i NESDAY. APRIL 7. 1943 17 wMVmT nn u win Japan No Easy Task Map Will Show CHICAGO, April 7 In the bombardment of questions rhich assails anyone who has just returned to the United rnii'w i i win vviiiiiti l i iv. i w Jin uiii. itui.i v iv hum t-"i i li'ii n rtrtiinfT nt .i man. where Janan and f!h?nn cpnm olmn llllitlllfc. . I I I " . 11 1 1 I It 1. I. i.nnli if ilnoc nnnoai fViaf Viirrinnr of Tnnnn. our oases in unina snouia . insuperable difficulties, bombers are still well ovpr 1 nnn nr...nA I. , , lSUnCCS Uic lUCMUu null-, Pine-, i r ui ' -...., i n pro ara hiMt-nvnr t Uiy lUWluuau". uiiuci.o.v.ia. alr f()rce jn chjna mU(;h There Is, however, a silver lln- J than most Americans suppose. Be-g to this dilemma. Preparations cause of this and because of sud- L...n(nM tnnrA fKAMiiAn 4- . Urn in i . . . Ill IIVUMki ... w. w w Ul V UlillLUlLlCS. Ill II H.N 1 1 H 1 1 111 I I III I I. hlch U the Nearest ''point that tan oe reacnea Dy snip ana train. Most bomb,s also have to be carried h air into China, often for dis- IJances as great as 1.C00 or 1,500 riles, to re.ich only the points from Vhlch the bombing missions can geance was wreaked not on the Americans but on the Chinese. It was a direct result ol the Tokyo raid that the Japs launched their offensive last summer In Cheklang province, eastern China, which must rank as one of the bloodless and most barbaric chapters of the whole China war. Their object was to. capture and destroy Chinese airdromes which they believe the American pilots had tried to reach and from which future raids on Tokyo might have been possible. The Japs pillaged and burned nearly every town and village in their path. They turned their crops and ruined what was left, horses to graze on the peasants' They carried off or destroyed stores of food and grain. They made bon fires of farming implements. They . . - - - uiii .Tt iiii."M iiii i i i i .1 ri n n ninn i 111 . ., , . , . . a ,,-v.oro Ki cr nlrrlrnmnc oro . . .... riuuea recKiessiy. in me course i...ui iu ,.,. "",oi meir anvanrp. mev snnipciea """- c" e n gei me )ntn Tnn.n-. . undefended cities to incessant and it. i ii nnms UU l"l wiioi. iv u a juu ui tltloe tn fn I Via inV. -... murderous bombardment, for no other purpose, apparently, than to show their spite against the men who had dared to fly over the palace of their emperor. The city of Lishul, site of one of the air - ports from which Tokyo - could i m rt"ti'rt i iiirinrr i no rrrm in rv mv. A .rr..ii 11 i r uu.6 o E1IcbMIC un ung hnvp hrpn ra rtprf ws hnmhort fnr I onths our air force Will ranee Kone. Canton and Halnnncr "nnrf . ... ... . I ,11 LI 11. . HUU ' LI If ( 1 1 J 1 1 I L' 1 i 1 1' I .t 1 1 1 111 .1 11 11 H ri f '( U in L - II. 1 1111 of Japanese miniary ana shipping are only a sample of v,, i,m riot r, v,o aval power than per before. Th what American pilots will be doing captured the airdromes, the Japs -nmfcp hnt hppn made to Cnrnal In r-nlno mtnn v.o.. v. i. . .. ... . . "i . cui, uicm w pieces wnn long aeeu . . . . , . . ... nd . it . will be kept, despite lmpres-.to work with. The loneest Ameri- ,;v, , kiv, the attack on the Kalian coal Chinese peasants and villagers. mlnps in Mlremn nnrthprn PViln-i 1 n i.i-j Unless carriers arp uscd-and we ' In " " y wtuiarew. koi xor many " " " "" ut montns wm east cmna recover .... rut fn, c,,, o t,,,,. : v f r w Liu i iui kiuv.i i u a 11 a . f , fhp tne hnmhlnir Domoing 01 nf Japanese Tamnpsp . irom uiai orgy 01 vengeiui aesiruc- - rniiin(, hp mtnp.ch,if a mnr.L .mc Ic flrcf nf nil a TprVilptn nf .. i tlon, aie DoosLer. ils eiiecL on Lnp i.ninese ' ' - ill ULLUU1CU 1 WiU (111. 1.1 11.. iUe VlrA vmi tnlicf novo hftouit ... . . " iany line uugcis lie wiuiin less ji u v. Aim to Terrorize Obviously, one of the Japanese I. II.. ..lnnJ tnr l Jl.lft.. v " ' - w aillljl IIM BU LV IC11U1U.V UlC VslllIlCM.- cciaiiy iquippea lui luiig-uuiance jaDanese bases on the island of nnnnln f Inn thnr tnov Ti.mil H rocict lying, iiit-se uumue.s, wueii uiey Vormosa and Tar,anese Installs- offn.f tn r...c.,Kii,v, vv,. l J .11,.