| Show anks Destroy 92 nI 1 ap P Vessels V I n n Three Weeks k f Knox Warns Against Foolish Optimism Nip Losses Include Two Cruisers pour Destroyers as U. U S. S Loses Two Subs j WASHINGTON G Feb 22 UP Secretary P-Secretary Sec Secretary of the thc Navy Knox Kno Tuesday the destruction of 92 Japanese vessels v sels in the t U weeks but warned there is nothing to justify any of an early e end d. d of the war in the Pacific Nothing is gained by foolish foolish- m in a war war of f this this kind kindt t R e I id d at ta a news conference I nie navy secretary said he had 14 a tendency in comment M ti the attack to go wild In Inthe r I the e. e c continued we we haven't haven t wt d the strength of the Jap- Jap rJ We are arc operating only In Intermediate defenses we yet entered the inner deot de- de of ot th the empire With Undersecretary James V. V F ital c charged arged with i at his side Knox 14 ii undu optimism results in a 1 I fraction action decline and declared t manufacturing must be main main- d peak d.-peak at peak capacity fit Sobs Lost Lost i i to lie threeS three weeks durin during which submarines airplanes a cr craW craft f destroyed 3 royed ed 92 1 t it ve Vessels v els he said said- our our two submariner ri e The Theis ps is sun sunk he hoe said if in tw light ight cruisers four de- de d one ne seaplane tender ender and t other combat vessels J 1 eother r. r Japanese ship losses er leven fleet tankers ers three 53 cargo ships and 15 j vessels In addi- addi Knox Kno said one light cruiser bly was sunk and eight non- non b. b vessels pr probably bably were were i V t down 11 l Ih cautioning a against undue op op- tolan he said that Admiral G iter W W. Nimitz commander commander- of the Pacific fleet has in In- In ltd ted that he favors attacks attacks' on one onie ie e C Chine Chis hi n e s coast Knox reed re- re inked ed in that connection that w te e Japanese army has has' suffered f ry rt little this far and is big lg Jell equipped and fanatically ve ie 1 No Joke We ive are learning in Italy he 1 that beachheads are arc no I. I h. h and in China the they may prove tty ty costly until we have have gone much er than we we have so far we wee We e no grounds for optimism I OX compared the Japanese thus far tar with that in the th t great eat war fought by Japan huh the Nipponese were vicious vic vic- ious aus over Russia In that war kId iId the fighting began with a sneak attack on Port ur which lich he compared with December 7 7 1941 raid on onyn yn rl Harbor The Japanese walte wait wait- I. I he e said until the Russian thad had extended I itself and was J from pm its bases then launched 1 out all attack which In that was successful 1 if there was an Dr th the American fleets fleet's being f ded too far and possibly same f te- te as the Rus- Rus fleet he replied It win not l. l just back from a It tour tit Ih Pacific lc bases basc and observation ff e American America attack on tIn In the the- Marshall islands joi joined ed the we W warning a against any l letl let let- tIn t- t J i l in production nt he man maii with the offensive alc al al- y c commands the opportunity y ri i rise he said As the fleet tit U Westward well we'll need more d mare more U of ot that supporting er described the Pacific Lf t La al Providing distances nc s ra rather n the th enemy as the principal M j and said that the big job H- H t fa lo IO our fit fiat is only as good as CS DUr r reach reath ca he added If lilt you l t h tJ the enemy you'll just justi K a i i. i |
