No Other Alternative But to Capitulate
BRITISH OPINION ON JAPANESE DILEMMA (Special Correspondent.) Received Friday, 7.50 p.m. LONDON, August 10. The declaration of war by Russia is regarded here as sealing the doom of Japan. Taken together with the atomic bomb, it is believed the Japanese have no other alternative but to capitulate. Yet when they make that decision is anybody’s guess. Whether the capitulation of Japan would at the same time entail the surrender of the Japanese forces in conquered territories is regarded as an interesting point, but there is a belief that if the capitulation is signed by the Emperor himself there would be no other alternative. Meanwhile it is. borne in mind that the Japanese Army unlike the Navy and Air Force has not been tamed, and is still a strong force particularly in Manchuria where it is estimated that there are half a million men.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 70, Issue 189, 11 August 1945, Page 5
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