FIGHT TO A FINISH
DECLARATION BV CHINESE GENERALISSIMO EMPEROR OF JAPAN CALLS FOR SACRIFICE. CO-OPERATION SOUGHT. Messages from China and Japan received yesterday report that General Chiang Kai-shek and the Japanese Emperor delivered messages to the two nations on the occasion of the first anniversary of the war. The Chinese commander-in-chief said in a broadcast speech from Hankow, the present capital of China: “We shall fight to a finish. If only one inch of territory is left and one Chinese remains alive we shall resist until our territorial integrity and sovereignty are safe. This determination is final, come what may.”
The Emperor of Japan, in his message, called for national sacrifice and concentration to eliminate long-stand-ing evils. Prosperity, through Chinese and Japanese co-operation, would serve to ensure world peace. The Minister of Finance, Mr Ikeda, announced that Japan’s financial and economic position was now favourable.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1938, Page 7
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145FIGHT TO A FINISH Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 July 1938, Page 7
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