In the opinion of most military observers, Japan will not be able to deal a crushing blow to. China's armed forees—which would be the only possible way of ending the present war through military measures without bringing in mest of the crack "divisions now' satienod exerting every effort to increase the available manpower from Japan proper.
Neither of these steps will be taken, they believe, unless Japan can iron-clad eyreement with en the Kwangtinit clique' would be too suspicious. of Soviet motives to risk such a move, their opinion, hed the stalemate predicted more than a Year ayo by many military observers.
China has not "the strength—or ther the armaments—to drive the apanese out of their fortified areas Japan either has not not willing expend the strength necessary 10 Dung the war to a military conclision." A" sudden' shift in the. inter= national situation ov disaffection in the Japanese army—whiel is sidered still highly remote—are cor. sidered the only possible solutions to resent impasse: unless, by some lee. a meeting round for Kotiations between the tse countries can be levelled out of the present confiding desires.~United Press.
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