NEARS AMERICA

Dominion, Volume 35, Issue 43, 14 November 1941, Page 7

NEARS AMERICA

Japanese Envoy On His Mission HOPE OF SUCCESS Nomura Reported To Have Resigned (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received Nov. 13, 11.30 p.m.), NEW YORK, November 12. The special Japanese emissary to Washington, Mr. Kurusu, arrived at Honolulu today on' the Pacific Clipper and is expected to reach San Francisco tomorrow. In an interview at Honolulu he declared that he was most hopeful about the success of his mission.

The London “Daily Express” states that the Japanese Ambassador to Washington, Admiral Nomura, has resigned.

The National Broadcasting Corporation of America heard Tokio radio say: “The United States and Britain are already in a state of undeclared war with Japan. Undeclared war has been caused by the fact that Britons and Americans have formed a united bloc against Japan. All that will follow now will be in the military field, which will be the only logical consequence thereof.” Situation “Very Serious.”

The United States Attorney-General, Mr. Biddle, announced that the Justice and War Departments were preparing plans to handle the problem of enemy aliens which could be put into effect at short notice in the event of war. Mr. Biddle added that the situation in the Pacific was very serious and that Administration officials were much concerned. Tfie Washington correspondent of the “New York Times” reports that the likelihood of any direct conf’eXences between President Roosevelt and Mr. Kurusu receded as the President maintained his tentative plans to leave for Warm Springs, Georgia, before Sunday. This is regarded as significant, possibly indicating that the President has little hope that the Japanese attitude has changed. The Armistice Day speeches of Mr. Roosevelt and the Secretary of the Navy, Colonel Knox, coming on top of Mr. Churchill’s warning, have produced a profound impression in Japan as a final demonstration of AngloAmerican solidarity, says the Tokio correspondent of the “New York Times,” Otto D. Tolischus. Impact Of Speeches.

Their impact, he says, is such that they have been presented to the Japanese public only in carefully-edit-ed versions. The Press continues to denounce the speeches as outrageous, arrogant, and insulting. The “Asahi Shimbun,” Tokio, commenting on Mr. Churchill’s speech, said: “We know that a JapaneseAmerican war would naturally be a Japanese war against Britain also, and we are prepared. Whether it would be a hazardous adventure for the Japanese to plunge into the world struggle is not Britain’s business. That will be judged independently by Japan.” Reliable sources in Washington revealed that Marshal Chiang Kai-shek has appealed to the United States and Britain for military aid in the event of a Japanese move against the Burma Road.