Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-04-24 | Page 2 | Churchill Sees RAF Aiding Tokyo Bombing

Churchill Sees RAF Aiding Tokyo Bombing LONDON April 24 Prime WV-Prime Minister Winston Churchill promIsed promised promised prom prom- Saturday that the R it A F will wilt fly alongside Americans in the i bombing of Tokyo and other cities of Japan I In a message to General H. H H H. Arnold commanding American air forces he denounced the execution of ot captured American pilots w who o bombed Tokyo a year ago and said the British fliers mers earnestly look forward to the day when they will willbe willbe willbe be able to fly side by side with their American comrades to attack Tokyo and other cities of Japan and strip this cruel and greedy nation nation na na- na- na tion Uon of their power to molest the civilized world He caU called d the i Japanese act barbarous barbarous barbarous bar barous and cruel and said it re reve reveals re- re reve ve Js is the fear the Japanese have of seeing their military objectives bombed From New Delhi Deihl India meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time came an official announcement announcement announcement announce announce- ment that escaped pr prisoners told how the Japanese bayoneted to death British and Indian prisoners who were unfit for the work of carrying supplies for the Japanese army I army Bayonets were used to conserve ammunition it was said The official spokesman said re retaliatory re- re action would do no good since the Jape Japs dont don't care The Jap attitude is that a prisoner of ot war is as good as dead for he never will be able to go back to Japan It was also announced that 1572 British and 1942 Indian troops a total of were casualties Inthe Inthe in inthe the month tour campaign on the Burma front Of the fig fig- ture a total of were killed it was said The Japanese admit only killed in the campaign but the spokesman said at least 1000 and possibly more than 2000 Japanese were killed