“JAPAN IS READY”
next stage of war New York, Sept. 27. Japan has completed all preparations for “-he next stage of the war," said General Tojo in an address to the National Service Association at Tokio. He did not elaborate what the next stage would be. He also warned his audience that "the war has just begun. The enure nation must brace itself because it is total war and will be a long struggle.’’ Japan’s new Foreign Minister. Tam. said that when the Axis concentrated its total power Britain and America would be annihilated and a new world order established. “The precarious position of the United Nations explains their attemps to strengthen the anti-Japa-nese bases in Australia and China and to construct a second front,” he said. “japan’s successive victories nave made the;Allies concerned and impatient. They have been induced to abandon their original policy o. fighting a long war and now plan to ta'ke the bffensive against Japan as soon as hey have built up their armaments. Tani said that Japans policy towards Ruiia was unchanged. “Relations with] Russia in the Far Eastern territory are unchanged and tranquil,” he same _______
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 230, 30 September 1942, Page 5
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