Allied Account With Japan Will be Settled

Manawatu Times, Volume 68, Issue 161, 9 July 1943, Page 5

Allied Account With Japan Will be Settled

(British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 7. “The Chinese resistance has stirred the imagination of the world, declared the Foreign Secretary, Mr. Anthony Eden, speaking at a “Salute to China’ meeting in the Albert Hall to-night on the occasion of the sixth anniversary oi Japan’s attack on China. Mr. Eden said that the Allied nations had a fixed, grim resolve to teach Japan once ana for all that co-prosperity was not achieved by cruelty and oppression ana that “he who draws the sword shall perish by it.” Mr. Eden gave an assurance that the re-opening of communications with China remained “a prime Allied objective,” and he said that in planning the postwar world there was no chance oi stability in Asia without a strong, united China.

The Allies’ account with the Japanese would be settled, Mr. Eden declared. “We of the British Commonwealth and the Empire have a duty to our own people in the Far East imprisoned and enslaved by the Japanese. We also have a duty to those territories of the British Empire which have been over run to restore to their peoples the free dom and prosperity they enjoyed ana to assist in the development towards still better things. “We have a duty to our Allies, the Chinese in particular, to destroy the Japanese menace in the Far East ana join in making contributions to the better order in which all just men may live in peace,” he said. Mr. Eden added that he had no doubt about the defeat of Japan, but the Allies had no illusions about the magnitude of the task. It would be wrong to divorce the fighting in the West irom the fighting in the East. The recent successes of the Chinese Army naa played their part in the common struggle just as the Allied successes in North Africa had brought aid and hope to the sorely tried Allies in the East. Every thrust against the Axis in Europe brought nearer the day when the full force of the United Nations could be brought to bear against Japan. The day would come when the power that had opened the Mediterranean woind flow eastwards to overwhelm the Empire of Japan. The Allies' determination to send aid to China was not limited by political or financial considerations. They were doing their utmost to supplement the air routes now in use. Requests from the Chinese Government for instructors would be gladly met and the supply would be expanded shortly.