Several papers state that the Japanese, in spite of their superiority in equipment and training, are confronted with an almost insurmountable task in attempting to subdue the Chinese since {he real advantage to the defenders will become evident when the hostilities have been carried further into the interior of China, where the Chinese are at home and in the midst of a source of supplies, while the Japanese will-be separated further and further from their base of supplies and will be surrounded by an enemy population.
The German papers emphasize the fact that instead of being subdued and frightened by the constant Japanese air raids, indignation and defiance on the part of the entire Chinese population is growing day by day.—Trans-Ocean,
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