Show J Japs ps Begin Pea Peace e Offensive as as' as New Al Alerts Sound S und Australian Army Minister Forde Forcie Declares Big Push by Allies Will Prove Staggering Spectacle By Associated Press Japan launched an apparent peace off offensive Tuesday as new air raid alarms were reported report d to have bave sounded in central central and western Japan and the Japanese cabinet received details details' on f the damage inflicted by American bombers in Saturdays Saturday's historic assaults on Tokyo Na Nagoya oya and Kobe While warning of ot the propaganda da danger American officials ls a al already al- al ready have disc discounted such an axis peace drive with the declaration bloc that hat the Tokyo Rome-Berlin-Tokyo could not be trusted in a negotiated negotiated negotiated peace The new air raid alarms In Japan were the second since planes with the U. U S S. insignia spread flaming destruction and terror across a a. mile 1000 trail last Saturday Didn't Mention Bombs A A. Berlin broadcast said the alarms alarms' sounded in in the afternoon and were lifted in central Japan by an clear all-clear at 5 p. p m m. Japanese Japan Japan- ese time 2 a a. a m m. Salt Lake war wartime wartime wartime time For central Japan the all clear sounded about 5 p p. p m m. while the alarm remained In force for western west west- em ern Japan especially for Kyushu th the broadcast said Kyushu one of the four main islands of the Japanese archipelago arch archi pelago lies nearest to China and andIs Is the scene of the great naval base a teeming industrial belt and the port of Nagasaki Japans Japan's west west coa coast t faces China Indicating that the planes may have come from the Chinese main main- land Imperial Tokyo headquarters said Mond Monday y that some of the big U. U S S. S bombers which took part partin in the raids Saturday hAd esI escaped escaped es es I to bases in China The German broadcast did not 1 say whether any bombs were dropped In Tokyo J Japanese Ja p nese cabinet ministers ministers min mm- belittled the damage in inflicted in- in flitted in Saturdays Saturday's raids assert ing that the transportation system system tem tern was hardly disturbed that the postal service was fully re resumed resumed resumed re- re soon after the planes left and that Japanese life was affected affected affected af af- af- af only in m a few instances Tojo Plans Inspection It was announced that Premier General Hideki Tojo would leave Tokyo Wednesday for a tour of industrial establishments in Miye prefecture This is a district some miles west of Tokyo just west of the Nagoya industrial district It contains contains con con- the port of which Saturdays Saturday's reports said was visited by machine-gunning machine enemy planes and many industrial establishments establish establish- ments making war supplies A Dome French language broadcast gave some further details details de de- de- de tails of the raids The broadcast quoted the opera- opera Continued on P Pare E Three Column Six TOKYO EXTENDS PEACE GESTURE I Continued from Irom Page One report of a certain Japanese air squadron as saying that interceptor interceptor inter inter- planes rose to meet two enemy planes reported flying over Mito on the Pacific coast 60 miles northeast of Tokyo Claims Raider Intercepted Shortly after 1 p p. p m. m they picked up an enemy plane which seemed to be of the North American American American Amer Amer- ican B 25 type flying at less than 1000 meters the report continued This plane surprised by the Japanese Japanese Japanese Japa Japa- nese attack reduced its altitude when an antiaircraft battery opened fire from a certain point The enemy plane then attacked with machine gun fire and flying close to the ground fled along a certain river jettisoning some bombs in the river The Ton Toni Tone river flows into the Pacific south of Mito and east of Tokyo The enemy plane then then climbed climbed but was attacked again over island 60 miles southwest of Tokyo at 1500 meters It caught fire and lost altitude gradually gradually gradually grad grad- fin finally lly disappearing in the clouds But from the circumstances circumstances circumstances circum circum- stances it appears the plane must have fallen into the sea While Japan thus minimized the first aerial attack in her hei history three days after the ini initial shock had worn off Australia's army minister Francis M. M Forde de declared declared declared de- de in Brisbane that the war has turned in our favor and that the approaching allied offensive will be a staggering spectacle The day for it to be unleashed is not yet here Forde said but it is not too far off To think the Japanese will concentrate concentrate concentrate con con- on India and not come here would be foolishness We must be prepared for the worst Peace Offensive Hinted Signs of a possible Japanese peace offensive cropped up Ina in ina ina a Tokyo broadcast quoting Toyohiko Toyohiko Toyohiko Toyo- Toyo hiko Japans Japan's best known Christian leader as declaring Prayers are being said daily for an early conclusion of the war and restoration of peace throughout through through- out the world In this connection authoritative observers have forecast a Japanese Japan Japan- ese peace drive as soon as she had conquered the territories desired in her greater east Asia sphere With the rise of allied offensive power Japan may now feel ready to call quits Only Monday Director Archibald MacLeish of the U U. S S. S office of facts and figures warned that an axis peace offensive offensive as as much a nazi weapon as as asa a nazi mechanized division division was was s scheduled to be launched at America this summer summer Russ Jap-Russ War Looms Meanwhile Chinese reports said the Japanese were speeding preparations preparations preparations prepa prepa- rations for possible war against Russia heavily reinforcing their garrisons in Inner Mongolia which borders soviet Siberia west of On the Burma war front a furious furious furious furi furi- ous battle was reported raging around in the heart of Burmas Burma's ruined oil fields as British tank-led tank infantry and a a. Chinese rifle regiment sought to annihilate isolated Japanese troops Chinese military dispatches said Chinese reinforcements had recaptured recaptured recap recap- saving saYing encircled British troops and supply trucks in the first allied victory of the Burma campaign Chinese troops drove the invaders three miles south of the oil town United States naval heroes The heroes The navy announced that four American Ameri Ameri- can submarine commanders had been awarded navy crosses for daring raids in Japanese waters including a rare clash in which an American submarine torpedoed and possibly sank a Japanese under- under seas craft United Australia Australia United States army headquarters reported that allied warplanes made ranging far-ranging attacks attacks attacks at at- tacks from Australian bases during during during dur dur- ing the week end striking at the big Japanese base at Dutch Timor New Britain Britain Britain Brit Brit- ain and New Guinea |