“THROUGH BAD PATCH”
j JAPAN’S PRESENT ADVANTAGE LONGER VIEW ESSENTIAL (United Press Assn.— Elec. Tei. Copyright) WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 “The Allies are going through a bad patch, with Singapore’s downfall threatening,” said the British Ambassador to Washington, Viscount Halifax, in an interview, “but if the long view is taken the conflict appears differently. The Japanese are now placing an immense quantity of goods in the shop window, but we must not forget that, although the present war scene is far remote from America, it is also far remote from Japan. “Therefore Japan’s present advantage is solely due to naval superiority j in the Pacific; but this will end as soon as we build up ours, and we are doing it. What happened in Macassar . Strait foreshadows what the Allies will be able to do when their air and naval strength is built up, and that is coming as surely as day follows night. “The Allies do not need men, but they need mechanised implements. We have forces in England and India awaiting equipment, because this is a ‘battle of the workshops.’ ”
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Waikato Times, Volume 130, Issue 21654, 14 February 1942, Page 7
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