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Suzuki-san probably would know who this speaker was: Major General Eugen Ott, German Ambassador to Tokyo. But he probably would not know why this foreigner's tone was so cordial, his eye so gleamy, his smile so quick. He would not know why General Ott was so warm whenever he mentioned the name of Lieut. General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the conqueror of Singapore, the hero of this day of days...
...Tool. The reason was this: General Yamashita, perhaps more than any other Japanese general, represents the extreme pro-German element in Japan. That he should have been the one to take Singapore was cause for special satisfaction to Eugen Ott. This event-considering the showing of the unhappy Italians-marked the first great milestone of Axis collaboration. It promised much for the future, not only of Japan, but of Germany as well...
...least of all the U.S. Government, supposed that Japan would not find the pact full of meaning if, at some later date, it became safe to challenge the U.S. Just now Japan was preoccupied in keeping the U.S. mollified by polite doubletalk. But to German Ambassador Major General Eugen Ott double-talk is not pleasing. At an anniversary luncheon at Foreign Minister Toyoda's home he talked straight...
...Lasting victories," said Ambassador Ott, "are achieved in this world only by those who fight for their cause with all their might...
...Ott...