EFFECT ON JAPAN

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 86, 12 April 1941, Page 7

EFFECT ON JAPAN

AXIS PROPAGANDA.

Balkan News Distorted To Discredit British.

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Mr. Walter Duranty, in ;i di-pa'ch t<> tilt- North American Newspaper Alliance. says the etTeet t.f the tiermail whirlwind capture t.f Salt.i.ika reflect s credit mi the ciiniiimr and r-kill ~f the Axis propaganda machine. For week- pa»t reader- ni l.tpaue-e new-paper> have hecn it.hi that srreat. Briti-h I'urces, which were actually s'.ated In number i'.OO.lliltl. had lantletl principally in the Salonika region. "ii thi- - j»«-»-:«.i i ~ ftniinl.it i,.n a tl.tu'Oe tl'tiu.t ii>ii wa- l'liilt ii|t: lii —; I\ . tii.u the Kriti-li li.nl it-,I ill.- .in.l i.i.-'k-initt a lit i] «t*lt— ]t..-it imi: -tv.ni,llv . that the Biiti-h then citiier I. ft them in the lurch or wit,, iiijiniciit 1.. ii\e aid. Mr. 1 'in an! \ m l ; 1 i- a tail !•<■-. thai . i:e a \ era L' < - 1 .1 j '.111 • ica,l«-r tiiink. tlie Uriti-h Arinv ha- lieeu lajtireil hailed. The .1 a lla Pi t— t i eat mcnt li!atantl\ inijili,-- that t lie (iieck camjiaiju i- \ir;i:ail\ tuer. Ihe t urn—]).nuleiit tejmn- tli.it the • lanain—.• K-lifie tli.it 1 Jit-ir ..|T. r 1 lie S.nict t,» participate in the taw inatvlial- ti-tmi Timilan.l an.l 1 ml.. ( iiii.a will ettiiii te? lta la nee the ( hin.i tlitVi.ullx :n Mr. M:it-unl.a i.it i.in- with the Sttxit-t. liitleetj. tlie Tliailai:! Intlu- ( hina area aj>jM-ar- In ]«• a lutm.- (mint " "ere -la|i.ine-e .tmlhwaitl c \ ]<a n-ii >u may really jiroeeetl mi a jmre eettintmic lia>i> witlu.iii military- |'t-uel rat imi.

Ho .-ee- fre-li 11*.111*1<* l"<>r tin- liriti-h blockade a ii.l l»i it i-h illl eTC -! - e.-ncra 11 v tii'oiicii .tapancsc relation* with ThaiIn ixl.

A rcj>i i-M-iila tiv <• of the \s-oeiated Pro— liiiiain •n-]...rt- from >ai-ou 1 hal the pro .lapauc-• Thailand < ...vcrnnicnt lia- been ..lorilin.vn j„ li,v our of a pro. I»i it i-h < io\ eminent. but continuation of this statement i- lacking.