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THE predx "Special to the Telegraph" inted by the "ongkong Telegraph to indicate nows which is strictly copyright ander the provisions of the Telecommu rattons Ordinance, Ind. Such news na bears the Indication "U" is received in Hongkong on the date of publication by the United Press AssociaBona, who re servo all rights and forbid republications, rlier wholly or in part without previous, arrangement,

CHINA'S HEAD HIGH

MOST striking feature of the fifth anniversary of the Sino- Japanese hostilities, which falls to-day, is the contrast in the tone of the commemorative speeches and writings by the statesmen and journalists of the respective countries. Four years ago, Japan's spokesmen were so puffed up with confid- ence that they referred to the China War contemptuously as an "incident" which had merely to be cleared up with charac- teristic Japanese thoroughness

FOUR

"on

AFTER FOUR

YEARS AGO TO-

DAY Japanese troops manoeuvres" opened fire on the walled town of Wanping, by famous Marco Polo bridge, near China's former capital, Peiping. The garrison regi- ment of Chinese, the poorly equipped 29th Army, returned fire.

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more

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To-day approxlinutely 3,000,000 Chinese troops face nearly 1,000,000 Japanese troops over an area third, the size of the United States and are still ghting. The war hins killed more people, caused human misery, greater shifts population and greater economie dis- locations than any time in China's history, Between one-fourth and one-third of the earth's population: has been directly involved in this great buttie.

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Despite the long series of reverses on the balle fields, China is prob ably better of militarily than four Even foreign military years 10.

observers agree that China now has

YEARS OF

WAR

Simultaneously, there is a strong feeling in many quarters that a more form of government is

CHINA'S POSITION=

More

IS BRIGHTEST

solfiers under arms, better equipped, much better trained and belter led than before the war.

By FRANCIS M. FISHER

United Press Staff Correspondent

The Kuomintang has drawn up. and the government has promulgated, a plan for instllution of self-govern- ment for the country, but whether this will eventually result in a truly democratic form of government is problematical. No doubt it will depend on the outcome of the Asiatic and European wars as well as upon the inter-play of strong Internal econo- mic, social and pulitical, forces,

It is considered significant In this respect that the tremendous cost of the war itself is forcing a more de-

taxation

Shifting the armies from front to front, plus the infusion of a great seat Chinn is confident she will not government-established Food Ministry mocratic distribution of these coats number of Central Government train only be able to maintain her arma- was given wide powers over the con- as evidenced by the new

trol of transportation, distribution programme which will demand sacrl- ed young officers, have largely broken ments production, but also will be and sales of all important foodstuffs. fees from certain classes who so far

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have not been forced to contribute down the vicious sectionalism of n able to increase the output of her

The government also called

The any substantial amounts. semi-autonormous nature of many of arsenals.

national finance conference, converted

basic deelsion was that the govern- China's armies and has

ment should collect all land taxes them into conscious units of the.

in the future, instead of the money The problem of feeding the armies going to the provincial governments Internationally, China's position national army,

is vitally important and merges with as In the past. Four years experience in fighting the general pleture of China's econo- during which time they have often mic situation.

China's Generalissima Chiang Kai-shek's able the same way, which are expect- fought the Japanese to a standstill

has improved rapidly since a year ago when the Burma Road and Indo-

now

the

It was decided also to float "grain China railway and highway wore bonds" collectable in price and repay closed.

poslilon to enable the government to en- ct and even defeated them, has gone far statement that China's war problem sure that there will be no holding or brightest at any time since the Muke to Improve the soldiers' as well as is 70 percent economic and 30 percent speculation of rice, hence better dis- den incident, with Chino tacitly the people's morale and has destroy military is a conservative statement tribution as well as feed for the army acknowledged as a member of the (Amerien Britain China) ed the defeatest superstition that the of the immense difficulty through and an increase in the government's A. B. C.

front.

Japanese army was Invincible. economie problems which is facing actual revenues.

The

American Chiba at the beginning of the th The

Britain, and particularly the United and British the оп present positions

stabilisation loans, and their care- States, are now committed to real ful and wise administration are and substantial ald to China. In ad- various fronts also are Imminently year of the war.

It is generally overlooked that also expected to boost the internal as dition, the possibility of actual mili- better suited to Chinese defence than

Japan has consistently directed its well as external economie situation Intary old looms If Japan should con-

tinue her southward moves. for further

Japanese important

war effort against China's economy, China. offensive moves.

In addition to the great stimulating as much as against military and poll-

value in building up China's morole, Lastly, Chinese tactics in the tical establishments.

this new set-up is expected to prove Industrially, China is far more vul- Politically, the strain of four years, important to China's war efforts. in the face of historical Chinese present stage of the war-refusing to

The increasing shipments of Ame- docility; the Chinese leaders try for decision by enticing Japanese nerable than militarily or politically, of war has here, as in other countries,

and at the as shown by the fact that Japan led to an increase in the centralisa- rican material, aspecially planes, are spoke grave words, accepted troops to attack them

same time inflict the heaviest possible rapidly either captured or destroyed tion of power and authority as re- expected to more than offset the de- at least 80 percent of China's In- flected in the Kuomintang's current cline in shipments of supplies from slogan of "obedience to the supreme the Soviet Union as a result of the -casualtics_without_endangering any dustrial plants.

