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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 17, 1941.
JAPANESE OPTIMISTIC REGARDING CHINA HOSTILITIES
(By Percy Whiteing)
MILITARY, economic and other aspects of the Japan-China conflict at its present stage, from the Japanese point of view, are described in an article by the Army Information Bureau of the Imperial Headquarters, published in the “Shuho,” a periodi- cal issued by the Government's Board of Informa- tion. The director of the Army Information Bureau is Colonel Hayao Mabuchi, who was stationed in Shanghai for several years.
After briefly reviewing the progress of the con- flict, the survey finds that Japan's military opera- tions and economic and military blockade are hav- ing effects from which Chungking is suffering severely, but that it is necessary for Japan to in- crease her propaganda efforts so as to gain the mind of the Chinese masses.
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A fortnight after the announcement that he was awarded the Founders Medal of the Royal Geographi- cal Society, Captain P. A. Clayton, D.S.O., was reported prisoner of war.
Captain Clayton received the medal for his surveys of the Libyan Desert and the use of his knowledge in desert warfare dur- ing recent operations.
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BOMBING RED CROSS
The article translates to the ful-acting as a re'ay station for war lowing effect During the fifteen' supplies for Chungking. So the or sixteen months from the out- Hồòng Kong dollar keeps on falling. break of hostilities On July 7 The commodity shortage 1937,
Lukouchin at
143 the Chungking has become acute. Japanese capture of the Wuhan Taking the prices prevalent there area. the Farge well-trainerd, at the start of the conflict as 100. modern armies of Gen Chiang the provisions price index at the Kai-shek Bought gallantly. Never-jend of 1940 had reached 360, and theless they were severely beaten that of clothing had climbed to by our forces everywhere. The 1,270. Prices have recently been
3,000,000 suffered
4,000,000| further inflated. Price advances casualties and the loss of most of precede the fall of the fapl their aeroplanes and guns, which, change rate, showing that the final
The Union of the Red are essential to the operations c initation period has been entered. Cross and Red Crescent
modern army.
The only thing that is saving
Since the
the Hankow campaign
Government Societies of the U.S.S.R. Chungking Gen. Chiang's forces adopted a
from financial ruin is the ald have addressed the fol- different strategy. continued to
lowing telegram to the the present day, of resisting our forces by guerilla operations.
Cross Loans and credits advanced by International Red In this their hope is to defeat them to China since the conflict Committee in Geneva. Japan by exhausting her in a began total some $10,400,000,000. prolonged war.
This money has been applied to Disregarding this project, how the purchase of war supplies and ever, we are guiding the China construction materia's. and Incident inite the reconstruction of | stabilisation of the fopl. China. This has tried severely Chungking to-day can get German troops which invaded the the patience of the Chungking material solely by the Burma territory of the U.S.S.R.
Government
It has come to the conclusion that it must revive its fighting strength by reorganising its armies and win victory by posi- tive resistance, taking advantage
from Britain and the United States.
"The Union of the Red Cross
and Red Crescent Societies of the USSR resolutely protests against
tu the repeated bombings of am- bulance units and institutions by
route. So the Chungking authori- ties spend much effort on trying to maintain and improve this road. but our *planes are frequently
transportation capacity.
"From June 22 to 28, German bombers attacked and destroyed hospitals in Grodno, Lide, Minsk and Smolensk. They also bombed
of any favourable turn in the in- bombing it, interfering with its an ambulance train in Lwow and
ternational situation,
many fleld ambulance stations. despite the clearly visible identi-
Japanese Army Strategy Nanking. Reserve Bank fication marks established by the
To meet this plan, the Japanese army is carrying on c eaning-UP operations throughout China, thus reducing the fighting strength of the Chinese, The recent great military operations in southwest Shansi can be said to have reveal ed the fighting power of our forces
und that of the Chinese.
how-
Geneva convention for such in-
The new Kuomintang govern-stitutions, Three bombardments ment at Nakinng established the resulted in casualties among medi- Central Reserve Bank last Janu-cal staff, wounded and sick under ry, and proceeded to issue new treatment in hospitals."-Tass. fupi notes. Chungking, despite its i reliance on its Anglo-American friends, is in a bad way, but the new Nanking fapl are successful-everywhere.
