To occupy all Chinese cities from Woosung to Ichang along the Yangtze River, to station heavy garrison forces and to create puppet regimes at each of these places, to keep their line of communication on the river open by warships and aeroplanes, and then to extend their tentacles slowly to reach the south-eastern parts of China until they are dismembered piece by piece—these, according to Mr. Wang Ching-wel, Chairman of the Central Political Council, represent the scope for the Japanese military's ambition China, "Mr. Wang, who occupies the most important posting the entire Kuomintang organization, made the revelation in a radio speech over the Ginling Broadcasting Station here ast night, saying that his information of the Japanese military's do-signs in China was based on their recent actions and propaganda, 'Te matters little whether the Japan-jose could ever actually accomplish their designs, but it is beyond the shadow of any doubt that they really' intend to do so, Mr. Wang.emphasized, To. counteract this far-reaching Japanese ambition, the only course Jopen to China and the Chinese people, he proceeded, is to wage a long-drawn-out war of resistance.
China's ability to hold out long, Mr. Wang pointed out, depends on how well she can preserve and increase her fighting strength, which in turn is conditioned not only on military matters, but also on three Jother factors. They are the development of economic resources, good use of existing means of transportation, and the organization and training of the masses.
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