-lenders.

--Russo-German-hostilltles large portion of the Chinese armles was well calculater to make a heavier drain on Japan's war effort

hard and nasty facts, and called upon the nation to make one of the greatest defensive fights in the history of the world.

Japan followed, with the rapid sel- zure of a large proportion of China's, than resources and raw materials and,

then with a more or less effective blockade.

or

CONTRACT HOW TO PLA

BRIDGE How to Win

BY JOSEPHINE CULBERTSON

Don't Always Draw Trumps!

To-day, depression has settled. | China's. upon Japan regarding the China

Admittedly, China's armies are not Even pre-war China had sufficient enterprise; Chungking's stub-sufficient or heavily armed enough light industries to produce the con- born and effective resistance is to attempt a sustained offensive, nor uner commodities she needed, but

Japan has almost no heavy recognised and Japan's difficul- is there the likelihood of enough machine tool Industries and was not ties in this campaign are now heavy arms reaching them in the self-sufficient in food, despite the

fact she is predominately an agricul-i openly admitted. Something near future.

tural nation. has been obtained out of the

Hence, China's immediate military To-day Chloe faces the fact that venture to date, but Oh! so little problem in entering the fth year even those light industries she has been able to salvage are producing compared with that expended in of the war consists merely of keeping only a tiny fraction of the ordinary money and materials. all of these armies fighting Japan, consumer goods, such as textiles and Neither has this adventure in maintaining or improving the pre- paper. The blockade and transpor-HERE is absolutely no truth or nearer a successful conclusion. West iation dimculties prevent the Import- China profited Japan politically. sent modest equipment, and feeding ing of any sizable quantities of or declarer should draw trumpa as corded, a diamond, and dummy did She has become completely the large forces. estranged from her former friends, the United States and Britain, and has aligned herself

The first of these problems is poll up their hands, and say "according with a European heirnchy of leal, and reflects the key political to all the rules, China should have

collapsed economically long ago." Totalitarians with whom she problem of China-Kuomintang vs. has only one thing in common-Communists. ambition to destroy her neigh-

men,

bours.

dinary goods,

togle in the so-called rule that did not oblige, however. He dis- quickly as possible. Almost as ofien likewise. At this stage the situa-

The effect of these Japanese efforts as not, trump-drawing should be de- tion was a follows: Is such that foreign economists ferred indefinitely. Note 10-day's trying to study the situation throw deal:

West deuler.

East-West vulnerable.

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While there are certain basic con-

Thus, the real miracle is that Chinof tradictions of views by the two parties carries on, doggedly. optimistically On the other hand, China to on how the war should be fought and and with increasing success. It is a patience and recuperative power day can not only look back upon financed and how the people should tribute to the super-human endurance, a fight. magnificently fought, be organised and governed, there has of the Chinese people.

Bumper crops throughout China in but she has moral, political and been no visible shaking of the firm financial advantages which are conviction of both parties that China 1038 und 1839, plus stored up socks of the chief factors enabling China's going to prove important factors must resist and fight Japan. On this of goods, probnisly proved to be one

to defeat in the continued struggle. A point they agree. Despite the ups and economie leaders now spirit has been awakened downs and occasional friction, there Japanese attempts to force an econo-

mle collapse, and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Is every reuson to believe that there

Nevertheless, prices and the cost of shek stands higher in the will be no open break of hostilities

living have risen manifold. The pur- as long as neither side compromises elasing power of the yuan has drop- esteem of his countrymen than

West opened the heart king, then ped markedly, while the number of shifted to the diamond king. Dum- ever before-a tremendous thing with Japan.

bank notes in circulation has In- my's ace won, and declarer imme- With reference to the maintenance creased several-fold. to be able to say after four years

diately tuffed a low heart with the warfare. of harrowing

To or the present equipment; China dur-

The comparatively poor crop last spade six. A club was then led to China, the fight is not only stilling the past four years has establish year, plus the doubtful prospects this the jack, and a third heart ruffed the eight. Dummy's second fourth pro- with

ruff a on, but it has begun to assumeed scores of small arsenals deep in year, have accentuated these

club entry was used the interior for making small arms, blems..

heart with the nine-spot. The ace - a new and encouraging form.

machine-guns, trench mortars and

However, since the beginning of of clubs then was laid down. Japan is becoming weaker while usition. Prior to the war China this year the government has moved far declarer had run virtually no West on rapidly to meet these problems and risk China grows in military and

of being overruffed. to depend largely was forced

has Instituted a number of far-reach- hardly could have had a singleton national strength. Greater aid foreign countries for these items. ing pollefes. Moving toward

have had a Boven-curd Chinn, however, lacks and badly tralisation, as have other club nn, In that event, Enat would needs planes and artillery, ne- since the start of the European war would not have passed to the one cently the Chinese greatly rejoiced Executive Council of the Kuomintang

the government, through the Central heart bid.

is being given by her democratic friends who are now completely confident of her ability to fight to win. China con hold her head high on this fifth anniver- sary of undeclared, but none the less bitter and brutal war.

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United sale of tobacco, wine, matches and declarer's made available under the States' lense-and-lend act.

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