It Is open talk among all classes lof the population, that in this crisis the North has again been left completely in the lurch by the Central Government, It Is said that atthe beginning the Central Government sent General Sung strong telegrams urging him to resist and not to cede an inch of {territory. But when he telegraphed reply asking very pertinently what support he could expect from Nanking in the way of war material, re-Inforcements and money, he was left without a reply, There is little doubt that sudden and quite unexpected weakening of the fighting spirit of the 20th Army hus been due to the belie that they could expect no immediate assistance from Nanking.
"There is much speculation in foreign circles as to what the Nanking Government is going to do, now tha} it is faced with this fresh fait, accompli by the Japanese military. Among the Chinese public there is no great hope hat anything will be done, and people are already beginning to shrug their shoulders and say, "Welh if the Central Government can't help us, what can. we do? We shall have to make the best of it, 03 the people in the Three Eastern Provinces have hid to do."
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