TOKIO WARNINGS
AT CROSS-ROADS POSSIBILITIES OF CLASH FIGHTING SPIRIT URGED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Nov. 21, 3 p.m.) NEW YORK, Nov. 20. A message from Tokio states that the Japanese Prime Minister, General Tojo, explained to the Upper House committee that a large amount of reserve funds were being kept because Japan was confronted with an unprecedented crisis. “She literally stands at the crossroads and must rise or fall,” he declared. Addressing the Lower House committee, Major-General ICenryo Sato gave the opinion that Japan’s next war, if it occurred, would be aimed at breaking the “anti-Japanese encirclement” and would be on a scale without precedent. Therefore, it was urgently necessary for the Japanese people to promote the fighting spirit. He gave a warning that it would be impossible to completely shut out enemy planes, which undoubtedly would bomb the Japanese wooden houses in the effort to break the people’s morale. Japan should ascertain the greatest composure, irrespective of eventualities.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20620, 22 November 1941, Page 7
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