POLICY CHANGES
WAR AGAINST CHINA
Hope Abandoned Of Victory
By Force
United Press A ssoclution.—Copyright. Roc. 1 p.m. LONDON, May 9 The Japan "Times Advertiser," journal of the Japanese Foreigr Office, discussing Japan's policy to ward China, editorially, abandons hope of overcoming China through force and advocates reducing the scale of hostilities in order tc promote peaceful conditions and improved trade. Colonel Akiyama, Japanese mili tary spokesman at Shanghai, referring to the "Times Advertiser" editorial, said: "The Japanese Armv can t catch the Chinese. This eontih ental arena is too large, but if the Chinese assume the offensive we are confident of being able to trap and annihilate them." A Chungking message says that 63 Japanese bombers raided Chungking. About 50 people were killed. The house of Sir Archibald Clark Kerr. British Ambassador to China, was damaged.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 109, 10 May 1941, Page 9
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