COUNTER-OFFENSIVE

Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 5

COUNTER-OFFENSIVE

CHINA PREPARES HER

DRIVE

(Rec. 11.30 a.m.) CHUNGKING, Oct. 22

The Chinese armies are making all possible preparations for a counteroffensive against Japan, declared Marshal Chiang Kai-shek, when addressing the People's Political Council. "The Japanese have reached the peak of their offensive power and now are on the decline," he said. "An Allied victory is certain. "Since the outbreak of the Pacific war we and our allies are fighting jointly with a fresh.war banner which we will not lay down until the aggressors have been disarmed." Chiang drew four conclusions from the progress of the conflict. First, Axis strength is taxed to breaking point. Secondly, the longer the war goes on the more dangerous the enemy's position will become. Thirdly, the increasing Allied production and man-power will ensure victory. Fourthly, the more China sacrifices now the more freedom and higher moral position she will enjoy after the war.

President Lin Sen told the session, which' was the first of a 10-day meeting: "We not only want to defeat the East Asia aggressor, but the whole aggressors' bloc and establish a new world order based on justice and lasting peace." The entire diplomatic corps heard the speeches.