PROBLEM OF OIL
DOMINATES JAPANESE SCENE.
PRESS THROWS OFF RESTRAINT.
SPHERE OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY.
(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Roc. 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, July 31. The problem of oil dominates the Japanese political scone, according to the “New York Times” correspondent at Tokio. The Commerce Ministry’s Fuel Bureau reported to Cabinet that Japan has enough oil stored for some time, but if supplies are. cut off Japan will have to act with great determination.
The Tokio press, shaking oft - restraint, sees Batavia’s action, in conjunction with the assumption by the United States of control of the Philippine forces, as part of a policy of encirclement. There should be even more determined efforts to construct a sphere, of self-sufficiency, enclosing China, Indo-China and Thailand. The construction of such a sphere is Japan’s Divine mission.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 248, 1 August 1941, Page 5
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