Evening star., 1941-12-12
laps Certain 10 Lose.
Russian Paper Says
In First Comment
Pruvdo Cites Americas
Resources; Sees Long
War in Pacific
py the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Dec. 12.-The Com
munist party newspaper Pravda, in
the first Russian comment on
United States-Japanese hostilities,
said today the Japanese aggressor
has plunged into a very hazardous
adventure which bodies him nothing
but defeat"
American reserves will grow while
Japan's reserves will become ex-
hausted, the newspaper predicted,
and that will decide the issue of
the war. Japan will indisputably
suffer defeat"
The comment was circulated by
Tass, the official Russian news
agency.
The war in the Pacific will I'M
doubtedly be long and protracted,
Pravda predicted, but the United
States possesses a tremendous su-
periority'' over Japan in production
capacity for the present war of
motors and reserves
Resources of Raw Materials.
In comparison with the United
States Japan is poor as regards
resources of raw materials and her
production machine cannot even
be compared with that of America.
1t is sufficient to point out that the
production capacity of American
metallurgy reaches nearly 81 900 600
tons of steel year, which is double
the capacity Of Germany, Italy and
the territories occupied by Fascism.
and Is times more than the produc-
ton capacity Of japanese metallurgy
which barely reaches 1000, 900 tons
q year"
In reserves of manpower there is
no comparison Pravda said for
Japan faces the united front of the
United States, Great Britain and
China.
Inc Russian newspaper said the
japanese ''treacherously and With
out warning attacked American
and British possessions and the
widespread simultaneous attack
.testlfled that the aggression had
been carefully prepared beforehand.
Talks Called Camoufiage.
lne negotiations which japanese
representatives conducted in Wash
mgton were manifestly intended to
camouhage preparations for this
treacherous attack. Japan resorted
TO the method with which the Soviet
people is familiar from experience
OF war against bloodthirsty Hitler,
who in the same treacherous man
neT. like bandit, attacked the Sow
let Union"
The suddenness Of the premedi-
tated attack determined certain
temporary successes of the Japan
ese armed forces. The Americans
sustained rather serious losses. They
lost certain number of aircraft and
Warshlps Great Britain similarly
sustained losses. A not inconsider-
able number of -combatants be-
came victims of aggression"
The newspaper said the results of !
the first days of war in the Pacific !
clearly demonstrated that the Jap !
anese aggreSSor wanted to strike a
blow at once at the most important |
strategic bases of the United States
in the Pacific as we'll as at the vital
strategic centers Of the British EN-
pire.
However, Japan's initial sue
cesses can by no means predetermine
either the further course of mill
tary events or still less the out
come Of the war. The fact that Ger
many and Italy also declared var
on the United States does not alter
this situation.
If Japan counted on the
possibility Of lightning victory she I
is in for disappointment no less /
cruel than that suffered by blood |.
thirsty Hitler as the result of his |
bandit attack on the Soviet Union"
Pravda predicted a sharp in
tensifcation of activity on the
Chinese front
The aggression did not come as
complete surprise to the United |
States because "a majority of the |
American people long ago realized |
the formidable danger threatening
the whole world in connection with
the predatory war initiated by Hit /
Ter and his allies the Communist !
organ said.
Without being formally at war
with Hitlerite Germany the United
States firmly took its place in the
Hnti-Hitler front rendering extensive
assistance to the powers fighting
against Nazi tyranny. The United |
States made use of the breathing
space afforded by the agglessors in
order to develop its var industries"