BY-PASSING CHINA?

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21581, 7 December 1944, Page 6

BY-PASSING CHINA?

AMPHIBIOUS STRATEGY THE ASSAULT ON JAPAN iff) ami.) NEW YORK, Dec. (i. '“The Allies will strike directly at Japan without landing in China,” says jMr, Hanson Baldwin, the New York ITurifes’ military writer. He adds: the Allies arc by-passing fCipfri 1 ' and substituting amphibious .strategy . for continental strategy. l&Viehi a direct route promises a more .-rapid decision than could be gained by.Vft prior landing in China.” . ■\ Admiral King. United States' Navy ;Gbief, in an article in the Army and .Navy Journal, says: “The correct formula for success in the war hgaihst the Japanese homeland is Timing, co-ordinated with striking •power. This war has gone increasingly Well lately. Our submarines Mid planes are cutting deeply into Vital Japanese shipping and our fleetsbare moving in the Central Pacific unchallenged. • Japan’s capacity to"maintain the war at sea from her advanced areas has suffered progressively. The picture must appear threatening to Japan.” Admiral King said new weapons and secret methods were aiding the Allies, but they were sure to be met by counter-measures.