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THE CHINA MAIL, JANUARY 30, 1989-
MALARIA EPIDEMIC
RAGING IN WAICHOW AREA: FOREIGNER'S VISIT
"The pillars and walls of the destroyed buildings were like charred hands lifted up towards heaven
“An epidemic of malaria prevails and 90 per cent.
of the people are striken with the fever "The people are still obsessed with fear of the Jap- anese, but the morale in general is still high
These were a few of the state-heaven. There are about 4,000 ments made by an American gen-women and children who are being tleman who returned from a tour clothed and fed by relief organ- through Tamshui and Waichowisations.
districts during the week, travel- He continued that he heard ling partly on foot, by boat and by nothing of atrocities, but those motor-bus.
who were forced to work for the Japanese received very little re- Tamshui, he said, had apparent- numeration. ly been heavily bombed. No busi- Two-thirds of the business ness houses have been left stand-houses in Waichow have been ing and only a few résidences burned to the ground, but the escaped destruction. The town, he streets are thronged with vendors added, is now a most desolate displaying their wares on stalls
looking place. The people told him and in baskets. The people have that the place burned for week returned to the place after the being set on fire by bombs drop-Japanese evacuated 'but the city is ped by Japanese aircraft.
not as thickly populated as before.
4,000 ON RELIEF
The pillars and walls of the burnt buildings were like charred hands being lifted up towards
FRANCE AND BURGOS
Paris, To-day.
The French press is engaged in
SWABUE LINK
Only rice and meat were expen- sive and there appeared to be any amount of kerosene. He was told, on making inquiries, that the kero- sene came from Hoifung, the Chinese have apparently re- established communications with Swabue on the coast.
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An epidemic of malaria fever pre- vails in the Waichow district, large percentage of the people are stricken with the sickness and everywhere he saw pale yellow faces of malaria victims.
Quinine, quilts and warm clothing
a violent dispute regarding the apare urgently needed in the country. pointment of a French diplo-Fifty thousand quinine pills were
matic representative in Burgos.
M. Leon Blum, yesterday con- tributed an article which declared in a sharp language that the es- tablishment of diplomatic rela- tions with Nationalist Spain is out of the question.
recently taken up and distributed by the relief organisations.
FEAR PREVALENT
The people, he added, are still obsessed with fear of the Japanese. Right Wing organs on the other. At the faintest rumour that Ja- hand declare that the moment has panese were coming, they would come when opening of diplomatic | hastily pack up their belongings and relations with Burgos can be no longer delayed.
flee into the hills. Most of the male population have been enrolled in the militia and guerilla groups.
"Le Matin" writes: "The late President Wilson. once declared:
Buses are plying on the highways, What always struck me most about and are always crowded. Most of pacifists was their amazing the bridges on the East River have. stupidity. Their stupiditiy is sur- been destroyed. Between Tamshui passed only by that of our War and Lungkong 28 destroyed bridges Party."-Trans-Ocean,
were counted in a stretch of only 40 II.
The people are carrying their burdens bravely, he said, and no
CZECHOSLOVAKIA complaints were made about their
AND AXIS
Czechoslovakia's
to de-
Pressburg, To-day,
adherence the anti-Comintern Pact 18 manded by the paper, "Slovak", chief organ of the Slovak People's Party
hardships. The general impression given was that China must carry on her present campaign of guerilla warfare.
The morale of the people has not in this sense been affected.
COMPELLED TO WITHDRAW
The fundamental error of Czech foreign policy in pre-Munich days, says the paper, was the Prague, be- lieved that a distinction could be It ik reported that the party of made between the Soviet Union Japanese blue-jackets who landed and the Communist Internationale. at Unpo on Friday, were ... even- Czechoslovakia, however, was tually compelled to withdraw by now beginning to realise that the the Chinese coastal guards."- foremost aim of Czech foreign Several were killed and wound- policy must be to establish the ed.
closest cooperation with neigh- Many buildings were, however, | bouring States.—Trans-Ocean. damaged by shell fire,