to than
of
or
Nanking,
ly circulating. Our economic For us to reach the minds of the blackade of the Chungking Gov-Chinese people is a greater matter The enemy forces which oper-
questions
thought Just beginning is ernment ated in that campaign were fifteen achieve its real effects. The more opinion. In this connection, China or sixteen divisions, comprising
intensify it, we
the nearer it may be divided into three catc- about 200,000 men. Our forces
old (1)
China, gories:
with consisted of only a few divisions, brings the fall of our enemy.
Meantime, Japan is fighting a Chungking as its centre, which is collected from various points.
With this small force,
severe economic war with Britain resisting Japan; (2) interior China, and the United States. Therefore which believes itself at one with ever, we surrounded the enemy unit will be a big factor in our eco-the democratic, moneyed nations three sides. destroyed in a enomic blockade of Chungking for Britain and America; and (3) new days the strong
fortifications
Japan to change from the eco-China, centring round which it had taken them slx
nomic system of dependence on which is organising itself for peace months to construct, and
Britain and the United States to and against communism. This hilated the enemy's forces.
future leadership The the system of east Asian proves that our fighting strength
sufficiency.
China will be decided by which has increased during the present
of these three will bring hap stage of the China Incident.
piness to the Chinese people. Japanese troops are welcomed everywhore by the Chinese pub. lle, but it will take time for fully under- our Ideale to be stood by the vast masses of China.
anni-
a
self-
Therefore, despite what Chung- king may do to reconstruct its armies, it will be impossible for it to regain sufficient strength to make a general attack. The enemy will be able to maintain their forces in remote districts due to the vastness of the country. But the Japanese forces will relent- lessly maintain strong pressure on them, and it is obvious that tho ·warfare, and that the international enemy will eventually be com- situation is turning against Japan. pletely defeated.
of
The China conflict is. In one Fense,
war of anti-Japanese thought, with dependence on Britain and the United States and cooperation with Com- munism, against East Asian friendship and anti-Communism. Our enemy proclaims that Japan
The world situation changes Is Imperialistic. that Wang Ching- wei is traitor. economic co- daily, amid which Japan's inter- is advancing. operation is an intrique, Japan i national position being exhausted by the protracted] While the anti-Japanese forces in China have been pressed back to remote areas, the
China conflict has built up the general wartime structure in Japan and heighten- ed our position in the world.
Japaneso Position Heightened
The enemy's greatest suffering Propaganda Shown
False
is caused by the vast increase of their war expenditure and the malignant inflation caused by the lack of commodities. The fapt The facts of to-day prove that But issue was
at some all this propaganda is false. 6,600,000,000 at the end of 1940, the Chinese troops and people in compared with 1,400,000,000 be- the interior believe in this Chung- fore the conflict started. The fapl king propaganda, as they are cut
estimated
The China conflict⠀ has never been such a war as to exhaust see only the
life of the Japanese, and thereby
'exchange-rate on the pound sterl-off from the outside world. There- Japan, Some peop of the daily
Blockade Of Chinese
Ports
AKMAN The Japanese navy's blockade | all will be on fr'endly terms. We expanding. And we must still |
ing was 1s. 21⁄4d. when the conflict fore we keenly feel the need of retrenchment side began, but it has now fallen strengthening our propaganda. about 3d....
www Mom Mesin waging this thought war, arrive at the notion that: the Japan has the great advantage of China conflict is exhausting-our her objective being based on the national strength. spirit of international brother-The fact is, however, that our hood. Our true intention is to help productivity is constantly increas- the world to be a family, in whiching, and our army and navy are of the China coast has been fur- use the sword against only those further make manifest the Japan- ther intensified since last Febru who refuse to recognise this, or ese spirit of serving our country, obstacles and ary, and Hong Kong has been de- resist our efforts. Our thought war, surmounting all prived of its former function ofl based on justice, is gaining results difficulties,
Couldn't keep my eye
on the ball to-day!"
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