Bitterly denouncing the tactics of "puming down" and of "changing position" Mr. Wang recalled the "giving up" of Canton and the "burning down" of Changsha." The war of resistance has often become to give up as quickly as possible and to burn down as thoroughly as possible," he said.
Lamenting the unprecedentedly large tract of land that has been lost to the Japanese within an unbelievably short space of time, the statement charged that "those learned in history understand that Communist gue warfare is just an euphemism for large scale robbery."
Likening the people to crops and the guerillas to locusts, Mr, Wang said: "Where locusts appear there is nothing left. In former times, people shivered with fear when they heard of robbers, but Communist bandits today are called guerillas and progress to have the secret of successful resistance to foreign aggression."
The statement described as "pathetic to see" the people's tio, who are of the greatest assistance to the regular armies, become contaminated by the Communists.
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