"Impossible"
Gen. Chiang Kai-shek Tells How China's Plans Have Enmeshed Invaders Chungking, Apr. 18.
"In the existing circumstances, there is no possibility of peace," d2- Clarci General Chiang Kai-shek in an interview with pressmen today.
Asked if the terms offered by Prince Konoye, the former Japanese Premier, could still be ussd as a basis for peace talks, the Generalissimo recalled his statement last December, in which he described the new order in Fast Asia" as nothing but as another attempt at ese hegemony in Asia. took up resistance, he continued, for the preservation of her national life, her liberty and her independence, and the war would con-until these aims had been a-leved. Nothing could shake the confidence and determination of the Chinese people to resist.
Referring to Mr. Wang Ching-wei, deposed Preside of the Executive Yuan, and his followers, Genera! Chiang Kai-shek expressed the opinion that moral isolation wasa ju: condemnation, and that legal punishment would wait.
Questioned how the Sino-Japanese war would be terminated, General Chiang Kai-shek said this depended upon the march of events. Japan, he declared, had been reduced to the rank of a second-rate Power as a result of China's prolonged resistance: and the time was bound to come when, the Japanese people could no longer bear the strain of war.
Conquest Must be Abandoned The conflict would come to an end, he went on, when the Japanese militarists realized their mistakes and abandoned their attempt to conques China.
Asked how the military situation was likely to develop, General Chiang Kai-shek stated tnat it had bren China's policy to spin time sat the sacrifice of space, and finally to defeat the enemy through an accom ulation of small victories.
Expressing the opinion that the Chinese plan had hitherto been highly successful, he pointed out that after 22 months of hostilities, China was able to hold many provinees in tact, with only deserted capitals and a few provinces in the hands of the Japanese.
Meanwhile the Japanese were being dragged deeper and deepèr into a swamp from which it would be difficult to extricate themselves. They were exposing themselves to cor attacks by the Chinese, who still held the rural districts in the so-called occupied areas.
In-conclusion, General Chiang Kaishek condemned "those idiots and traitors who are agitating for peace in the interests of the Japanese."—
Reuter.
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