China's Need
The problem of help for China is one of the major issues of the War. Japan, whose resources seem to be of almost infinite elasticity, 13, according to Chinese reports, massing troops on the Siberian border, and at the same time conducting a vigorous offensive in tho>e eastern provinces of China, Chekiang and Kiangsi, from which Allied air attacks on the main Japanese islands might be launched. The Chinese are resisting with their usual valour, and have met with some success with counter-offensives. But China's isolation since the closing of the Burma Road is a serious matter, for the need for munitions which she cannot provide herself is urgent. Some can be flown in from India, but in nothing like the volume needed. The only solution is the reconquest of Burma or the early completion of the new roads under construction through Assam. General Lo Cho-ying, who has been visiting Delhi for United Nations day, spoke warmly of the co-operation between Chinese and British troops in Burma, but there are signs that China generally has been hoping for more co-operation than she has received. That she deserves it is beyond all question. The trouble at the moment is lack of power, not lack of will.
