*A Yan'an commentator declares that the Japanese invaders will be crushed within two years; the short legs of the Japanese invaders are being stretched longer and longer. January 6, 1941. (Yan'an, January 6, Xinhua News Agency) According to a report from the Transocean News Agency, the Chinese-language edition of the *New Shenbao*, an organ of the Japanese army authorities in Shanghai, states: There is truly no need for China and Japan to resort to armed conflict; the current erroneous policy has been provoked solely by Chiang Kai-shek. All circles in China, except the Communist Party, regard peace as the best policy. At present, only peace can save China from following the path of the late Ming Dynasty to its doom. A Yan'an commentator refutes this view, stating: Among the Chinese people, except for the traitors, all regard resistance as the best policy. At present, only resistance can save China from peril and destruction. The Japanese fascists are also aware that China now has the Communist Party, but they should know that in the late Ming Dynasty there was no Communist Party, nor was there a Kuomintang, nor the Soviet Union, nor Churchill, nor Roosevelt. Therefore, in the late Ming, Manchuria could bring about the fall of the Ming Dynasty, but the Japanese invaders of today can never bring about the fall of China. With the existence of the Chinese Communist Party, the Japanese invaders will absolutely not be allowed to have their way, not to mention the presence of all patriotic people and patriotic parties in China, as well as the invincible Soviet Union and the powerful Britain and the United States. The victories of the Japanese invaders in the South Pacific are precisely the prelude to their collapse, for what accompanies these victories is the dispersion and depletion of their strength. The short legs of the Japanese invaders have already been stretched, and will be stretched further still; the longer they are stretched, the more fragile they become. In just two years, the Japanese invaders will be crushed. The entire Chinese people are on guard against the Japanese invaders' scheme to lure them into surrender and are determined, no matter what, to persist in the war of resistance for two years. Within two years, not only Japan but the entire fascist camp will collapse. *Liberation Daily*, February 6, 1942. A Yan'an commentator declares that the Japanese invaders will be crushed within two years; the short legs of the Japanese invaders are being stretched longer and longer.