Chungking, Oct. 18, a statement addressed to the Chinese people last night on the eve of the Double Tenth, Gen, Chiang Kai-shek warned the Chinese people against hoping for a speedy conelusion of the Sino-Japanese war, He lunged civilians to ce-operate with the armed forces.
General Chiang also insisted wiping out all traitors, whom he deseribed "tools of the enemy's "puppet governments" would recognized.
Gen. Chen Cheng, Director of the Political Department of the National Military Council, urged the nation prepare for "a general counter-offensive on all fronts."—Reuter, Three Chinese Leaders
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