Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-07
War Today
After 3 Years
OF Vs. Chinese
lake Offensive
By THrRsToN MAoArLEY
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TIE HARD pressed Cerose
have heen lighting q po"ert4.
toe fo- Just ,N years II Was
on t-N O.. 1857. tNs' Japanese
rrocns free on no Chinese ~
Marco Poo H-d-o outside
r-pvE Tr- days s'er ucr-
c-aN...~. -r7v. N7-SDr- re.-
lied h.s $4,000 oo5 people 10
resls'
Oriert beEar resr.s SIX years
before thar back III SEPT. 1881
Vher the Japanese invaded
Asrchur.s
CiN-C E5777- TT tr!UFSr frTee
months az tre outside The
VA lords az Nippon, who had
b4er planning their China Incl.
dent for years. had q low
opinion a The Chinese They
rrnNed as wrong as the Ger
mans were IN Sizing Up the
Russians
The japanese were every
thing the Chinese were MOI
They were modern trained and
efficient The Chinese were an
ancient people. philosophers
rather than WsrrlocS.
SIN wears ~ war have har0-
ened and touEherrd tt7e Chinese.
The Japanese have considerably
more respect fer their opponents
now Like tho Russians. The
Chinese fight like tigers for
their homeland
THE CHINESEW4u ia resist
is personIfed in the spirit Of
the great generahSslmo. Doubt
less Chang knew his people
better than they knew them
selves moved his eaFtta+-
from Marking -GhHHskiHF5-
100 miles 20 the west
He moved his war machine
too. More than 600 factories
were taken, piece by piece, 10
new locations in western China
China has been fighting lis
war in three phases. The first
phase was armed resistance. the
second attritienE -thA-thifdl
now getting under way IS
offensive
But even in the early phases,
the Chinese demonstrated SUI
fcient fighting ability 10 rout
the enemy in the battles Of
Taierhchwang in April, 1885
and Changsha in Oct, 1889.
As the Chinese were forced
10 withdraw 10 the west, in the
second and third years Of the
war. leaving the great coaSta!
and river cities, the main indus
trial areas. 10 the invader, they
adopted the score h d earth
policy The japanese advanced
into waste lands that had been
Quilted nv fire, and found fac
tories and workshops stripped
Of every tool
Meanwhile the drain on Japan
was terrific, both in men and
msteriel At home the people
were hard put 70 maintain the
war effort. even with their regl-
mented economy. Governments
toppled due 10 the strain.
THUS. TO wind UP the in
cident" that was dragging into
years. the Japanese struck. IN
1910, through French Indo-
China. 70 keep supplies from
reaching Chungking The
Chinese retaliated by retaklnG
the key city Of Marking IN
October. 1910.
Soon after Pearl Harbor the
japanese made their third futile
effort for Chanssha Then came
the conquest OF Burma. a Serl-
Gus blow TO China The Burma
Road. through which some sup
plies had been coming was cut.
That left only the long
SinkisnF caravan route from
Soviet Russia and ma couiri
be brought in by plane Heavy
equipment. however, was def
nitely out Consequently that
today is China greatest need
And that, o. course includes
planes.
The last spring was = good
one for China The japanese
suffered their worst defeat ~
the entire war when they drove
up the YanEtze toward Chung
king. The rlch rice bowl
around Lake TunEtne was
menaced
The Ysngtze battle cost Japan
more than IS 900 casualties he-
tween MAY : and June 50
according 10 ChlngK The
fghtrE was 50 fierce that only
IS az the enemy were taken
prisoner The rcSt were al
either killed or wounded
Nov more help is coming
from Chlrss allies thanks
larse.y 70 the spIes., ~ Nr~'f
Chang -oW returned homo
Ma Cen Crernag,ts 1i'r
United STATES s.r force is
powerful factor
Seer rs '-r- -r.rf has r,-
predicted f-e. u bomb TOXIC
again