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More significant, however, this attack upon Dr. Ban attempt to appeal to conservative elements in China by reviving Con- fucianism and attacking all the social and political ideas that China has taken over from the West.

The New People's Society entrusted with the spreading these ideas.

Its organis is impressive, its membership negligible. Financed by the secret service funds of the Jap- anese Army, it has already made its influence felt upon education in the occupied areas.

There were, indeed, only two appeals which could be made for

The one was . popular support. to please the peasants and the local gentry by reviving Confucianism; the this has been ruined by methods of conquest, such as burning of villages, raping of women, and the ruthless slaughter The other of non-combatants. appeal was to persuade the Chinese that Japanese help was essential in the struggle against Com-

munism. The value of this has been counteracted;, first, by the conduct of the Chinese Com- munists themselves; secondly, by the policy of the U.S.S.R. There is every evidence to show that the Chinese Communists have given up their old social revolutionary, pro- gramme and are-adhering rigidly to the terms of their agreement Nor is with the Kuomintang. the help that the U.S.S.R. is giving to China on the same basis as it was before 1927; there are, - as. far as we can see, no political strings.

The new political theory and all the propaganda that goes with it can be and is being rammed down the throats of the Chinese in the occupied areas. But what is, the use of all this? It has not con- verted any Chinese to the Japan- ese cause, nor has it demoralised the Chinese intellectuals. More serious than this is the fact that this propaganda. cannot reach the hinterland and that the methods of conquest have provided the basis for the development of a peasant nationalism. The Japanese have dug their own graveyard.

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ESISTANCE to the Japanese

forces by guerrilla fighters- China's Minute Men-and the dif- ficulty the invaders are having in holding the land already. taken, due to the passivé opposition of the Chinese peasants, are playing vital roles in prolonging the war in the Far East.

Japan has been forced to abandon the original propaganda in aban- don the original" propaganda in which it promised a brief and de- From cisive China campaign, Japan comes word that the new propaganda is designed to prepare and hearten the people for a long Badges are being campaign.

the distributed, inscribed with character meaning "Patience."

Japanese soldiers fear Chinese guerrilla fighters more than the concentrated armies of Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-shek.

The Japanese are educated in orthodox German strategy-posi- tional warfare-which omits the hit-and-run attacks of the roving guerrilla bands of North China. Guerrilla tactics are long-term tacties.

Decisive Battles Avolded

"Our tactical instruction always emphasizes a protracted war," Gen, Lu Cheng-Tsao, commander-in- chief of the Central Hopeh forces, said.

"Time is on our side. We must never risk a decisive battle. There- fore we always retreat when the battle is only beginning, pre- ferring to snipe and ambush rather than clash frontally

"We know that our tactics are succeeding. My army cannot win this war against Japan, nor can any other in positional war- fare. But we are all helping to prolong the struggle until. Japan collapses Internallyusha maaier

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Units Carefully Organised

Guerrilla armies are subdivided into units of 1,500, 500, 150,50 and 15 men, each with a military officer Or- and a political commissar, ganizers and leaders have come. from the large Chinese cities, Communist agents and patriotic students.

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"The political commissar is symbol of the fundamental dif- ference between the guerrillas and the old warlord soldiers.

Each recruit receives 30 days of political training before en- tering his first manoeuvre. Evén after taking up field duty he gives three hours a day, to political lec- tures and tactical discussions.

The usual guerrillas are youth- ful but hardened from farm work. Their uniforms are made from local cotton by patient country- women on old fashioned looms. Their shoes and socks also are home-made.

They eat only corn mush twice a day, except for after victory celebrations in which townsmen roast a few pigs for the local gar- rison. Meat is a rare treat.

Operate In Own Areas Much of their equipment and what luxuries they have are usual- ly the fruits of war. One.com- pany of troops was seen at head- quarters, lying in the shade of a bamboo grove and drinking Japan- ese soda pop. They had seized more than 100 cases of the "Made In Osaka" beverage.

Since the guerrillas operate in their native areas the total con- sumption of food is not increased. The men return to the fields for the cultivation and harvesting of crops, then off to fight - ágain. - They are China's Minute Men..

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