SIGN OF DEFEAT
FANTASTIC LIES BY JAPANESE Reed. 6 p.m Sydney, Jan. 3. war proivaganda was depending increasingly uj>on fantastic lie* to explain away her recent crushing defeats, said General Sir Thomas Blarney, who arrived by air from New 'Guinea to-day. “The Japanese are being fed on bigger and better lies the worse the* military position becomes.” he* sail "Despite all hi> boastings of imaginary victories, th, enemy north of Australia has been outmoded and outnumbered. He h<\s been steadily pushed back, and his forces almost annihilated in battle after battle. At one time we heard a let about, the willingness ot the .Ta nnesee to di-' foi his country. Now there scorn to be a.lot of them who don’t want to die. It is only a question of time and materials naval, air and military equipment -before he will be finally beaten. No nation can take a scries ot defeats and gain hope out of them, especially when the material situation is changing rapidly against
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19440105.2.50
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 3, 5 January 1944, Page 4
Word Count
166SIGN OF DEFEAT Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 3, 5 January 1944, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.