The question of maintaining connections with the coast is becoming constantly more difficult as the Japanese penetrate deeper into the interior, and is beginning to play the important role foreseen from the beginning of the conflict. It is pointed out, for xample, that up to the present the Japanese have not been successful in establishing railw ween Peiping and Paoting.
Nor are the Japane: able to obtain provisions from the la as all were destroyed by the Chinese before withdrawing. experts are unanimous in declaring that during the past months a decided strengthening n China's position has been evident The will to resist is increasing, and the Japanese hopes of a collapse of the central government are evidently doomed to failure.
The end of the war is therefore regarded as by no means near unless Japan decides to make peace overtures or a third power intervenes, Trans-Ocean.
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