- CA i V -tlUt V W A VVbaVAAOAk UUlltUVi an be spared from other more ,n f , ch,,! rp,, . . . t ,,. rgent fronts, have to be flown . an PpV,n rp wlthin p. . u.. u . Jf ht Manchuria, the great pon- southeast China, where there has tlnental base of the Japanese been much indiscriminate Japan-army, Is also within practical ese bombing accompanied by leaf- itauv.1. vi mwiKtiiv VMUtt vu A rrl J -...1 1 1 ...t. n a . . . , . . . . , ... ,, ,.,, raiiBe. aiiu uay wm cciiaaujf luiui; Jei raias in wnicn ine people were i eePSC h"lC W"8 when American bombers will be warned. in effect, that "this is w- 1 " t ' v " '. .., r 1 1, 1 r. rannlnrltr of cntn maiflr V. . .. r V. I 1 i.. obiiAiiig ivBUAuiijr ww wuv , Wliab UIJCUS lUIlcse niio give bases as Dairen and Mukden. In help to American pilots." But the Mjinchurla and north China are Chinese are not easily intimidated, situated some of Japan's biggest Free China has numerous air-mines and largest industries. That dromes, scattered over her whui-area is Japan's major source of area, but very few of these are Iron. The biggest coal mine In the iarge enough or sufficiently well Japanese empire is only a lew equipped to serve as bases for Chinese arsenals Produce gta mi,es from Mukden. Near den. heavy bombing operations. That's limited Quantities of light and edium bombs, but cannot begin supply the needs of any large- ale offensive. In the second place, bombing apancse bases Is a problem of dis- nce There are Chinese troops 1th 900 miles of Tokyo, but that oesn' mean that there are sult-ble airdromes that close to the nemy capital, instruct such too, are arsenals and aircraft fac- another reason why the bombing tories. In western Japan, Inside offensive against Japan has been the practical radius of flight for slow in starting. Moreover, unless heavy bombers, are such centres J sufficient fighter planes are made of Industry and shipping as Nagasaki and Shomonosekl. Successful Itaid The Doollttle raid on Tokyo, though highly successful, was ex- Any attempt to pensive and demonstrated what a facilities in guer-i tough Job of planning ana execu TLnl. . i , . . i . .. . l . Tl 1 1 1 ima areas Denina me Japanese uon sucn a prujeci. wiuira. uuv lines would inevitably provoke at- it has been done once and can be ack from Japanese ground forcifs done again. I wonder If It Is gen- l&hlch could reach and wipe out crally realized what a terrible ven- luch installations with ease. The Eeance was exacted by the Japan- nost advanced Chinese airfields ese armv for that American raid apablc of accommodating ' heavy on the Japanese capital. The ven- m I n ll in 0 CHARTS For the Fishing Fleet H CANADIAN 'GOVERNMENT Of Local Areas. Each CHARTS roe IJKITISH ADMIRALTY CHARTS For General Navigation, from each $!.!." to -" Note- All U.S,. Government Charts are now restricted and no longer -obtainable by fishermen). TIDE TAHLES Pacific Coast : " Trlnce Rupert Harbor '- Elementary Seamanship, Cllssold $!. Tail's New Seamanship Brown's Trawlers and Fisherman's Guide $2..0 Brown's Knots and Splices Brown's Signalling - S1" B.C Pilot Vol. I Northern Portion ?,"J BC Pilot Vol: II Southern Portion J? 1 .HO International Code of Signals, flag card 2"' available to protect these fields, they are vulnerable. The more bases there are, the better will be the opportunity of playing hide-and-seek, with the numerically superior enemy. Because of our numerical weakness in the China skies our air force there has had no other choice but to adopt hit-and-run guerrillia tactics. When Gen. Henry H. (Hap) Arnold, chief of the American army air force, went to Chungking to report to Gen. Chiang Kai-shek on Casablanca, he was able to study American air problems there at first hand. Gen. Arnold promised China that the volume of airborne suppl-es would be stepped up, that more airplanes would be sent and that bombing operations would .be Intensified. These promises are on the way to fulfilment, though world strategy, with its emphasis on Europe, puts limitations on the amount of help that can be assigned to China at this stage of the war. FOR SALE SI'ECIAL I'KICLS New hand-made RAG RUGS. Artistic designs. 18x36. Special RADIOS In first class playing condition. 7 to 10 tubes. 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