Tt cannot be denied that the general morale of the Chinese nation has received a tremendous flip from the last two weeks' reports from the Tsinpu front.
Perhaps the most important factor is psychological—the destruction for ever of the legend of the invincibility of the Japanese armies. 2 Thinking Chinese here do not expect a speedy end of the war, but they feel that the struggle now can be continued with hope, whereas a fortnight ago there was a general feeling of pessimism. The result is that people are now saying that should the Japanese ever break through to Hankow, they will. only meet after that in Szechuen a people determined to continue its resistance to the last man, A popular phrase is now making its first appearance among the common people as a kind of greeting. It is; "If the harvest is good and we have rice, we can fight for ever."—Reuter.
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