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EARLY JAP --U.S.A WAR FEARED
Grave Threat to The Philippines,
Singapore and Dutch East Indies
Matsuoka's Bitterness
(From Brooks McClure, "The
Sunday Times" Special U.S.A.
Representative)
NEW YORK, Saturday.
lt is believed in
many quarters that
war between the
United States and
Japan will follow
the passage of the
Lend or Lease Bill
now before Con-
gress. lt is consid-
ered that the Pacific
zone will be the first
scene of any Ameri-
can hostilities.
There are many de-
velopments to justify
American alarm at the
growing seriousness of
relationships with
Japan.
The Tokio newspaper
"Ashai" discussing re-
cent American dis-
patches describing pre-
parations against
Japan, reiterates its
warnings that Jap-
American relations have
reached threatening
proportions.
At least half a dozen
emergency conferences
have been called in
Tokio during the past
two or three weeks to
discuss the deterior-
ation of the situation.
INFLAMED TALK
Foreign Minister Mat-
suoka's public state-
ment, "We must control
the west Pacific," has
added further fuel to
the flames.
Opposing the United
States' objections t o
Japan's Pacific expan-
sion, Admiral Ryozo
Nakamura, an ex-mem-
ber of the Supreme
Council, urges Japan to
seize the Dutch Indies
instantly.
Major Evans Carlson, formerly
of the United States Marines, pre-
dicts a Japanese invasion of Thai-
land and the Dutch East Indies
within three months, while Hitler
strikes at Britain.
Admiral Yates Stirling, former-
ly of the United States Navy, in
an article featured by the United
Press, urges immediate Anglo
American-Dutch command of the
whole eastern theatre. He de-
clares that Hainan and Formosa
will be used as invasion bases by
Japan against the Philippines and
Singapore.
U.S. ATTITUDE
Indication of the United States'
attiude is provided by the an-
nouncement that the United States'
Pacific Fleet is fully manned and
equipped for action.
Discontinuance of the conversa-
tions between President Roosevelt
Foreign Secretary Hull and the Aus
tralian Minister (Mr. R. G. Casey)
may be taken as showing that a
scheme of Anglo-Australian-Ameri
can defence has been definitely
established and agreed upon.
General opinion,
which finds most favor
in informed quarters
here, is that Japan is
ready to gamble every-
thing in conjunction
with Hitler before the
United States' materi-
als, and perhaps men,
are mobilised to help
Britain and China des-
troy the Axis.
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