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Show her attitude toward Japan or suffer suf-fer the consequences. Reviewing Japanese accomplishments accomplish-ments in the Far East, he said that the oil fields of the Netherlands East Indies and Burma were being; repaired, that the Japanese army had seized an area two and a half times the size of the Japanese Empire Em-pire and that the Japanese military forces had captured 290,000 troops and hot down or destroyed about 1800 enemy aircraft. Japanese losses, up to April 30th, he said, amounted to 9,000 officers and men killed, and 20,000 wounded. 'JAPANESE PREMIER UNDERESTIMATES NATIONAL LOSSES The Japanese parliament recently recent-ly heard an address by its Premier, Pre-mier, General Hideki Tojo, who asserted as-serted that Japan would stay in the war "until the influence of Britain and America and their dreams of world domination are wiped out." This seems to indicate a long war for Japan. Much the same thing is envisioned by General Tojo's reference to India and Australia. Aus-tralia. Expressing the hope that the Indians In-dians will reject foreign troops, he warns that otherwise Japanese I troops will move against the British Bri-tish and Americans there. In the course of such a campaign "to our regret," he says, the innocent Indian In-dian people "would be made acquainted ac-quainted with the horrors of war." Australia is described as an "orphan "or-phan in the Pacific, now helplessly helpless-ly expecting Japan's attack." Aus-tralia, Aus-tralia, he warns, must reconsider |