The Japanese officially admit using considerallg' forces, which are
eight divins. of which two me reliably Ge sage at about 120,000, or epoited tg be from south Manchuria.
The Chhese strength is said to be about 19000.
Hithego the Japanese have beer proclaiming that their objective is limited to driving Chungking troops from North China, but if the operation $ successful they will cross the Yellow River and reopen the whole PeipingHankow line to Hankow.
In this connection it is signifi that other Japanese force are pushing northwards from Hupe to Honan. ~-Sdfae Chungking and other comments point out that these operations are only local and cannot affect the safety of Chungking or the general situation in China,—Reuter "In last September's blitzkrieg, much had to be done...you can imagine what this movement has meant, the problems of billeting, of finding school accommodations, or arranging in some cases for double-shifts in schools and the sudden adjustment of town teachers and children to new and strange surroundings.
Mr. Ramsbotham admitted that education facilities had suffered by the move through loss of facilities for special work in science, handicraft and related subjects.
On the other hand they have gained all the stimulus of a n vironment and new experiences. introduction of town child country life has in itself been an education for them Youngsters Not "Soft"
He praised the courage of the British youngsters. "They certainly are giving the lie to the suggestion that the younger generation is Mr. Ramsbotham told ai a nine-ear-old boy who snuffed out a fire ith an old pair of trousers and of a Boy Scout, his arms and legs crushed, lying in the wreckage of his home, directing rescuers to other victims in the debris.
"The children seem to hi their motto grin and b remarked.
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