China is determined to exact a price from Japan for every inch and every foot of the Chinese territory which the Japanese forces may occupy.
Insofar as China is concerned, this is a war of prolonged resistance. Once the people in Shanghai grasp, this point, they should not permit themselves to be down-hearted because of petty gains or losses with, no permanent bearing on the final outcome.
While testifying to the sound judgment and admirable perception of the people, the past three months' hostilities have also revealed many things which they might do well to study and analyze. Certain valuable experiences must be preserved and on the other hand shortcomings must be remedied, What has been learned in Shanghai during the past ninety days, Mr, Yui said, could very well be turned into good use for the whole nation in its war of resistance. The confidence of the people of Shanghai in a final victory cannot fail to have been shared by their brethren throughout the country, In conclusion, Mr. Yui asked his People to take stock of the situation and let nothing to dampen their spirit, Instead they should remain behind the government and loyal to the state, yesterday in an editorial. To go on until the whole Chinese nation has been defeated and the Chinese armies broken. it asserts, is a prospect likely to daunt the most warlike Japanese. It is extremely doubtful whether even Germany could at present find a basis for peace acceptable to both sides. The China army, at least, the journal concludes, is in no mood to accept peace on Japan's terms.—Reuter,
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