The 02ZG0II STATESMAN, SaLwn. Orjon. Sunday Morning; May 23. 1315
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Military Strategists Believe
: Nips Would Qiut War Soon,
I As Kefeiat Becomes Olmbite
some good, aggressive fliers In by
passed sectors. British, carrier air
men just art getting Into tha field:
But thai thousands ... of seasoned
American pilots plus thousands of
others winding up training at a
hug New Guinea center will sup
ply the main punches. j
I At sea, tha Aussies hava some
affective warships and tha British
Pacific fleet la in action. But "Am
erican naval power, sufficient to
handle tha Job; is so gigantic aa
to jam all available forward bases.
kling the knockout blows once as
Aeround. the proud Australians,
tions. They- probably will, ntjtha
rellabla American dtghboT .f-rh
has whipped jungle heat, malaria
mosquitoes,, tedium and a foa who
sembly baseaare xuuy nunawi
and tha all-important supply lines
whose performances particularly
tn the sapply f .food hara heea
have heaped high tna stockpiles.
leaving tha British too far to tha I heroic, hop to 'have at least a
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 19.-,TJ-Many ol tha top-ranking army,
UV7 and air strategists, -mounting tha all-out offensive In tha Pacific,
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Japan will quit the war when her military defeat becomes obvious
rather than continue
have gained a name
passed islands; -- .
I Defeat win not likely become
obvious to 'Japan unT the Japa
nese homeland Is invaded.
;: Tha emperor is a key figure in
the Pacific's war picture and if
he ever gives the word for his war
ring subjects to cease fire every
Japanese, j wherever ha is, im
mediately will lay down his wea
pons. I
Specnlatloa idle
- There is no sound basis for
' speculating when the war will end.
It could end in a relatively short
' time and efforts are bent toward
that result but its! duration is
strictly up to Japan. Any effort
of the enemy toward a compro-
. mise : Short of unconditional sur
- render is foredoomed.
Japan cannot long wage, an ef
fective war in China and Manchur-
.. la if the homeland falls.
The key to success or failure in
the Pacific is the supply line. The
Allies are '.winning because of
brilliant successes in bridging the
Pacific's staggering distances. Ja
pan is losing, despite tough, bit
ter-end resistance, primarily be-
cause-her supply lines are cut.
These impressions were obtain
ed on a 26,000 mile air tour of the
, Pacific which took in the Mar
tanas, the Philippines, Australia
and subsidiary island supply and
service bases.
Toe Men Interviewed
i They are the product of confer
ences with such men as Gen. Doug
las MacArthur, " commander-in
chief of all army ground forces
; la the Pacific; Adm.' Chester W,
Nimitz, commander-in-chief of
Pacific naval forces; Adm.! Sir
Bruce Fraser, commander of the
British Pacific fleet; Gen. Sir
Thomas Blarney, commander of
Australian ground forces; and such
air leaders as Gen. George C. Ken
ney, commander of the far eastern
airforce, Lt. Gen. Curtis LeMay,
"key man in the B-29 raids on Ja
' pan, and Ma j. Genj Willis Hale,
commanding army air forces in the
Pacific ocean areas. Navy and
marine air strategists also were
consulted. i
One of the high ranking lead
ers, a keen student of Japanese
thinking, discussed; frankly the
likelihood of the greatest revolu
tion in history within the Japanese
homeland once the Nipponese man
- on the street sees for himself that
his war lords are not infallible,
War Lords Idolised
This , strategist pointed out that
the fanatical resistance for which her soldiers
on long by-
for some 2,000 years, during which
Japan never lost a war, the belief
has been built up that the war
lords are endowed with an ability
never to make a . serious mistake.
Once this belief, still preserved by
rigid propaganda measures, is
punctured brutally by rising air
blows , and the. appearance of in
vading armies, this particular lead
er foresees- the distinct possibility
of a revolution "the like of which
the world has never seen before."
' The broad assessment of the
situation currently is this: ...
Japanese Navy Beyond all
doubt, it is a crushed force. Adm.
Thomas Kinkaid, commander of
the US 7th fleet, pointed out,
however, that should Japan ever
manage to get her still usable
warships all in one spot they could
cause trouble.
Japanese Air Force Although
deteriorating, it still has destruc
tive power, particularly among its
suicide squadrons; its planes are
good and there still are many of
them; but the earlier losses in
personnel have been heavy, re
sulting in a speeding up in train
ing and a consequent drop in the
quality of airmen.
Japanese Amy At least one
fourth of it either has been de
stroyed .or rendered strategically
impotent The other three fourths
comprise a formidable force; the
Japanese are tough, relentless
fighters but they- can't hold out
if their factories fail them. One
famed American leader said the
job - is to defeat the Nipponese
"without bleeding us to death."
Aa American Show ..
The drive toward Tokyo seems
destined to remain predominant
ly an American show. -
In the air, the Aussies have
Card Club Entertained
At Independence Home
INDEPENDENCE The Night
Hawk Card club met at the Orley
Browns' May 11. Two tables were
in play. The traveling prize was
won by Mrs. Jonas Graber; the
high prizes for men and women
were won by Mrs. Joe Rogers and
Jonas Graber, and the low prizes
by Mrs. Clyde Comstock and Joe
Rogers.
.AT THE FRONTl
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been necessarily hard or, dan
gerous. There 1 was the time
when they got an emergency
call from a forward unit that a
new type of German butterfly
bomb had been found. It turned
out. to be a German gas mask
cannister. ' )
Another time a colonel report
ed he saw two bombs drop with
out exploding. Itj took diplom
acy for the boys; to break the
news to him that he had merely
seen a P-47 jettison a couple of
gas tanks. " 'j t
V-E day was just another day
to these boys. Of course it means
they know that eventually they
win get this job ! done, but al
ready, they are studying up on
Japanese booby traps. !
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