After the passage of the "lend-and-Jease bill" in Washington over which the Chinese are jubilant, the most important thing is that the United States should not consider either one of the two countries. Great Britain and China, in more urgent need for aid than the other for they must be helped simultaneously, since Germany and Japan are also fighting hand in hand Washington should also cultivate friendship with Moscow, so that they may ce-operate closely in defeating the Japanese.
These are the hopes entertained by the "Cheng Yien Pao" a leading Chi-mese daily published in Shanghai. In an editorial the paper says that the passage of the bill is the "biggest event during the present world conflict" and that the Chinese are no less jubilant than the British for China has been wanting American help for a long time.
Insisting that no priority in time in giving aid to the democracies should be considered by the United States, the paper says that after all what China needs, as indicated by General Chiang Kai-shek. amounts to only one half of what Britain may obtain. Although Germany still maintains formidable strength while Japan has "dwindled to sunset," the United States should realize that to fight Japan is to fight Germany in order to maintain initiative in both Oceans. President Roosevelt's representative has collected all data in China and what the United States should do at present is to push all
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