COLD CALCULATION

Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21600, 10 December 1941, Page 5

COLD CALCULATION

NAZI METHOD FOLLOWED (Uolteh Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Cvyrlfftll/ LONDON, Dec. 9 The diplomatic correspondent of the Times says that Japan timed her attack for a moment when she found herself at the top of her striking power. Her attack was not so much an act of desperation as the resuit of cold calculation similar to the German attack against Russia. Japan, the Times stated, has food sufficient for at least two to three vears. apart from the supplies she counts on gaining, and she has enough oil for at least 15 months apart from her own inadequate but steady synthetic supplies. She is short of nickel and some non-ferrous metals, but she already possesses the finished products in her artillery / ammunition and growing navy. Japan, therefore, the Times concluded. is, like Germany, pitting her war machine, which is large but mainly limited, against Powers whose resources are not so highly developed but mainly unlimited.

A Tokio spokesman said it was thought that Russo-Japanese relations would remain as before, as the neutrality pact between the two countries was valid for five years.