LOST FACE TWICE

New Zealand Herald, Volume 79, Issue 24368, 2 September 1942, Page 3

LOST FACE TWICE

SET-BACK FOR JAPANESE GREATER BATTLES TO COME CSpecial Australian Correspondent) (Real. 10,10 p.m.) SYDNEY, Sept, 1 Australia's natural elation at the victory at Milne Bay is well expressed by the Svdnev Sun, which says: "Not in this area'alone will its effects add strength to the arms of the United Nations. The victory of our jungle fighters will surely reverberate throughout China and India and its tonic effect will hearten and inspire every country which had reason to fear Japanese domination of the Pacific. "But make no mistake —there will be greater and more critical battles than Milne Bay. and they must be won. Rabaul is the key to the situation, and until the enemy is hurled from that base the South-west Pacific cannot feel secure." World newspapers pay tribute to the Australians for their victory over the Japanese. They emphasise that, following the heavy blow struck by the United States' Marines in the Solomons, .Japan has lost face twice in a short period. Government sources at Washington praise the "grim Australian legions whose courage and tenacity in beating back the Japanese Milne Bay invaders are an inspiration." The London Evening Standard says the South-west Pacific has again proved its claim to aid. "not only by reason of its geographical position, but also by the great performances of its fighting men." INVADING EUROPE MEDITERRANEAN BEST AREA (Reel. 11 p.m.) CANBERRA, Sept, 1 The theory that the invasion of central Europe might best bo tackled through Italy and the southern Balkans was advanced by the High Commissioner for the French Pacific, Hear- . Admiral d'Argenlieu. Though a Channel invasion would liberate northern France and the Low Countries, he thought it would he a difficult base for ' an invasion of Germany because of the enemy's defensive strength in the west, i It was of major importance that Ger- • manv and Italy should be pushed right i out of Africa, he said. If the Allies still ! possess the initiative at Dakar they should act there immediately.