"That Chungking should meet with the present catastrophe was only to be expected, inasmuch as it was the headquarters of the anti-Japanese forces and elaborately defended," the Asahi continued. "The vociferous appeals to the Powers by the Chungking government at this time are the outcome of the violent shock that it Improvement in pay and conditions are outlined, and the establishment of the Ministries of Supply and Defence recommended, with wide powers ior overcoming productive delay and to deal with profiteering.
Great military and social value, it states, would be derived from a regulation making it necessary that all applicants for commissions must first serve for a year in the ranks. Freedom for the members of armed forces to join trade unions and professional associations is also advocated.—Reute-.
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