VICTORY ASSURED

Wairarapa Times-Age, 23 October 1942, Page 4

VICTORY ASSURED

DECLARATION BY CHIANG KAI-SHEK CHINESE OFFENSIVE PREPARATIONS. POWER OF THE JAPANESE DECLINING. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day. 11.5 a.m.) CHUNGKING, October 22. “The Chinese armies are making all possible preparations for a counter-offensive against Japan,” declared General Chiang Kai-shek, addressing the People’s Political Council. “The Japanese have reached the peak of their offensive power and it is now on the decline. Allied victory is certain. We and our Allies will not lay down our arms until all aggressors have been disarmed.” The Generalissimo drew four conclusions from the progress of the conflict: — (1) The Axis strength was taxed to breaking point; (2) the longer the war goes on the more dangerous the enemy’s position will become (3) the increasing Allied production and manpower ensure victory; (4) the more China sacrifices now, the more freedom and the higher moral position she will enjoy after the war. The President, Lin Sen, told the session, which was the first of a tenday meeting: “We not only want to defeat the East Asia aggressor, but the whole aggressors’ bloc, and to establish a new world order based on justice and lasting peace.” The entire Diplomatic Corps heard the speeches.