NOTE OF DEFIANCE
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"Japan Will Lose War," Says Chinese Envoy PROLONGED CAMPAIGN
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(Eeceived 2, 1.35 p.m.) , PAEIS, Dec, 1. A note of defiance was sounded by Mr Chen Knng Po, Chinese Axnbassador, who is en .oute to London, where he will interview* Mr Anthony Eden. He said: "Japan may wi'n battles, but sbe Will lose the war. Her General Staff planned to send half a million troops" to Ohina, expecting that the North China eampaign would last six months and the Shanghai eampaign a month, but the war will last many months more. "Japan must send trqops far in ex? cess of half .a milliQn. She is already descending from a first?class to a seeond?class Pqwer becanae she hps praetiealiy exhausted herself, Moreoyer, she h'ad made no provision for the present extended pperations in China,"
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 59, 2 December 1937, Page 5
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