It is a place rich in natural resources, having everything we need for national defense, a crucial place for the empire's self-reliance. The place is crucial too for our wars with China, Russia, and the U.S.

The conflict between Japan and Chiang is little affected by the fall of the Wuhan cities and Sino-Japanese hostilities have just started.

We hope the peace will last for twenty years. Then we will be here again.

I am convinced that in times such as these, every man must be a soldier, in substance as well as in name.