Tokyo, Mar. 17.
The Jast "push" necessary to bring the China affair to an carly settlement is near, General Toshizo Nishio, retiring Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in China, declared in his first interview with the press since his triumphal return to Japan on March 13, "In spite of its flattering propaganda, the Chungking, regime cannot cover up. the fact that the moral of its armed forces has deteriorated great General Nishio said, adding that "Chungking now is merely carrying on its resistance with the hope of receiving some aid from a third power."—Domel.
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