JAPANESE WEAKNESS

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 221, 15 June 1944, Page 5

JAPANESE WEAKNESS

New York Editorial Opinion (By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Received June 14, 0.30 p.m.) NEW YORK, June 14. . Commenting on President Roosevelt’s suggestion that the Japanese will be forced to surrender or national suicide sooner than expected, the New York “Herald-Tribune,” in a leading article, says: “Japan’s position is almost ridiculously weak, and- the Japanese are temperamentally incapable of improving it in the only way possible—through abandoning the entire co-prosperity sphere—so that the remains of their mechant marine can handle the supply problem and so that their outclassed navy and air force may have some hope of prolonging the war in home waters till the United Nations are sick of it.

“Now, the British and American sea and air forces are almost ready to cut Japan’s overseas communications. Japan’s end cannot be dated till Germany cracks. Then the United Nations can fix the hour at their- convenience and discretion. There is no doubt that if it depends upon the American people’s industry and enthusiasm Tojo’s and Hiroshito’s shrift will be short.”