PROBLEMS FOR JAPAN

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 79, 27 December 1937, Page 11

PROBLEMS FOR JAPAN

' Prospects in China FUTURE ADMINISTRATION LONDON, Dec. 15. "The indications are that Japan does not know what she wants in China," says the Times. "China in the near future will be divided into two parts; one ruled by Chinese and the other by Japanese through Chinese puppets, "Both forms of administration offer acute perplexiti.es to Japan. Her longterm prospects in China are not reassuring. " The Newts-Chronicle says: "The Japanese have now bitten off as much of China as they can comfortably chew. Even though, for reasons of prestige, they may f eel it necessary to reduce Canton, they have over-run about oneeighth of the vast territory_ of the country. "They could probably maintain effective sovereignty over China north of the Yellow River, but they would find ^it impossible to hold down the whole country north of the Yangtse. " The Daily Mail comments: "The departure of Chiang Kai-shek, whose determination had been to dispute every yard of territory, indicates how forlorn is China 's hope of making an effective stand, even beyond Nanking. *' Whether Japan "Will elect to pursue the Chinese as they fall back into the interior cannot be predicted with eertainty. It may be hoped that the fall of the Chinese capital will mark the point when the conquerors prefer to consolidate their great gains, rather than nbsorb further tracts."