Chungking, Oct. 10.
In a message to the nation on the eve of the. 30th anniversary of the Chinese Revubiic yesterday. General Chiang Kai appealed for an all-out effort to win the war and achieve the task of reconstruction.
"Five years of resistance have laid the foundation for victory ana given us steadily mounting repute in the opinion of the world. Co-operation of friendly Powers with us has taken on definite shape,": he Generalissimo continued.
Reviewing affairs in the past year. he stressed two outstanding features 1. Powers opposed to aggression closed their ranks and the peace. loving nations ranged themselves in the Pacific against Japan. forming a restraining cordon of defences about her and secondly, China crossed the threshold of equality with other nations. The century of unequal treaties may said to be closed with the British and American declarations of their intention to relinquish extraterritorial rights in China.
"Vast obstacles have yet to be Oversome, but nothing can reverse the accomplishments already ours," General Chiang Kai-shek asserted.
In conclusion. he appealed to all citizens to make an extreme effort and to all officers and men to strive for the glory of China as a member of the anti-aggression front.—Reuter.
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