AFTER FIFTY MONTHS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 64, Issue 4534, 9 February 1942, Page 2

AFTER FIFTY MONTHS

CHINA STILL UNBEATEN “Why is Japan still unable to conquer China after fifty months of continued effort with her formidable armoury of heavy artillery, huge tanks, and numerous warplanes in full operation? Of the innate factors, let me mention only three. First, certain classical teachings, with which the people of China, whether literate or illiterate, have been imbued. One of these says that when the cause at stake is a righteous one, no. sacrifice can be too great. It is crystallised in such lofty precepts as: “It is better to give up one’s life than compromise with honour,’ or as ‘When the question of righteousness is involved, one welcomes death as returning to one’s home.’ Another innate factor feeding the indomitable spirit of the Chinese people is the ‘New Life Movement,’ which seeks to revive and reemphasise the ancient classical teachings by inculcating the .cardinal Chinese virtues as the requisites of national regeneration. The third innate factor is the belief of the Chinese people that good will always triumph over evil in the end.”—Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain, in an address reported in the “Asiatic Review.”