It will make no difference to us whether Japan pursues a policy of "northward advance" or one of, "southward advance." The result of that policy to us will be the. same: it will be inimieat to China's national interests and be a menace to China's rational existence. We must place every ounce of our enemy for the Purpose of self-defence, and to shat ter the enemy's attempts to subjugate China, so that we may be permitted to carry forward our national recon The problem with us today is whi ther we have sufficient confidence in ourselves and whether we waild see Sur country becoming strong. That depends entirely upon whether we possess o Inck the spirit of struggle which our revolutionary martyrs had shown. I know. only toa well that Our War of national resistance will meet with increasing diffeuities, But T know too that "we shall finally achieve our final victory and pave the way for carrying forward "Our Work of national reconstruction, Recent developments in the inter national citation have become more and more favourable to the cause of our national resistance, in that they tend to merge or identify with the final objectives of our national strusgles. We shall continue with our sLrugeles, however, irrespective of ternational developments. We have reckoning. We shall display an indomitable spirit and show even great er courage in fulfilling the queathed teachings of Dr. Sun" Yat sen, and we must be prepared to unergo even greater sufferings and hardships. "No sufferings, however rear. shall deter us from our purpose andi ultimate: alnns 1 would request my compatriots the battlefield and in the occupied areas to continue fighting against the enemy and to refuse under any eir= cumstances 0 work for or with the enemy and the traitors. Those of my {compatriots who are serving behind! the battle fronts should redouble their Jefforts tu performing their" various duties, All national resources must be developed to their maximum capacity national production must be. speeded and increased and all kinds of selentifie "research "and inventions must be sponsored and encouraged #0 that we may lay and consolidate the foundation on which cur national conomie independence shalt be based. Every effort will be made during the present peried of national emer= Boney to develop all branches of our Industries, to expand and develop out national highways and railway sys ems, and to introduce local and retional autonomy as well as to work for general societ progress.
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