New York, June 12.
Mr. Henry R. Luce, China-born editor of "Life" and "Time" magazines, last night broadcast to the United States that the Japanese invasion has been "stopped cold in its tracks" by the Chinese Army now grown to 4,000,000 men. c Mr. Luce, who is also a United China Relief director, recently returned from an extended ' inspection trip of Free China.
With his wife, Miss Clare Bootne, well-known, playwright, Mr. Luce spent 20 days personally viewing the tide of battle on China's war fronts, He stated that the Chinese Army at present was "in position along 2,000 miles of front" and the Japan's only chance of success now lies in a "supreme effort to smash through one of the salient sectors in China's battle-line.
As long as the Army of China remains in being Japan is doomed to defeat and disaster no matter what policy it attempt to pursue."
Mr. Luce that many educated Chinese "can't understand why we continue io arm their enemies" with bombs made of American metals which are dropped on Chungking by Japanese planes using American petrol.
He added, however, China's "magn!- cent resistance" is largely to be attributed to the Chinese peoples knowledge that they have America's friendship as displayed by the United China Relief programme.—United Press.
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