Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-02-22

more than quarter a century and the Hearst
have always urged appropriate measures against It,
The Japanese in the Pacific now challenging and
frightening reality and of the Hearst newspapers are
urging adequate and effective measures against it.
1t would comforting be able to report that present urg
ing of appropriate and adequate of war more pro-
dcve than past urging of me asures of preparation
Unhappy there little onfort in the actual situation
Repeated and prolonged warnings did not prepare the United
States for the long foreseen wa with Japan.
Our national policy after more than year or
costly and discouagng humiatng with Japan ignores
the ruthless power and savage menace of the Japanese
r EFT us examine the obvious and ominous facts
II The Japanese possession of the Philippines and Guam
and Wake Islands. -
They are strongly consolidated the rich Dutch East Indies
and in the strategic South Pacific
Moreover they hold the vital outer islands OF the Aeutans
chain which but adjacent to the North American
mainland. -, -, .-
GHadaeana and Papua they have thus far held all
their gainswhch constitute vast part of the Pacific world
enormously and nexhaustiby rich in essential materials once
held by allies to the exclusion of Japan but now held
by Japan to our exclusion.
This is grim but realistic appraisal apr o;unouou
Icals employment of all the military naval and air power
possess and produce in immediate and intense effort to
drive the Japanese from our Pacific Islands and deed from ne
very shores of mainland.
Instead have employed only sufficient force against the
Japanese Pacific them locally while they were
preparing behind this the forces and supplies for their
major strategy,
THE Hearst Newspapers have always believed that the envous
and ambitious acqusve and ba1barous Japanese should be
confronted with overwhelming American military naval and air
This advocated for before Pearl Harbor
which the have openly coveted for generations
and which they always wanted and intended to invade
advocated the most essential and lndls
pensabe to the WINNING OF THE PRESENT WAR.
Pacific will be safe from Japanese invasion
until Japan completely defeated and the Pacific Coast
invaded by the Japanese the United States whole will face
occupation.
Japan utterly confident of her ability invade and
the American mainland and confident is dangerous
enemy.
Japan has already succeeded in conqueng vast empire
If she allowed entrench herself in her newly acquired
empire and to develop the of oil and tin and copper
other material that she has acquired the possession of
the Pacific Islands, she will have the to poong the
Indefinitely and perhaps prevent the United Nations from
reganng their territory and from invading subdued
Japan.
FURTHERMORE likelihood might
opposition Occident include India China
Of Asiatc and policy
their dominion the Occ
dental inevitably will the of wends its
westward
should that this Asatic does not happen NOW when
the Occidental divided themselves and thus
exposed to possible Oriental invasion.
American should employ full wonderful and
unexamped production It's entire of will and for the
defeat and destruction of Japan
Annoyance and delay enough Aton not enough Total
special whole country.
easily remediabe but persist is
than folly.
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