THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 16, 1941.
Restoration Of age Peace In China A Long Way Off
(By Percy Whiteing)
THE RESTORATION of peace throughout China is still a long way off, laments a political writer, Makoto Komura, in an article in the popular "Hochi,” in which he surveys the Japan. China conflict.
It has taken on the status of a prolonged con- flict, says Mr. Komura, continuing: "Though neither Japan nor China has formally declared war, there is no doubt that the China Incident is a war, and it is being carried on with the entire national strength on both sides. The front, at first in north China, expanded to central China, and then to interior points and south China.
"The conflict also has involved French Indo-China and Burma,
and it has in fact taken on the shape of a total war, as defined by the late German military leader, Marshal Ludendorff.
war
It is no doubt, u struggle of life or death to Chungking. In the case of Japan also it is a being
fought with her entire national strength, even though the military power being exerted in it may be said to be only one- fifth or even one-tenth of her total lighting strength.
"It is not common in world history for such a total war to Just for more than four years.
Prolonged War Status
It is. indeed, a remarkable development for the China Inci- dent to enter the status of a pro- longed war.
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Japan has her own strength. he says, and has made her own war preparations,
yet for- eigners and even some Japan- eas themselves do not recognise the inherent strength of Japan. The admiral's article is in part as follows: "Japan's great mis- sion now In establishment of new order In east Asia. The recent visit of Wang Ching-wel of the Nanking gov. ernment to Tokyo. and the Konoye-Wang joint statement then issued, mark a stage in the
of progress
constructing this 'new order," "
the
LONELY SOLDIER
SENDS LOVE AFTER 24 YEARS
A letter to a "lonely soldier," written by a Los Angeles woman in 1917, was discover- ed by a man serving in this war when he unpacked some wor material recently.
The woman asked the finder to poned with her.
corres-
He has answered the twenty-four-year- old letter.
HUGE NAZI
FORCES
"Yet to construct this new or- der will be difficult, and it will take many years to achieve. Not only are we fighting Gen. Chiang M Kai-shek, but we are also fighting an indirect war with Britain and the United States, who are be- hind Chungking.
"Since this war began, the "Britain and the United States Japanese forces have strongly utterly ignore our objective of assaulted the Chungking armies,, bringing about a 'new order in Communist forces and guerillas. east Asia,' But even if we have Still the Chungking Government to resist them we must accorn- insists on
resisting Japan and plish our great objective, through striving to attain the objective of manifestation of the traditional the 'scorched earth' policy.
Japanese spirit.
"While the Nanking govern- ment under the leadership of Wang Ching-wei is gradually perfecting its organisation and reaching the mind of the people, Chungking is following the down- ward path to become finally merely a local government.
No Compromise By
Chungking
Self-Sufficient
In Food "Apart from the strength based on this spirit, Japan is strong due to, among other factors, her self- sufficiency in food. Some com- plaints have been heard about a shortage of rice, and about the mixture of foreign rice with our own rice. Nevertheless, Japan has plenty of food.
'MAINTAINED
TO CONTROL CZECHS
Spontaneous pro-Yugo- slavian demonstrations in Czecho-Slovakia led to the arrest of several hundreds of Czechs. Eleven Prague police officers were sent to concentration camps for failing to prevent popular demonstrations.
at Washington, reports the main- Colonel Hurban, Czech Minister
tenance in Bohemia and Moravia of 50. German police and 300,000 troops.
"Nevertheless the Chungking Government displays no intention
"Japan proper and Korea pro- of yielding to Japan nor of reach- duce 85,000,000 koku (425,000.- President Benes predicted on ing a compromise with Nanking. | 000 bushels) of rice, and our Good Friday that the Nazis would It is determined to keep the peace fisheries produce 6,000,000 tons soon be making peace offers. of China disturbed by spurning of fish, valued at Y.430,000,000, plebiscite, on the general lines of the peaceful relations established yearly." between Japan
previous Nazi plebiscites,' is being
government.
Wang and the
Wishful Song
A
"As for manpower, the popula-planned, the idea being to present tion is increasing at the rate of to the world a picture of the Czech The Chungking Government, about 1,000,000 a year. The coun- people as being content under the is acting in this way because it try has great water resources, Nazi feels strength based on the vast which produce abundant hydro-moment
favourable regime. The
for such a plebiscite hinterland behind it and the manpower and material resources electric power, which is supplied would be a satisfactory conclusion that will enable it
to industry and dwellings to an of the Yugoslav-Greek campaign. to continue negative resistance to Japan,
extent that surprises foreign ob-President Benes warns his people **Not only that but Britain' servers. The people are progres- in good time.. and the United States continue, sive and willing to learn, An old-
time
this is -example of
the. to alve alď to ChungRing, 'ap-
Arearms from the parently not letting it concern adoption of
four centuries Translation of a German war them in this respect that their Portuguese some
With two guns as samples. song broadcast from a German own positione tremble before ago.
600 were soon produced. Based on station, and sung by B men's the Axis powers.
this spirit our modern industry choir. and military strength have attain-
a remarkable position.
"Beeldon what further pro- gress will be made, and what further resources will be found, in Japan-we shall be.replenish- ing our supplies of raw materials from Manchoukuo, morth China, Hainan, French Indo-China, and "the Netherlands -East Indies,
"Thus the Generalissimo is do- ing his utmost to continue resis- tance to Japan. However wide the region behind it may be and be its re- however great may sources enabling it to continue its resistance, against Japan, this, résistance will have a limit, encountering.
cannot a wall it surmount, if the neighbouring "countries join in the movement to establish a new order in east "Asia" and exert pressure on
Chungking from behind..
J
But if such a change in the
fional situation is not] the Japan-China conflict will be prolonged, and the reg- toration of peace to the whole of China will be far away."
ed
Possible Blockade
Futilo
"Now we are bound for England, The whole country will be de
troyed. by fire;
Then we set out for the New
World...
Whence we shall fetch Rosen-
··· fe'd (Roosevelt), Switzerland, the insolent por-
cupine,
We shall size on the way
home."
"
Hitler has banned the works of the great German Jewish poet) Heine. In a small country church In England, one of his prophecies So even if Britain and the was read out recently to the con- United States blockade Japan gregation: Christianity has occa and it becomes impossible to get sionally calmed the brutal Ger- oil, tin, copper and nickel from man lust for battle, but cannot abroad, we shall be able to find destroy, that savage joy. And proper substitutes. There is no when once that restraining talls- need to worry about the future, man, the Cross, is broken, the old "There is no other country able stone goda will rise from unre- to supply its entire wor require membered ruins and Thor will:|: The people of Japan are urgedents without depending on im- leap to life again and bring down by Admiral- Baron-Abop member ports. For Japan it is only neces- his gigantic, hammer upon the of the Cabinet's advisory council sary to advance firmly on her Gothic cathedrals,” So wrote and former Navy Minister, to have! own strength, despite any block-Heine, in 1834. full confidence in ? the "real; ade. Over-confidence without
Urged To Have
Confidence
strength of their Empire, and to strength is to be avoided, but to
do their utmost to surmount the under-value one's own strength; in our national strength, creating Emergency confronting the nation and to not advance when it should unity that in turn produces great and to meet anything that be done, would indeed be a great military strength. Thus .... Japan: may arise from the present ex misfortune.m traordinary International situa- tion. Baron Abo made this ap- "peal in the "Hochi"
K de will be able to conquer, even if All, whether oficials, military sho encounters a greater war. men, merchants, students or than the Ching conillet, and the housewives, must have confidence future of Empire will be bright.”
HONG KONG HOTEL
MAC'S CAFE