CHINA’S PART

Grey River Argus, 25 January 1943, Page 2

CHINA’S PART

IN FIGHT AGAINST JAPAN. SYDNEY, Jan. 23. “We shall defeat Japan when the air hand from China and the naval hand from the Pacific reach out and take her by the throat. When that time comes Japan’s nerveless fingers will fall weakly away from Malaya, from the Philippines and from tne Netherlands East Indies and their gropings towards Australia will cease. Burma must be recaptured, the gateway to China re-opened and an attack cn a grand scale developed as near as possible to the China-Japan frontier. This view of the strategy necessaty to defeat Japan is given by a 1 member of the Australian War Council and a former Frinie Minister, Mr. K. G. Australian assessment of China’s vital role in the war against Japan throws into relief cutrent American consideration of China s position during the recent period the Pacific defensive. . The American view is that tnere are not yet nearly enough American forces enjoyed in the Pacific to count er Japan.