Evening star., 1942-07-07
Chinese Place Enemy
Losses in Five Years
At 100000 Men

At 100000 Men
1884 Prisoners Token
And ID Major Bottles
Fought, Chuneking Says
By the Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, July THE
japanese have suffered casualties
of 100000 dead and $500 900
in five years OF war IN
China, an army spokesman said
today as the embattled Chinese
went into the sixth year of their
war, cheered by the blows struck
recently by United States air
forces against the Japanese In
vader.
The Chinese in addition have
taken 29,924 prisoners during this
five-year period in which IA major
engagements and 10,375 minor en-
gagements were fought, the spokes-
man said. He estimated that 900 900
japanese troops were on duty IN
China and that the Japanese could
put 1000 planes into the air.
The five years of war in China,
the spokesman said, have cost the
japanese 2,504 planes.
On Toxic. the imperial head
quarters claimed the Japanese
had inflicted more than 100000
casualties on the Chinese in dead,
wounded and missing, including
1888. 900 dead The announce
ment said 111111 japanese have
been killed in China)
Todays Chinese communique said
fighting was confined to Kiangsi and
Chekiang Provinces with no decisive
developments, although several towns
changed hands. The main clashes
appeared to be in the bulge south OF
the railway in Eastern Kiangsi.
Parades Are Held.
Throughout China, the start OF
the sixth year of war was marked
with mass meetings, parades and
sporting events. Presents were dis
tributed to Chinese soldiers wher-
ever possible. In Chungking, free
shows were given for soldiers and
policemen, and restaurants and
shops reduced their prices for the
occasion.
Chinese speakers everywhere re-
affirmed the nations determination
| to drive the japanese from Chinese
soil.
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek,
who last night told his people in a
broadcast that China no longer
stands alone" and the collapse of
the enemy will be apparent in the
near future, spent the day reading
dispatches from the front and per-
forming his usual military duties as
he has FOR the last five years.
From many parts OF the world
came messages of greeting and good
wishes to the Chinese commander
in-chief.
Sees Great Aid by United States.
Gen. Chang declared that the
United States is bound to deal with
her first and most threatening enc
my, Japan" and 'is beginning te
discharge her supremely important
duty in the Pacific"
by the end of this winter HI
told his people in broadcast
"Japan's strength will be only one
tenth of that of the Allies
Japan is plunging deeper and deep
er into q morass. She is now beyont
recovery"
Five hard years OF resistance
against Japan, Gen. Chang said
constituted a record unprecedente'
in the annals of warfare, "A recort
not only of being the longest wa
for the past 100 years, but also a
an example of weak nation stand
ing against a strong one.
Our present position impose
greater responsibilities upon us. -
China is charged with the duty c
; operating as the main fighting fore
: on the Asiatic continent.
That duty is laid upon us wit
. the same urgency as the duty c
5 America to deal with her first an
most threatening enemy, Japan"
, Cites Blows to Japan.
.. He warned the Chinese people t
. be on guard against "superficis
. speculations" that Chinas allie
I. were content to let Japan have he
: own way temporarily because {
Il preoccupation with the Axis in Eu
rope.
Q The blow Japan received ,
Midway, in the Coral Sea and ,
;; Dutch Harbor marks the beginnir
q of the decline of her fightir
strength" he continued.
Here is a single fact that wi
suffice to show Japan's weakness
The total tonnage OF her naval ar
merchant vessels is scarcely mo
- than 5,000,000 1t will be impossib
for her to maintain with so fe
ships the vast fronts over Whit
she has spread her forces.
Meanwhile, the land, sea and q
strength of the United Natio
h daily is increasing and already e
es ceeds that of the Axis bloc.
ii "* The final defeat Of Jap,
will start at sea and end on lar
to Her depredations in the South Sc
f. will prove the prelude to her d
o- aster."
Gen. Chang today sent an AM
f. versary message 10 Gen. George
m Marshall, Chief OF STAFF OF
es United States Army, saying, ~
ia are confident that under Americ
r. leadership, following necessary eal
liquidation of the Pacific situate
we will speedily win the war"
In another message to Secrets
OF War Stimson, he said, "Americ