JAPAN'S FINAL GOAL
INVADERS WILL NOT RELAX EFFORTS United Press Association—By ®<rctrlc Telegraph—Copyright (Received October 26, 11.40 pun.) TOKIO, .October 26. “We Will not relax our efforts until we have succeeded in building a new China and laying the foundations of a permanent Far East peace,” declared General Itagaki, in an interview after the news of the occupation of Hankow. He added: “Only then sh.fi we stop. If necessary we will penetrate to the remotest parts of China. What the fall of Canton and Hankow means will be best known to Marshal Chiang Kai-Shek himself. He is now little more than a local chieftain, but for us its a mere milestone en route to the final and complete eradication of all influences embracing Communism and resisting Japan’s Just right and aims.”
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21178, 27 October 1938, Page 7
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131JAPAN'S FINAL GOAL Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21178, 27 October 1938, Page 7
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