On the other hand, in Japanese military circles, specially among the men on the spot, no such optimistic view is taken. These gentlemen are by no means so sure that the Wa: Ching-wei government is going to a success. At the same time th are quite definite that the Japan army will never agree to the e: ance of two separate governments i China: one at Chungking under Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and one 2 Nanking under Mr. Wang. No peace they believe, is possible on those lines.
They themselves frankly admit that they have their doubts whether, in any case, the mere establishment of a new central government will put an end to the China Incident. But their chief hope would seem to be that, once he has set up his government, he will be able to win over a majority of the members of the Chungking Government to his side.
Should, however, Mr. Wang Ching-wei fail, they will still not be disheartened; for they explain airily, "We have other strings to our bow." Though what these other strings are, they are not in a position to divulge. Wishful thinking was ever one of the weaknesses of these gentlemen. If, however, these somewhat contradictory views of the Japanese military party are correct, it would appear that the end of the Sino-Japanese hostilities is about es far off as it ever was.
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