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eralissimo, however, has the happy knack of taking setbacks in his stride, and using them to build up more firmly the spirit of resistance. It is a remarkable, yet undeniable, fact that China's will to resist has known with every city captured. This is part- ly as a result of the succession of atrocities which follows the Japanese "trail, but it is mainly

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'To-day, China is well advanced in ediication on the needs of the crisis. Far more than Japan is China prepared for the long struggle which lies in Hunan and other provinces before the final decision is reached, and the con- duct of the Japanese themselves has made preparations for that struggle more bitter and univer- sal. They have heard glowing re- ports of the guerilla troops, and particularly of the famous Eighth Route Army, and they believe that by guerilla warfare the Japanese military advances may be nullified. It is unfortunately too easy to overestimate the suc cess that guerilla troops, aided by the Bullen patriotism of the mass of the population, can achieve

Hong Kong, Friday, November 25, 1938 against a well-armed, well-sup-

NO PEACE

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plied, and ruthless army of ocen- pation. But the results are more than worth it even When they seem to show that, while the Japanese may be considerably The nature and trend of the harassed at times and may not recent discussions between the venture to leave the main cities and railways, they are not in. British Ambassador and General serious jeopardy. Chiang Kai-shek continue veiled in traditional diplomatic secrecy, ubiquitous news-hawks

From the Japanese point of view, however, more military oc cupation is not sufficient, Japan aims, as her spokesmen so fre- not-quently repeat when speaking to withstanding. The one thing America and Europe, at peace and goodwill in the Far East; or, which seems to be established be-in other words, she

aims

at yond doubt is that Sir Archibald turning the whole of China into a subordinate State along the did not venture upon any step lines of Manchukuo, This involves which could possibly be inter-setting up one or more puppet Governments (Manchukuo be- preted by the Generalissimo as gan its official life with the farce of a Chinese Cabinet “supported"" an attempt by Britain to per- by Japanese under secretaries in suade him to abandon the strug, every department) and the re- legation of Chiang Kai-shek to gle. As Mr. Butler stated in the status of a rebel. Also,

ments sufficiently

ac-

subservient,

the House of Commons, Britain cording to the Manchukuo pre- cedent, it would mean no more would naturally be prepared to than lip-service respect at the mediate in the conflict if invited best for the commercial interests of other countries in China. It to do so by both sides. But nei-will not be a difficult business in ther in Tokyo nor in Chungking the North to produce Govern- or Changsha is the British Gov-though at present there is no sign that they will ever command ernment likely to invite the re-

any popular support. The fall of buff which would inevitably fol- Hankow has had the effect of drawing a sharp line between low upon uninvited mediation those who believe that the anti- offers. The Powers have ample Japanese struggle must be con- tinued as long as Chinese sover reason for certitude that termina-eignty is infringed and those, in- tion of the conflict at this stage, fluential through their position rather than their numbers, who with Japan in her present mood, have all along been lukewarm or hostile towards the war. The re- would be disastrous to China sult has been a complete and and to all foreign interests in encouraging victory for Chiang and the intransigents and that China, and for taking the long-the struggle will be continued range view that while the situa- there can be no doubt. The Jap tion cannot possibly be worsened anese are not likely to contem- by continued resistance, there is plate peace or mediation except an excellent chance of a turn for on terms which they consider the the better from China's point of right of conquerors. As these view. It would not, indeed, be would involve the death of the surprising if Burma railway loom- Kuomintang and of the Commun- ed more importantly in the re-ists as organised parties, Chinese cent conversations than specula-nationalism has no alternative tions on the contingencies of im- but to continue to fight, relying possible peace negotiations. on the inaccessibility of its bases China is not facing the new in the interior and the dertainty phase of the campaign, introduc- that the difficulties which Japan ed by the fall of Canton and the had to face and is facing in ex- Wuhan cities, with any illusions ploiting Mantluikuo will confront about the gravity of the tank her with even more ürgendy In ahead or of the anguishes that the desylated: China which she still have to be borne, The Gen- now pretends to control.