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IF JAPAN GOES TO WAR AGAINST THE STATES CONFIDENT

WHEN AND WHERE a Japanese-American war

OF BRITISH

will be fought we cannot say. No matter from what VICTORY

motives hostilities may come to be opened, or whe-

ther we assume the offensive or the defensive, there Colonel Knox, US. Se- can be no doubt that Hawaii will be the most imcretary for the Navy, said portant strategic point in a war between America yesterday that he now and Japan, writes General Kiyokatsu Sato - in a feels quite confident special article.

Fabout Britain's chances Success or failure in the struggle for this strate of defeating Germany. gic point will prove a decisive factor in the war. With the Hawaiian Islands as her base of operations, America could bomb Tokyo or Osaka without much difficulty, provided she uses aeroplanes and air 'ships of superior quality.

He believes that the chances of are getting wealter every day.

a successful invasion of Britain

The Germans must destroy Bri- vade Britain, and they have not tish air power before they can in-

done so, he pointed out.

LIVING ON THE PREMISES

The Germans "3 to 1"advan- While Hawall is an American, by Amarica, Minds it impossible loss in men is a total loss, where- Itage is decreasing, and the Nazi possession, Japan would have to to occupy "Hawail, her remain on the defensive. But if, would see-the wisdom of defer-aght again.-Reuter.

Havy as many English pilots return to on the contrary, Japan occupies ring a décisive battle with the the islands, her fleet would find American chipsenir quir prepara"** itself in a position not only to as- tions are completed. sume the offensive, but also to bomb the cities on the west coast subjected to bombardment and the Meanwhile, our coast might be of America.

main cities to attacks from the air. In a war with America, there-Our army would have to defend fore, we must at all costs even the coast facing the Pacific, and at the sacrifice of a few vessels, stave off the enemy's landing, take possession of Hawall. The while our flotillas of destroyers] distance between Hawall and and submarines would watch for threatening letters, several judges the American continent le a lit- an opportunity of attacking the und staff members of the First tle smaller than that, between enemy's capital ships. the islands and Japan.

Special District Court in the This would mean that at the main squadron would go forth and and now reside there, according International Settlement, Shang- When thoroughly ready, our outbreak of hostilities the Ameri-batile decisively with the enemy's to a Shanghai report:

hai, have moved into the Court can fleet or fleets would be able to get to the islands would naturally be followed by cil has detailed a large body of of warships A victory for the Japanese Navy The Shanghai Municipal Coun- before the Japanese, in so far as the capture of Hawali and other policemen to guard the premises both fleets have the same speed operations, as described before. For this reason our navy must needs possess ships far speedlet offensive or on the defensive, Central News.

Whether Japan acts on the Road and Welhaiwei Road.·

of the Court both at Chekiang than America.

If the main squadron

war with America" would certainly America were in the Hawailan much sacrifice and demanding the of be a protracted one involving waters at the outbreak of war, united efforts and indomitable then a clash between the Ameri- perseverance of the nation as a can and Japanese main fleets whole. would have to take place some", where between the islands Yokohama.

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fore she loses any such war..

be able to occupy Hawaii, and its

Following the receipt of more

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BRITISH AID FOR ETHIOPIA

The British Government, stated Lord Templemore in the Lords yesterday, had no territorial or

subsequent operations would be NEW AMBULANCES other ambitions in Ethiopia but

facilitated.

“The Great Thing”

were anxious to see that country "The British Red Cross of Jeru- liberating itself, from the Italian salem has been presented with aggressor. They would "give all The opposite result of this bat-nine all-steel ambulances by the possible assistance to those tle would compel the Japanese Australian Red Cross.

Ethiopfans who had already taken Navy to remain on the defensive

They were bullt locally. up or will take up arms against

the invader: --- British Wireless.~~

and would render its operations; Reuter.. extremely difficult, The great thing is, therefore, for Japan to sce that hostilities are opened be- fore the main strength of the American Fleet is brought to Hawaii and that her naval opera- tions take place with lightning! speed.

The struggle for Hawall thus constitutes the first stage of al Japanese-American war. On the assumption that Hawaii 'was cap tured by our navy, the Japanese forces would undertake, as the next step, the task of destroying! the Panama Canal and the main squadron of America.

If the Japanese Navy succeeded

in crushing the American Fleet in

the Pacific, landing on the Pacific

WEST END AND

MAYFAIR GET

WORST DAMAGE

coast of America would become BECAUSE OF THE very bad weather, the

easy.

At the same time the Panama!

R.A.F. did not carry out any bombing raids on

Canal must be destroyed, as the Germany on Monday night, since bad weather

maintenance of traffic through]

it would facilitate supplies to prevents accurate bombing.

the American Navy?

Attacks should be made on the

Bad weather, of course, makes no differ-

canal by an effective air fleet. The ence to destruction of the canal and the

îndiscriminate bombing, so the Ger- American Flest would literally be mans came over again.

half the battle. Thus would end

the second period of the war.

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They did not do much damage; the_dust and smoke.

The third period would begin indeed, the damage was loss and They battered a hole through the with a landing of Japanese forces the loss of life smaller than on the debris and reached the street just on the western coast of the three preceding days.

as more walls crashed down and American continent and the work The West End and Mayfair more bombs dropped not far off. of destroying the cities and naval especially suffered the worst, but| Fires broke out a short time ports on the west coast,“

the motto is "business as usual." later in the building they had just The next course would be to Part of Bond Street was roped off left-Reuter. form the main line of defence yesterday as people were thought Purely Civil Targets along the Rocky Mountains, so to be still buried under the debris. The West End, which contains that our military troops might be A jeweller's shop moved Its London's best known shopping massed in the occupied areas along stock to the basement, where streets, hotels and large private the coast.

business is being conducted as houses, suffered most in the night usual.

raid on London.

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Last Period Of The Warr In Park Lane, the railings of Among streets which were Hyde Park were darn up. There damaged were Bond Street, Ox- reparations made west of the were a few casualties and many ford Street, Mayfair, Bruton bckles, our army would now escapes. Four men were killed in Street, Park Lane, Saville Row, take the offensive and advance to-june big house, which was destroy-Regent Street and Piccadilly. The wards the east coast. This would ed.

Royal Arcada, Burlington Arcade, usher in the fourth and the last "Ona "miraculous öscape, ac› Burlington House, headquarters of period of the warmth A

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the Royal Academy, Burlington Each perlod would probably last street famous for men's tatio Gardens and two famous squares, one or two years; the third and ...... Ing.

Berkeley Square. and Sloane the fourth periods would last the A direct hit sent a four-storey Square, also suffered damage... longest. Thus the war would last business house crashing into rub-| Thus the Nazi self-termed "re- at least olx or seven years, t might ble. A caretaker's family was "iri prisul talus" continue to strike at leven dräg out to last longer, the basement and was not hurt, purely civil targets. British

If and when Japan, Terputation fulthough everyone was blinded by Wireless.