Japan's rubber-stamp Diet last week heard its new Premier, Fascist-minded Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma, make some unorthodox admissions: 1) Chinese resistance was formidable; 2) in conquered territory Japanese troops controlled only cities and communications lines; 3) the Japanese Army will have to remain in China for a long time to come.
On the other side of the war, the Chinese appeared cocky. Back in Washington, Nelson Trusler Johnson, able and well-informed U. S. Ambassador to China, reported that Chinese morale was excellent, China's hopes high. In Chungking, Sun Fo, President of the Chinese...
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