The spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Office declined to make any comment today when questioned regarding the widespread rumours of a Sino-Soviet military pact and a Sino-French agreement, "The past eleven months' armed resistance has fortified our. nation's determination to ght and simultaneously has augmented our faith in our strength has been considerably "increased, When hostilities first broke out, the Japan-Jose thought tha our fighting prowess would decrease daily, In their estimation, China could not stand the war for'more than three months, Quite to the contrary, China's resistance will last as long as the Japanese continue their campaign of Jaggression, Its duration cannot be measured Ju terms of months or years, The endurance of the Chinese nation in carrying on resistance has been amply borne out in history.
"The whole nation is solidly united Jas it never has been before. Evidence of unity may be seen everywhere, It is more particularly conspicuous in the occupied areas, where the Japanese have succeeded Jonly in getting bandits and disereditfed politicians to set up puppet organizations for them, "As to righteously minded people, even those who were formerly dis-satiated with the Kuomintang are one and all supporting the National Government and taking part in armed Fesisance and opposition to spurious
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