CHIANG SAYS ENEMY MUST BE DEFEATED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 24, 30 January 1939, Page 7

CHIANG SAYS ENEMY MUST BE DEFEATED.

RIGHTEOUS WAR.

Japan Faced With Isolation And Peril. APPEAL FOR UNITY. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The Chinese Consulate-General received by' cablegram the terms of an address delivered by Marshal Chiang Kai-shek to the fifth plenary session of the Kuomintang. He gave the following reasons why Japan would be defeated:— (1) After the occupation of Manchuria the enemy had not yet consolidated his gain before embarking on the invasion of the whole of China. This was in contradiction of the fixed plan for carrying out an aggressive continental policy. (2) The enemy's object, a "quick war and a quick decision," failed to materialise. (3) The enemy, in penetrating deep into China has fallen into a morass from which he is unable to extricate himself, thus failing in military strategy. (4) The enemy, in setting up puppet administrations in China, hopes to exclude all foreign interests. Japan's foreign policy has become more and more self-contradictory, and with this duplicity the enemy is now faced with isolation and peril. Thus he has failed politically. (5) The enemy is ignorant of Chinese history and does not know the capabilities of the Chinese people. He has no knowledge of this modern age, nor is he familiar with the qualities underlying the progress of the revolutionary movement in China. Never Give Up the Fight. Declaring that the enemy is sure to be defeated, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek said: "We will never give up the fight halfway through or compromise with or surrender to the enemy. Viewing the situation from our history, our geographical position, our civilisation, the spirit of our people and our economic resources, the enemy cannot hope to win the war.

"The tendency of the international situation is towards upholding truth, justice and peace. World democracies have redoubled their efforts in making preparations to check aggression. We should more than ever follow the righteous path and fulfil the national policy of carrying on the war of resistance to its final conclusion. "From time immemorial countries fighting righteous wars have always gained the victory." Marshal Chiang appealed for unity and co-operation in opposition to the enemy's "insolence and recklessness.' , China must expand the country's agriculture, which was its special gift. It must persevere in resistance and aggravate the enemy's weakness of being an industrial country. 1050 KILLED. Japanese Claim Successes In China. THOUSANDS PUT TO FLIGHT. TOKYO, January 29. The Japanese forces in China claim to have occupied Yunglochen, in the Taiyuan Province, and to have killed 250* of the 1500 defenders. They also claim to have killed 450 and routed 2500 Chinese near Sutsien, and to have killed 350 of the 500 Communist troops at Peihsen, between the Shangtung and Kiangsu Provinces. INCREASED TAXATION. JAPANESE MILITARY BUDGET. TOKYO, January 29. The Finance Ministry is submitting a schedule for increased taxation to meet a supplementary military Budget of £11,800,000. The rate on profit on commodities has been substantially raised. Fresh revenue is to be obtained from new buildings above a certain value, also from expensive dinners partaken.of in restaurants.