That Japan's southward move and her intention to conquer China are one and the same thing and that the speech made at the opening session of the Peoples Congress now convened at Chi. For the first time since the Shanghai Municipal Council has enforced—c ip—regulations against the Chinese press here, local Chinese dailies published General Chiang's speech word for word yesterday and the full speech is so long that it has to be continued today.
Reviewing the Sino-Japanese situation, General Chiang points out the mistaken policy adopted by Japan and this has resulted in the international situation completely turning in favour of China. He says that everything hasehappened as expected. Japan has already shown signs of weakness during thg second period of war here by withdrawing forces from occupied districts, while the Chinese military strength is growing day by day. The-new political and economic systems in Japan indicate the desperate position in which Japan finds herself.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.