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Show CHURCHILL PAYS HOMAGE TO JAPS FOR THEIR AID LONDON Dec 11 10 55 p m Be ply ng to h s congratulat ons on the tory of the Br t sh squadron over the Gernans off the Falkland slands Winston Spencer Church 1 , f rst lor 1 of the adm ralty today cabled the lap anese m nister of marine as follows With the t nking of the Scha a horst Gne seau Le pzig and Nurn berg the who e Ge man sq adron wh n had ts base at Tsingtau M the out b eak of the wai as boen destroyed and the base tselt red ced and cap t el , , Th s event narks the cone us on 01 1 e act ve operat ons n wh eh the al 1 ed fleets have been engaged n the Pac f e f 0 four months Though t has fallen to a Brit sh squa on n the 60uth Atlantic to strike 1 e f na) blow t was largely ow ng to tie powe f 1 and ntir ng ass stan e ende el by the Japanese fleet that tl e It Id een aeh eve 1 H d the ene v turned west aga n the honors 0 Id 1 a e restel w th the Ju aneso a d Aust al an squadrons mov ng forward n the general com b nat on The peace of the Pac f e is now for the tune being estored and the commerce of all nations can proceed w th safety thro ghout the ast eoc 1 anso from the coasts of Mozamb que tp those of South America The espuls on of the Germans from the east s con plete and with good and v g lant arrangements by all a return by them should be rendered extremely dffcultfanl hazardous I tal e the opport n tv of vou ex collencj s cord al message to express on behalf of the Br t sh and Austral an n v ps earnest recogn t on of the , nva uable naval ass stance of Japan |