The Archive · 1939

Victory in Two Years

Washington, May 25.

China will probably need to con-linne the war with Japan for another two years to achieve victory, Dr. Hu Shih, Chinese Ambassador to Washington, estimated today in an interview.

The Chinese Ambassador, however, celled attention to several most significant factors which indicated China's sound position even at the present time.

He pointed out as an encouraging factor China's continued unity and determination to resist Japanese in-vision.

He also emphasized that China was able to assume the offensive last month along a 2,000-mile front after nearly two years of warfare. The offensive, he said, placed Japan on the defensive and said that this condition generally prevails at present.

The "April offensive," he said, was launched to test the strength of the Japanese along a vast front and it succeeded in halting the Japanese adance on all fronts. The offensive j precipitated no fewer than 54 battles and skirmishes, he said.

Jay communication lines have been disrupted and Japanese difficul-lies have been increasing, largely as a result of Chinas April and May attacks through the use of guerilla campaigns, he claimed, Why Atlantic Service Was Postponed London, May 24.

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