OVER IN TWO MONTHS

Evening Star, Issue 22805, 13 November 1937, Page 9

OVER IN TWO MONTHS

WAfi IN THE EAST SHANCHAI VISITOR'S PROPHECY STMT RESISTANCE OF CHINESE Foretelling the end of the most ghastly conflict that has ever rocked China is necessarily a gamble, but from his observations and ungarbled reports he has heard Mr C. F. Taylor, of ’ Shanghai, who is at preesnt on furlough in Dunedin, believes that the war will be over in another two months. “I- give them another two months before they come to some agreement,” he said to-day,- in the course of an interview with the 1 Star.’ “ The Chinese have put up a wonderful show, and before Christmas the Japanese should be only too willing to come to terms. At the time I left Shanghai there were naturally divergent views expressed as to the duration of the war, but one thing was certain—the Japanese have met with more resistance than they bargained for.” The losses on both sides had been enormous, said Mr Taylor, but if hostilities were carried on during the bitter winter months the casualties would be incalculable. fle thought that the Japanese might lose a great deal more than they had gained in the long run. This was the first time that the Chinese had used modem armaments on such a large scale, and as far as aeroplanes were concerned they possessed the superior type, imported from foreign countries. But the Japanese pilots were more skilful in handling their planes and in unleashing their bombs.