All leading Chinese papers here asked the people to observe discipline, to face bravely the crisis and to Prepare for the "last sacrifice." The people were warned against excitement but urged to rally under the National Government in the life-and-death struggle.
Chinese papers in Nanking also unanimously declared that the present defensive campaign in Peiping and Tientsin concerns the existence or extinction of the Chinese nation People were urged to economize their daily expenses so as to place th material and financial strength at th disposal of the country The most gratifying sign at this intensely critical juncture, the Capital Daily" said is the stand adopted by the 29th Army, whose determination to resist the aggressors has dashed to pieces the enemy's policy of dismemberment of the Chinese officials.
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