The Archive · 1941

Japan Gets Ready

Asti-British Campaign — For Air Raids — Continuation Urged — Peiping, June

Tokyo, June 6.

The Japanese-controlled paper, Japan is leaving nothing to chance "Hsin Min Pao," deplores the ce: ssain the protection of her people, tion of the "effective" anti-British factories and important buildings campaign in North China and urges against air raiders in the event of its renewal, in an editorial today. war.

"Indirectly it will help the Axis While air-raid shelters are rapidly Powers to defeat Britain," the news-springing up throughout the coun-paper adds, and this is the most try, the Home Ministry has decided important reason why we should on a course of instruction for prefect carry on our anti-British movement." tural authorities in the art of camou-Exemplifying the distortion of facts flaging plants, factories and other published in {he Japanese-contro lied vital buildings, Chinese press, the paper then tells 1ts Well aware that industrial centres readers that the British, after being beaten by the Iraqis, were "forced to will be the first to be attacked by sue for an armistice." enemy planes in a war, officials of Ascribing continued resistance the Home Ministry have been con-the Chungking government t" Bri ducting a check, ju close collabora-support, the paper concludes, tion with the army and navy, of all Britain is beaten Chiang Kai hok vital buildings and places which vil collapse."—Reuter. must be strongly protected against bombardment by air raiders, Motor Cars and Cycles

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