Evening star., 1938-10-29
NEW ENVOY SEES
CHINESE VICTORY
Dr.. Hu Shin, Philosopher and
Diplomat, Says Dictated
Peace Is Impossible.
BY BLAIR BOLLES.

BY BLAIR BOLLES.
DR.. Hu Shih, the philosopher -diplo-
mat, In his hrst press conference as
the Chinese Ambassador here, last
night announced his philosophical and
diplomatic confidence that China will
fight on against Japan despite the fall
Of Canton and Hankow and in the end
emerge from the war honorably il not
wholly VIGOROUSLY.
"All rumors Of peace talks can be
easily discounted. simply because
just peace Is impossible at the present
moment, and my government cannot
afford to accept peace dictated by
the victorious aggressors" the Chinese
wise man said at the ambassad dorial
home, Twin Oaks, on Woodley road.
Dr. HUI, whose fluent English helped
him win the Hiram COrsOn prize at
Cornell "a years ago for an essay on
Robert Browning greeted newspaper
men two hours after he presented his
credentials to President Roosevelt He
succeeds Dr. c. T. Wang as the chief
Of the Chinese diplomatic mission in
Washington. He has been here Two
weeks.
Heart Heavy.
1T was with q heavy heart" he
wrote in 4 statement distributed before
Q question and answer session, that
presented my credentials. No one who
has followed the latest news of the
war in China can fail to understand
my feelings on this first day OF my
formal assumption Of Office. But !
am proud to serve rs the official repre-
sentative OF my country at 4 time
when it has made and is still making
its supreme effort and supreme sacri-
f1ce in fighting for Its national exist
ence and Independence
Then he reported verbally:
In all the messages coming 10 the
Embassy from China in the last
determination to carry on until we can
be assured Of just peace. We had
brief wire today reporting that at the
first meeting OF the Peoples Council
GeneraliSsimo Chang said he was de-
termined 70 keep fighting'
Scouts War Declaration Talk.
However, Dr. HUI said, he has re-
ceived no indication that China now
will declare war oflicially against
Japan, which in China is pursuing an
undeclared war Reports to that ef-
feet, he suggested. were based on "un-
founded guesses," and he attributed
TO "wishful thinking" reports Of ALI
Anglo German move for mediation in
the Chinese War.
Washington is DR.. Hu's first as
signment in diplomacy
When he was asked how long he
thought the war III his country might
continue. DR.. HUI said that in his role
of philosopher he has come In the
last 10 months to believe in 4 little
dictum": Peace Is often a thousand
times more difficult than war" He
ella bOrated:
It's easier to fight on than to
have peace You can see evidences
of my little platitude in all history,
in the recent near-fight over Czecho-
slovakia, in the war in Spain, IN the
World War. AS you 60 on nghting,
you forget what you are fighting about
The feeling Of resentment keeps you
going"
Silent on Aid
Where aid for China will come
from he could not say. He said that
his government was seeking financial
assistance from all the friendly pow
ers. and added that within = short
time an announcement might be
made on the progress of the Chinese
financial mission. headed by X. P.
Chen, now in Washington.
As for the League of Nations, he
felt that help from that source will
never come again" He said that
China was receiving aid from Rus
sia in the form of supplies, but he
added:
so far there is not much hope
that Russia will give us military
assistance Russia acts on definite
foreign policy of Stains for deflnite
avoidance of war"
"On what do you rest your hope
of victory?" the Ambassador was
asked.
If 4 philosopher may be permitted
4 little wishful thinking, l feel that
in the long run Japan will be ex-
hausted financially and exhausted in
man power"