1938-02-04 — Page 8

THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 4, 1938.

THE JAPANESE & SOUTH CHINA

fighting men anti-aircraft defence and anti-gas Kwangtung IT IS TOO early yet for anyone Our morale is good and, fighting on ing half a million

will not be defence have been distributed among categorically to state whether our own soil and in defence of our in

be difficult, while the distribution of the population. invade South own villages, that morale will

being the Japanese will

further stiffened by the support of arms among the people is China or not.

It is a truism, however, to state our families who would be the first supplemented by the institution of Relations With that the probability of a Japanese to suffer from the invasion of the tactical training and invasion will increase or

administra- tion by the Kwangtung Military au- thorities. Attention to this phase-

has been called to our noticé by

a

Hong Kong

of

Committee of General

decrease Japanese aggressors.

Medical Relief work a în proportion to our preparedness in

of the preparedness of the NationAnd in the important sphere if 500,000 Men In other words,

under the leadership South China. the Kwangtung authorities are pre-

It is not surprising then to find Marshal Chiang Kai-shek. He has Cheung Kin, head of the 4th Route pared to offer the stiffest resistance to Japanese invasion of Kwangtung throughout Kwangtung the rising stated that the preparation of the Army Medical Corps, has success- and, at the same time, aim at over- tide of Chinese Nationalism surg- people for guerilla warfare must be

People. in accordance with whelming the Japanese invading ing in the breasts of the forces in battles fought on ground The authorities find no difficulty in plan.

Newspapers and other of our own choosing, the Japanese gaining supporters to the numerous

before people's movements that are being material dealing with National Sal- will think twice or thrice committing their forces to hostili, organised all through the length vation are being eagerly sought by and breadth of Kwangtung. And as the peasantry and the population of ties in South China.

On the face of things as they are in Kwangsi, the People's Movement the rural districts. Hundreds of a is taking a form and content that is thousands of copies of instructions to-day, we in Kwangtung have good opportunity to defeat Japan, peculiarly Chinese. The task of rais- relating to passive measures for particularly in Kwangtung.

!!

reading.

fully co-ordinated both civilian and centralised military services upon the principles evolved from the lessons learnt from the experiences in the battles around Shanghai and Nanking.

As in Shanghai, only perhaps to a lesser degree, the safety of Hong Kong depends upon the Chinese for- ces deployed in South China and Our relations with the Hong Kong au- thorities are cordial and out of the heartfelt sympathy for our people to in misfortune there is bound grow up a cultural base; upon which to set the splendid political

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There is perhaps no

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one more than I who wishes to see those re- lations develop to their logical con- clusion. Peace and co-operation be- tween the China and the British Empire as well as with those other nations that bear us good-will is the surest guarantee for the early restoration of peace in the Far East on the basis of Japan's paradoxical understanding of Peace but on the basis of sincere respect other's for the integrity of each territory, rights to self determina- tion, and the development of cul- tural and economic structures which answer to the requirements and particularities of each people. Much To Lose

Strategically the Japanese have much to lose and little to gain from an invasion of South China. But their over-weening ambition has set them objectives which are far be- North yond their capacities: In China the Japanese are already faced with disaster of the greatest magnitude. But with the reckless- ness" of the gamblers they are the decide Japanese Government may upon, or be powerless to prevent, the plunging of South China and countries and territories bordering on Rwangtung into war.

There is no question that if war is brought to Kwangtung that Hong- Kong will be involved. And much as we are concerned about the need- for the defeat of Japan in Kwang- tung we still find room to be con- cerned over the possible fate of the Hong Kong in the event of landing of 100,000 150,000 Ja- panese soldiers at Bias Bay, Chung- shan District or Pakhoi."

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Wherever the Japanese seek invade our Provinces we will meet them with fire and sword. And with the united effort

flict a decisive TORRENTS Ple in-

upon them. Such a defeat cannot but fail to have decisive results upon the out- come of the War, to safeguard Vic- tory for China over the Japanese invader.