The Shape of Things.

The Japanese air attack on Colombo on the island of Ceylon and raids along the east coast of India supply at least a tentative answer to the frequently asked question that if Japan will strike next at India or Australia. During the past fortnight there has been little action along the approaches to Australia except a few light aerial attacks on Port Moresby and Fort Darwin. But the seizure of the Andaman Islands and the attack on Ceylon are precisely the moves that must precede an offensive against India. The powerful air and land forces which the enemy has dispatched against Upper Burma also lend confirmation to the belief that an attack on India is imminent.