SHOULD NOT BE MADE EASY

Timaru Herald, Volume CLVIII, Issue 23259, 21 July 1945, Page 5

SHOULD NOT BE MADE EASY

Surrender Of Japan (9.45 p.m.) WASHINGTON. July 19. The Chinese Ambassador (Wei Taoming), at a Press conference, said too much attention was being paid to the Japanese peace feelers. “I think,” he said, “we should concentrate on defeating Japan rather than figuring out a way for the Japanese to surrender.” Asked whether he meant that the solution to the Japanese war was military rather than diplomatic, he said: “Yes, why should we try to make surrender easier for Japan?”

U.S. Plan War Into 1946 Peace Rumour Subside (9.45 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 19. With a statement that the United States Army and Navy leaders are planning for war against Japan to continue to at least the end of 1946, peace rumours that some significant development in the Pacific was imminent have subsided. The Washington correspondent of the Associated American press says the blunt truth is that 1946 has been set as the goal. He adds that the military leaders are assuming that the Japanese will fight to the bitter end. Thev are also planning a clean-up campaign in China, though what happens there will depend on Russia. If Russia comes in—a development which the Chiefs of Staff now in Berlin could plan—the Western Allies may have little fighting to do on the Asiatic mainland. He concludes: "Should the enemy wish to cease fighting at any time the terms are still unconditional surrender. As explained by President Truman they mean the end of Japanese militarism, but not the destruction of Japan.’’