JAPAN WARNED
MUST FACE UP TO WAR
"Enemies Fighting Back And Regaining Footing"
Ret. 10.30 a.m. LONDON, OcUS. A warning against the erroneous idea that the Greater East Asia war would prove comparatively easy was given by the president of Tokyo university, Kunihiko Okura, in a speech in Tokyo.
Contrary to expectations," he said • our enemies seem to be fighting back and regaining their footing. They are fighting with aU their hearts. Therefore, if the Japanese people do not face the situation with a new, firm determination, they will be confronted with a terrible pn<j "Japan has lost many brave and loyal soldiers in the last five years. The people must not regard the war with the easy feeling that the enemv is just a Chinese army, or that victory oyer the United Nations is a sure thing, because they hear of rictories day after day. China is not the old China.
. *5 addition, America hay; really stood iip and is fighting with the mobilisation of her own vast- material resources.''
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 236, 6 October 1942, Page 3
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