Washington, Apr. 28. The stubborn resistance of China's fighting forces in recent weeks presages for Japan "a colossal military problems," neutral military sources here believe. Experts who have followed the hostilities closely indicated that they have revised upward their estimates of China's potential military strength, When the hostilities first began, many observers felt the war would follow the same course as the hostilities around Shanghai in 1932—stiff Chinese resistance at first and then sudden collapse.
It is now felt, in the light of recent developments, that the war will be a long one and that China's strength will increase steadily as the fighting continues. Observers see little possibility for a sudden collapse of Chi-hose resistance,
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