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Show QUESTION ASKED ON JAPS' ARMY The New York Times asks: "What has happened to the Japanese Ja-panese army and why?" It reminds us that six months ago the Japanese were ready to march into Siberia and a month or two ago they were set for a campaign cam-paign from Burma toward Chungking. Chung-king. Certainly, the Japanese army continues to be a stronger military j machine than most Americans thought a few years ago. Appar-J ently it is held in place by some shortage, either of planes or ships. The probability is that the Japanese Japan-ese lack ships. This is clearly seen in the inability in-ability of the Japanese to land reinforcements re-inforcements and supplies in New Guinea and on Guadalcanal. The persistent use of cruisers and destroyers de-stroyers to make speedy dashes during the night, in the effort to land some supplies, demonstrates a shortage of cargo vessels, or, what is worse from the Japanese standpoint, the complete loss of sea and air control in the areas of contact with the enemy. |