New York, Dec. 5.
Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese Ambassador to the United States, today revealed that China had made informal and indirect peace offers to Japan after the fall of Canton and Hankow.
However, the Ambassador declared, the counter-proposals offered by Japan could not be honourably accepted. This had resulted in a quick decision to continue the war.
Dr. Hu made these statements at a luncheon held In the Lawyers Club in New York. He attended the luncheon as the guest of Dr. K. C. Id.
The Chinese diplomat Wiened the present conditions obtaining in China to those which faced the American colonies in 1776.
"Our armies are undergoing the hardships and trials of China's Valley Forge," he declared.
"As certain as the fact that the superior condition, strength and armament of his foes was no match for the indomitable courage of George Washington and the spirit of the: Colonial troops and of Congress, just so certainly will Japanese manpower Jand the" mechanization of her sprawled-out armies prove no match for the courage and the national spirit of sacrifice which is inspiring the Chinese armies in their fight to prevent the crushing of a great nation and a great culture."
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