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Predicts Long War Against Japanes.-■(OTririuedent home, believed the Asiatic w would not .end until 1949, Dissen ing with this opinion she believlt;| victory can be achieved rapidl!• dnce Americ; can throw her £u! force into the Far East theater, Raps Public Complacency | . Voicing sharp criticism of th ; complacency of the American peo iif.de dn; Japanese^wa^Wffc-- ¥lt;■ minded her audience of the va: 'empire that nation controls am of its strategical position in th'. world. She cautioned that their po ier.tial. manpoweF^arr^hari to*3**1r ~ITie’ pnysiciaa's wife said th j gravest danger is-not in the out come of the battles yet to i fought, but in a negotiated peae I wnich can follow. She continue j that already the fifth column c Japan is at work among our mis sionaries and in the, America.' churches to prey on their human '.ism in'conniving for a soft peace Prepared For Next War From this so-called alliance Mrs.5}ardMr....?»ted.Jh^J^PA'-Wi trjrlf again m another'20 years. She said the • wisest of the Japanese know the war is lost, but in losing they have won through the ! medium of spreading hate against | the white-'-man in the Orient, making it a 'veritable powderkeg.” Its ro.cky coastlin bristles with fortifications, and it retains ; its grasp on Manchuria and north China, ’ Mrs. Gardiner declared in her description of the • enemy Which has not yet lost the war With the United States. She continuously restated' her appeal for curbing- optimism' to make way for the critical battles ahead-'.Turning^her discussion tafChina,, Mrs. Gardiner said the major bat- -ties of the Far East must and will be fought on that mainland. She dispensed-with the common American theory of sentimentalism ly-| | wards China and reminded her listeners that “China - has many faults.”Favors Middle CoarseShe conveyed the real conditions of that nation to the audience, feeling that it is now time for America ‘| to pursue the middle course in her ! relations with China.”- She listed ,' • the two reasons why America and '! the; other United Nations included '•.China as one of-the Big Four—“a 1! preventative against the loss of : thousands of boys and as a bastion ': of peace for the postwar era.” She h: concluded her . appraisal of the jcountry with high commendation ’•! for the people, for their, indestructible will to fight on against all a! odds.( An American who underwent se-r vere hardships^during the Japanese -occupation of Shanghai,—where she and her husband resided many i years before the war, Mrs. Gardi-j her told of the maltreatment of prisoners in enemy camps and thet; brutal nature of the military clique of Japan.. In summary she believes there fs no nation as great as America, that U.S. soldiers are updefeatable, and that the thrill of all her experiences ~ i amidst warring nations is the sight e i of the Stars and Stripes.
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Gazette and Bulletin
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Feb 14, 1945
Page 10
Full Page
Clipped by
Dwight M.
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