "having the identifeation "puppet" hurled the leaders of Japanese-sponsored governments on the continent and. are undertaking to stick this title on Gen, Chiang Kal-shek—at least Japan and Japanese-occupied territories—United Press, Tokyo, July 13, Japan would without "hesitation overcome any obstacles offered by foreign powers In the way of the programme for peaceful southward expansion, declared an editorial article appearing in the "Nichi Nich!" this morning, which stresses that "the entire, strength of the nation will be bent on realizing her time"
The newspaper also predicted that inthe event an" Anglo-Chungking alliance "was realized, the United States would also participate, 'Asserting that the United " States was at present ce-operating with Britain in the South Asia, the Journal said that concerted efforts by Britain, the United States and Chungking' to encircle Japan would not change the existing situation, with Japan determined as ever 1 carry out her plans of peaceful expansion southward, Trap Seen The "Yomiuri Shimbun," on the other hand, advised the Japanese to take the report of a milflary alliance between Chungking and Britain calmly and not to be drawn in by third power manquvres, It asserted that Britain was placed in an unfavourable position in Europe and was attempting to protect her inter~ ests in the Far East by strength: ening her possessions in" South Asia, centred on Singapore, and was alzo'rushing {0 include Chungking and.the United States in her den fences 'The'"Asahi Shimbun" said that Britain, by concluding a military alliance' with Chungking, was step by step encircling Japan in an effort 10 destroy her—Reuter, Mechanized School for
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