They Object To "Japs"

WE are told that our new Asiatic enemies strongly object to being called “Japs”. We are asked to re member that they are the actual “Sons of Heaven”, and the chosen people of the earth, and should be referred to with respect. For a while, Axis radio stations tried to retaliate upon us by referring to the British as “Brits”—but it fell very flat. Persons writing to friends who are prisoners in Japanese hands would be wise, however, not to use the contraction in their letters; otherwise the letters will be destroyed.

Flight-Lieutenant Eric Griffiths, a New Zealander, was killed on February 23, when his plane crashed into a native bure on Vitl Levu Island, Fiji.