THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 9, 1940
How China War Will End: Prophecy By A General
THE SINO-JAPANESE war is an unusual war in many respects and will end in an unus- ual manner, General Kwan Ling-cheng, com- mander of the Chinese forces on the north Hunan front, who is now visiting Chungking, declared in an interview with foreign press- men in the capital yesterday.
General Kwan, who participated and was wounded in the fighting at Kupeikou; on the Great Wall north of Peiping, in 1933, and took part in the Shanghai, Taierchwang, Hankow and Changsha battles, declared: "China will win without a decisive battle while Japan will be defeated without fight- ing.
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FOREIGNERS IN EGYPT TO REGISTER
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DUKE OF WINDSOR
FISH and FOWL Specials
AT BERMUDA Herring
The liner Excalibur, with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor on board, arrived off the island of Bermuda yesterday, says а message from Hamil- ton.
Crowds of excited people and the biggest army of newspaper- men in Bermuda's history watched the arrival. The island was bedecked with flags.
After stating that China been fighting three years without her army being crushed or her re- sources being exhausted, General Kwan asserted that China is pre-
The Duke is taking pared to continue fighting for All foreigners in Egypt except] three more years and if necessary the Diplomatic Corps
up the Governorship for 30 more years.
quired to register with the police!
of the Bahamas. Japan, he said, was being authorities by a decree published Cairo steadily exhausted in manpow-in the official journal in
Reuter. They are being ra er and resources, while her en-yesterday. emies were growing steadily gistered with a view to the is- stronger and one day these ensue of identity cards.--Reuter. emies would defeat Japan with.. out fighting.
Part of Greater Conflict
Expressing the opinion that the Sino-Japanese war was only part of the world conflict, General Kwan stated Japan would inevit ably be defeated in the end as a result of international develop- ments.
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He concluded by saying that the spirit and determination the Chinese
army at the
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was high and he was confident of China's victory-Reuter.
ANGLO-U.S. TANKS OF COMMON TYPE
Mr. Henry Morgenthau, U.S. Secretary of Trea-' sury, disclosed in Wash- ington yesterday that Bri- tish veterans of "the Flan- ders pocket" are helping to adapt United States military tanks to modern war developments.
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He said the British Brigadier- General Pratt, as the official go- between on the Anglo-American contract negotiations, had already made important contributions United States: tank design.
Mr. Morgenthau, explained that the British were trying to buy tanks in the United States but as it was not feasible to build one type for the United States and another for Britain, the British authorities had decided to pool! their experience in order to pro-! duce standardised types usable in both countries.-Reuter.
ANY OLD IRON?
A GREAT MANY UNSIGHTLY RAILINGS AND OTHER OUT- DOOR IRONWORK HAVE DIS- APPEARED DURING THE RE- CENT DRIVE AT HOME AND THE CAMPAIGN IS NOW TO BE MADE NATION-WIDE,
A survey of all public and pri- vately owned iron is to be carried out by the Iron and Steel Control industry and all iron considered unnecessary. will be requisitioned.
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