"Comparative Estimates of aval, Military Strength Issued Pressure Felt Tokyo, Jan. 20.
EN. Chiang Kai-shek's regime has suffered a "crushing blow"
but it persists in its resistance against Japan "'simply because Great Britain, the United States, France and the Soviet Union stand behind it, 'a pamphlet issued by the Navy Office declared.
The Chiang regime has lost its important towns and bases of operations, while its navy and air force have been "virtually by the Japanese army and navy forces, the pamphlet said. The important role to be played by the Japanese Navy in [building up a new order in East Asia was emphasized by the Navy 'A 230-page pamphlet titled "Armies of Japan and Foreign Powers," issued Chinese Army Still by the War Ministry yesterday, contains a list of figures on the compar 210 Divisions tive. military strength of Chin Russia, America, Britain, France, Tokyo, Jan, 21. Germany, Italy and Poland. One hundred " thousand copies of the The present situation of the hostilt-Pamphlet were distributed. ties in China was outlined by the Japanese War Minister, It-Gen, Charging that Britain and America, [Seishiro Ttagakl, in a speech to Parllahave been increasing political and ment today. economic pressure against Japan recently, the Navy Ofice pamphlet de-About 170,000 Chinese troops, he clared that the two Powers at the said, were now assembled west of the Same time were" redoubling their Peiping-Hankow Railway preparing efforts to expand armaments. guerilla warfare north of the Yangtze, {South of the Yangtse there are about British and U.S, Strength }200,000 troops in the area between [Changsha and Nanchang, "mostly Fuloliment of America's naval troops of the Chinese Ceneral Army. pansion plan will give her a great Eavy of "we and a quarter milieu General Chiang Kai-shek ts fons, wien 30 battleships and ten alt-endeavouring, he stated, to establish raft carriers as te nucleus, aceord-2 connection with the Generals of the fg. to the Navy Omee pamphlet.
South-West. Tu South China there Brains rearmament.- programme Jwere about 200,000 Chinese troops In Than "we niton tons by" 2982, the Will-give her a big navy of not less kwangtung and about 180,000" in Pamphlet declared.
russia was said to have the largest China's Total Army: number of submarines in the World, Taking into account the Chi-with ep assigned. to the Far' Ea nese troops in the provinces of S2 [Two s0000<ton battleships and seven jehuan and Yunnan, Gen, Itagaki to0-ton crulserg are under construc: estimated the total strength of the tion in "thes Soviet Union, the bout 1,000,000 men with Pamphlet stated. of which 85 divisions "Hindratces to Japan's efforts 10 Jbetonged to the Chinese Central Army. buildup anew order In East As Gen, Ttagaki declared that he thus. come not only from theo believed the western and northern Uinent but rom the oceans" "the provinces of China, through.con-pamphlet said, "Control of the sea tinuously increasing' support from End ait by the Japanese Navy. and Moscow would gradually come under naval it ores paved. the Way (or Communist influence, He emphasised iceesses in China that the chief forces of the Japanese Japan's control of the sea deterred Expeditionary Army would remain in other Powers from taking 8 vigorous [China for a certain time, "not only Sttitude against Japan since the start fo remove the anti-Japanese Chiang for hostilities in Chine. "The mission Kai-shek regime but also to establish the Japanese Navy increases Jat the same time m state of peace and {tmportance with the progress of the order." the! pamphlet cons Both the War Minister, Gen, Itagaki, and the Navy Minister Admiral Armies Compared [Masumasa Yonai who spoke after Gen, Itagaki, emphasised that the war The War OMice pamphlet estimated Jagainst China must be carried out not the present military strength. of Jonly by the Army and Navy but by China. at 930,000. troops, including the whole Japanese nation. In this 320.000 regulars and 840,00 provine time when the fulure of Japan and lof Eastern Asia was being decided, the The following figures on the armi whole nation had to, stand together of other countries were listed: believing steadfastly in the ultimate Soviet Union, 2,500,000; United victory "of Japanese arms, they States, 490,000; Great Britain, 420,000 regulars and 350,000 colonials; Italy, }570,000 regulars and 470,000 ' mem-'Twenty-Year War Possible bers of armed organizations; Poland, 270,000 regulars and 70,000 members Berlin, Jan, 21, of armed organizations.
"Owing to the particular character Aeroplanes of various Powers were of the Sino-Japanese hostilities, the estimated as follows: war may last for, ten years or even Soviet Union, 6,500; United States, for twenty years," the Japanese War 1,400; Great Britain, 2,000 planes and Minister, "It-Gen. Seishiro Tagaki, 1000" training craft; "France, 4,600; told the Tokyo correspondent of "Der Germany, 3,000; Italy, 2,000; Poland, JAngriff in an interview yesterday, 700, Tanks in the armies of foreign General Chiang-Kal-shek still has a Powers were listed as follows: Soviet Barge army, well-equipped with rifles, Union, 7,500; United States, 500 tanks {the War Minister added but this army Jand 260 armoured cars; Great Britain, is growing weaker every day since 400 tanks and 1.200 armoured. car the Japanese have out off in South France, 1,500; Italy, 1.300, Poland, [China the most important route supplying the Nationalist forees, The Minister asserted that arms for the Chinese army were. still passing through Burma and Turkestan,
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