WARM ENCOMIUMS
GREAT MILITARY FEAT
TV,* n SYDNEY, Feb. 6. tpJcLPuke and Duchess of Gloucester sent a message congratulating General Mac Arthur as soon as they heard that United States forces had entered Manila.
The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin. said: lnis is the most satisfactory day I have known since the war began. The news that Allied forces are once again in Manila is an indication of the great transformation that has been effected Australia's rejoicing can best be expressed by complete devotion to duty until tho last blow is struck" "Today General Mac Arthur is back !"™ n!la. as he promised in March, 1942, says the Sydney "Daily Telegraph," in a leading article. "The achievement is one of the most remarkable exploits in military history. History will be astounded that so much was accomplished so quickly with so
The "Sydney Morning Herald" says: The tide of Japanese conquest is ebbing fast. With the loss of the Philippines the main props of the 'Coprosperity Sphere' will be knocked away and the whole grandiose edifice will be in danger of collapse." President Roosevelt has sent a message of congratulation to the Philippines. President Osmena, saying that the American people "rejoice in the liberation" of Manila. He warned the Japanese that their world of treachery, aggression, and enslavement cannot survive.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 31, 6 February 1945, Page 5
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