Selaure of Japanese. Boa Autulla, Bombing Tpeldent Stray Notes ong. the Highways Gina's Siaes ron Avcost Twoex for the quarter ding June 30, 1941.
Zan be discounted right" away, fas not gob the necessary. raw can be'seen: therefore, that the elance of strength is now definitely -welghed down in favour of the Democracies. who feel at liberty to take up any, fresh challenge which ay Be made in any-port of the world. A year ago) there wes a fear that a refusal by "the Netherlands East Indies and an embargo by the United "Staves on" all supplies." might. force Japan to take military action against the NEI.
secure her supplies. 'The prospect that Japan may. be forced into' some" such action stilt exists—bub it te no longer feared. The De. Moeracies are strong enough to deal. any. new Siovation which may arise, In the elreumstances, therefore, Jb is somewhat surprising, that. the Japanese. extremisig have tapen no note of Uhl development, The excuses tenmped up for the occupation of military, naval and alr bases in'South Indo-China have already been worn thin by atte in "his aggressions. against the tates Ip Europe which have fallen under his Sway. 'They will confines. no one." Vichy pinehiess shan: given, the Japanese 9 veneer of fegailty. for' their. Jatest movement; but- even Admiral Dazlan himself, cannot believe, that there was, ever: sufficient of a threat to the French colony from the British or the Chinese fo make it necessary to give the colony away fon a-platter to another nation, known for long have coveted it. There thus can be no iustl= fection of any plea of defence of the Erench Colony. nor of defence of Japan itself. And if the "tokyo" press continue to. express them; selves "og puzzled over the credit "freezing', Moves, the Democracies can without twisting the facts In any way give as a reason for thelt action a reason which the Japanese themselves fave made all too familiar to the world since 1937—"military "necessity."
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