Show president predicts japs will be hard to beat washington D C president S serelo ergle ot of the philippines now in process of complete quer 1 n 4 from the japanese and from which general douglas mae mac arthurs ina land forces under admiral iral chester nimitz M will swing into final ja action against I 1 I 1 I 1 the enemy today issued a statement in be halt half of the mighty seventh war loan president Os menas menal s statement was re re leased by briga balga adler general carlos carlo P romu lo 10 resident commissioner of the philippines to the united states at the philippine offices here president said needless to say we filipinos are very pleased with the signal successes achieved by the united states and her allies during rece recent nt months after a long and hard struggle the germans have been pushed to the brink of overwhelming defeat and the end of the war in europe is now clearly in sight in the PacI pacific our gains have been no less impressive under the inspiring leadership of such men as general macarthur and admiral nimitz the japanese have been dislodged from one position after another in their iu ill gotten empire in this connection my people and I 1 are extremely grateful that the philippines are now being liberated from the tyrannical rule of the enemy happy as I 1 am that my country will soon be able to live in peace again much remains to be done be fore japan is fully beaten aside from the additional campaigns which will be needed to obtain military victory in the pacific there is also the human factor to be considered in that other peoples of the far east eagerly await to be freed from the enemy we filipinos know only too well from experience what it means to be under japanese domination one of the outstanding feats of the war has undoubtedly been the effective fashion in which the united states has overcome the formidable obstacles of distance in supplying the pacific large quantities of 0 supplies will be needed however to deliver the final crushing blows against a ruthless luth less and fanatical enemy all of us can make certain that these supplies are available for our armed forces by giving enthusiastic support to the seventh war loan drive |