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Show able. ' The fact of these shipments is evidence that Japan does not expect ex-pect the Russians, when they finish fin-ish their war with Germany and Italy, to join the United States and Great Britain in a fight to the finish with Japan. Nothing else can explain Japan's acquiescence in the traffic going on. between Japan and her European allies is extremely loose and that the Japanese are not anxious to invite a Russian declaration of war at this time. It may even mean that the Japanese, in carrying out the terms of their non-aggression pact with Moscow, have a full understanding un-derstanding that Moscow will, in time, prove as faithful to the agreement. Lend-lease charts, exhibited in Washington, reveal that approximately approxi-mately one-third of our war shipments ship-ments to Russia travel across the Pacific to Siberia. These cargoes more with the full knowledge of Japan, in Russian ships and officials offi-cials in this country emphasize that they are restricted only by the number of Russian ships avail- JAPAN LETS SHIPS GO TO RUSSIA One of the most significant revelations rev-elations in connection with the wars now raging throughout the world is the willingness of Japan to permit Russian ships, loaded with war supplies in the United States, to steam unmolested through the Pacific ocean to Siberia. Sibe-ria. Obviously, Japan is not at war with Russia but the Japanese have an agreement with the Axis powers pow-ers of Europe. The Soviet is fighting fight-ing Germany and Italy, Japan's only friends, but the wily orientals do nothing to halt the shipment of war materials to Russia. This indicates that the alliance |
