Following is the message from Generalissimo Chiang:
"In the fifth year of their long war for liberation, which they boran alone and unsuvvorted, the 480,000,- 000 people of China feel that final victory is now assured.
"In the fight which we began alone, we are now part of a world front, sworn to the defeat of aggretsion and pledged to the advancement of democracy. By land this world front extends across all Asia and Firona to the Mediterranean and the Atlantic By sea it extends across the Pacific to the democracies of North and South America.
"World Front Based on Democracy "We feel that this world front is firmly. based on the will of the democratic peoples. It is the will of the peoples that stands back of each
polirv, democratic Government, shaping its "The people of China have always felt assured of the sympathy of the American people. Today we see that evmpathy organized with true American efficiency under—President Roosevelt's Lease-and-Lend policy.
Highest Function of a Newspaper "The highest function of è news. paper in a democratic country is to vive free expression to the voice of the people. The founding of pie [^12 p this a new nroof Jca's Chiang Togo, Shimada to Address N.S.A.
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and Navy Ministry Admiral Shige. taro Shimada will explain. the critica! international situation on Monday at the first dav of the second conference of the National Service Association's Central Coonerative Council,
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