"If the Japanese hoped that the Matsuoka pact would assist them in their blockade of China. they appear to have been disappointed. Truste worthy figures cannot be obtained of the volume of supplies still coming overland! from Russia, but some foreign observers believe that it is little short of the present tonnage on the Burma. Road, "The will of the Chinese to carry on the war despite their ups and P' downs remains unimpaired. The rebound.from the Matsuoka pact came quickly in British and American credits, the arrival of an important American air mission in Chungking. i|and the cast-iron assurance of the British Ambassador, Sir Archibald Kerr that the Burma Road would be kept open, "Other more tangible forms of help have followed, and the Chinese now feel that they no longer are alone in holding the front in the Far East, Almost without exception, educated classes are anxious for an. Allied victory so that they shall be free {ò build up a great new China of their own shaping:
"General Chiang Kai-shek's attitude may be judged from a report that he has threatened to shoot the- next emissary who brings him peace over-Wheth.
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