The Archive · 1939

Scorched Earth Polic

Bitterly denouncing the tactics of burning down" "and of "changing position," Me. Wang recalled the "giving up" of Canton and the "but ing down" of Changsha." The war of resistance has often become to xive up as quickly as possible and to bure down as thoroughly Ss possible," he sud charged that "those learned in history Understand that Communist. guerilla warfare is just an euphemism for large scale robbery."

Likening the people to crops and the guerillas to locusts, Mr. Wang said; "Where locusts appear there is nothing left. In former times, people shivered with fear when they, heard robbers, but Communist. band: today are called guerillas gress to have the secret of successful Fesistance to foreign aggression."

The statement described as "pathe-tie to see" the people's militia, who are of the greatest assistance to the regular armies, become contaminated the Communists.

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