SUFFERING CHINA

Evening Star, Issue 25172, 11 May 1944, Page 5

SUFFERING CHINA

URGENT APPEAL TO ALLIES " CANNOT WIN WITHOUT NECESSARY WEAPONS " (Rec. 11.25 a.m.) CHUNGKING, May 10. Appealing to the Allies for quick assistance to ailleviate the suffering Chinese, who on July 7 will enter the eighth year of war, Ping Huan counsellor of the executive, declared that the Japanese had mobilised 50.000 to 60.000 of their best troops in Honan with 200 tanks, hundreds of armoured cars, and 1,500 trucks, whereas the Chinese were fighting on foot with insufficient heavy arms. He added that the Chinese could not win without the necessary weapons. §Thc army_ and people were making immense sacrifices, and it was high time the Allies halted the Chinese sufferings by increasing the supply of armaments to China. He realised that the Allies' assistance was limited by transport, so "let us open the Burma Road. But before opening it, let us have more transport planes with which to bring in more supplies.", The Chinese High' Command indicated that the Chinese have almost lost their grip on the Peiping-Hankow railway. Two-strong Japanese columns are striking from the south from Chumatien and from the north from Suiping, less than 14 miles from the juncture.

The Japanese are threatening Loyang from the south-east. They have gained further ground in a fresh thrust from Tengfeng, 30 miles away. The Japanese also attacked Lushan, 75 miles south-east of Loyang/