Terming the sufferings of the people in the Interior as unspeakable, the Statement continued: "It cannot be denied—it "Is impossible to deny—that the war of resistance Is becoming more difficult every, day. Realizing this, should we be foreed to go on resisting in the absence of another way out? We must point out the Weaknesses of our resistances. For Instance, the deception of the people tacticed by the authorities and the Fobbery committed by the Com~ munists must be exposed; otherwise it would be like suffering from cancer and refusing to submit to an opera tion white It is still curable, Resistance to the bitter end will simply become o resistance without any purpose and without any result. I here Is a way to peace other than a way 10 war, then Wwe should sum= mon" the same determination and courage with which we have been fighting, to open negotiations for an honourable "peace—a peace with honour now rather than'be forced to accept a humiliating surrender which would make all sacrifices come. 10 naught Because we failed to seize the opportunity to negotiate on equal terms.
Referring to the alleged popular: resentment against peace talks. the statement warned the Government Against misconceptions and opined that itis the duty of the Government to face the hard facts of reality—it war is inevitable, yo to war, but if peace Is possible, discuss peace. As-Sailing the Government for eireulat.
more misstatements of fact based tion that the people ype to invent, the fon to say that "it the Government just playing with words without any sense of respon sibility, why should the people Fish their lives in toying to fod out the truth?
Pleading that he did not leave Chungking for fear of his life or for selfish interests, Mr. Wang said that wvetyone knows that ever since I became an active revolutionary some 30 years ago, I have never thought of my own self and of my personal welfare. My mind has always been occupied with the idea of how China, when forced to take up arms, would able to carry out a long' period resistance, how she would emerse Victorious and at the same time how she could re:
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