The Japanese Army is ready to cooperate with a new regime in Central China, if its basic policies a: friendship with Japan and war o the Kuomintang and the Communi Party.
This statement was made on Thur: day afternoon by Gen. Shunroku Hata, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Force in Central China, in an interview with Japanese newspapermen following a military review at the Civic Center.
"The troops participating in the review," Gen. Hata said, "have exhibited such high morale and fighting spirit that they could march to any point, however remote—even Hankow."
The Army, the officer declared is "determined to go on, no matter how long the current war may last."
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