Hankow, Sept. 1.
Stalin of Russia expressed confidence that China is emerging victorious from the present Sino-Japanese hostilities......
Dr: Benes of Czechoslovakia opined that China cannot be conquered by Japan.
France and Britain, although unable to give active or direct assistance to China in view of the present European situation, are closely watching Far Eastern developments......
Germany and Italy are definitely pro-Japanese.
These are the main points from a report his European trip just completed here by Mr. Sun Fo, President of the Legislative Yuan.
The report declares that Stalin, in conversations in Moscow, based his confidence in a Chinese victory on a comparison of the present struggle with the early years of the Soviets, opining that China's present domestic and international situation is far better than was the Soviets'.
The Soviet press, the, report continues, does not publish any Japanese news dispatches concerning the China war, and is also optimistic about the outcome for China.
Mr. Sun found that public opinion in France and England was largely pro-Chinese.
Due to their Far Eastern interests, the majority of Britons, whether Conservative, Liberal or Labour, were inclined to support China, but the attitude of the British Government appeared more conservative.
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