Certain shortcomings, he declared, Yad been discovered since the flotation of the $500.000,000 Liberty. Bond issue, on which much of the future destiny of China's struggle against Japan depended, "The sue," Mr. Wang said, "is only. one-Aifth of what Japan has raised by a single stroke. If China falls to raise this amount, there can hardly be any "resistance t0 the last' {0 speak Nor were any drawbacks in con scription in China excusable; continued Mr, Wang, Out of a total population of 400,000,000, he pointed out, China should be able to raise an army of more than 2,000,000 strong.
Japan, with a. total." population of only. 70,000,000, could raise an army of 4,000,000, he said.
In conclusion, Mr. Wang Ching-wel emphasized the' importance of "keeping up the determination on the part fof each and every citizen of China do his or her utmost to maintain the present national struggle to the
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