THE CHINA MAIL, FERUARY 23, 1939
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CHINA'S TRADING OF
SPACE
FOR TIME
Mr. Quo Tai-Chi's Address To China Society
Major Historic Process Now Sweeping Globe
London, To-day.
China touched bottom in 1938 yet even now that tale can be told in a tone of hope and confidence, declared the Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Quo Tai- chi, speaking at the China Society dinner at Oxford last night.
The Ambassador added that already 1939 finds
HINES
TRIAL ENDING
New York, To-day. Evidenco for the defence con-
cluded yesterday in the re-trial boss, Jimmy Hines, on charges
of the former Tammany political
of racketeering.
Hines was not called to testify.
Reater,
China in a stronger position than during 1938, SCENE OF U.S, both in affairs at home and in relation to world MANOEUVRES affairs.
Though China's horrors and disasters in these days
SUEZ CANAL 1938 REPORT
Paris, To-day.
Statistics for 1938 published by the Suez Canal Company show a decline of traffe, chiefly owing to less Italian ships passing through the canal after the termination of the East African hostilities and the drop of exports from European countries to China and Japan.
The 6,171 ships which used the canal with 34,418,000 tons is
2,078,000 or 6.7% 109 to 1935 but is still higher than previous
years.
New York, To-day. dropped by 1,220,000 tons to Traffic between Italy and Eritrea wireless message received in 2,810,000 while troopships and
were material and spectacular, yet they were Miami, Florida, from the Naval men-of-war passing the canal de- not spiritual.
In the last year China had lost great cities and control of nearly all her seaboard. She had traded space for time.
As against this she was deve loping, indeed had already effec- - tively developed, an empire out of the South-Western Provinces that would be an ample and emin- ent domain for most nations.
·· MAJOR PROCESS
Mr. Quo considered the aware ness of the issues in East Asia and the sense of inescapable interna- tional relationship to these issues as the most important and encourag- ing development in the past year.
The major historic process now sweeping all five continents. had its clearest oppositions and all op- portunities set force, in East Asia.
What the Chinese knew in 1931 the whole world now realised in 1939.
TITANIC STRUGGLE China and Japan were prota gonists in a titanic struggle whose
•
· hope and whose poison now - ran
through the veins of all nations.
“And Chinese unity in such a situa
- tion' was <more than ever positive
and pervasive.
Adjutant accompanying President
creased t by 887,000 tons or 55.9%. Roosevelt on board the
The merchantman tonnage, ex- world be confident.
cruiser clusive of mail steamers, was 'INESCAPABLE TRUTH : "Houston" during the American 1,295,000 tons or 7.7% less while If China should falter, so would flest manoeuvres, states that the ships in ballast dropped by 362,000 the whole world get further out of feet is now nearing the centre of or 6.5%. The only increase was its stride. This was an inescapable the manoeuvring region, but con- shown by mail steamers by 471,000 truth in present world politica. For tradicts previous reports that the tons. the prosperity of the world also. manoeuvres are being held in the The number of passengers, down
Carribbean sea to cover the de- to 479,802 from 697,800, was also When the time came to reorgan-fence of the Panama canal. ise resumption of free commerce
due to the absence of Italian troop Political quarters suggest that transports. among all nations, which was the American naval manoeuvres are undoubted panaces for the future, spread over larger district than by 3,997,000 tons or 12.2%
Goods traffic showed a decrease could anybody think of it being anticipated. accomplished without an indepen-
28,779,000. Trans-Ocean. dent China carrying on her im- memorial trading.
China was in the vanguard both for the present and for the future for worldwide political salvation and for universal economic life. Reuter..
SAPPER TO PAY
FOR DAMAGE
Sapper P. O'Hanlon, RE, Wellington Barrack, was again In a personal telegram to-Lon- before Mr. R. A. D. Forrest this don, General Chiang Kai-shek de- morning charged with being clared that the recent mecting of drunk and disorderly, and with the_Kuomintang's Central Execu- malicious damage of a large tive had been stimulated by the quantity of oranges, melon seeds, tendency manifested on the part of fried cakes, sweets and seven Britain, United States and France to adopt a more positive policy.
Mr. Quo Tai-chi added that the very neighbourliness of Russia had been a atendy (and helpful factor during the conflict:
catties of ground nuts, and No. 8, O'Brien Road on Monday.
Defendant pleaded guilty.
Ng Yeo-wai, proprietress of the Man Ying. Cheong shop, said defen- dant threw away 150 pounds of MUCH ACCOMPLISHED
fried cakes, valued at 25 cents a The Ambassador referred to do catty) 30 cattios of melon sepds, velopments in South-West China valued at 35 cents a catty, soven and declared he did not blink at cattics of ground nuts, at 20 cents the handicaps in bringing about per catty and three boxes of sweets, modernisation so hurriedly.
at $5 a box.
But the tenacity of his country- men was proverbial, and their in gonuity was proverbial also.
It was most heartening that so much had been accomplished – while at the same time bringing now ar- mies into being and developing, both strategy and supply for guerilin at- tacks. That was the second phase of the Chinese national campaign of resistance.
Mr. Forrest said the values did not tally with the estimate.
Defendant was fined $10 on the first count, and ordered to pay $40 compensation.
Chan Ming, 46, an unemployed Chinese, for stealing an opium pipe and opium bulb from Chan Yau, 28-year-old carpenter at 58, Hal- China naturally needed all the phong Rond, was bound over by help that could be given. Only na Mr. E. Himsworth at the Kœurloon China made progress so could the Magistracy this morning.
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