THE CHINA MAIL, MAY 22, 1939
"THE FUTURE WAR" THROUGH
SOVIET EYES
Moscow, To-day.
In the hour of Fascist aggression, the Soviet will be loyal to its obligations and will not abandon the democracies, declares a book on "The Future War" published by the mass circulation military pub- lishing house.
The book contains an imagina- tive account of a German attack on France and the Soviet and is described in a three-column review in the official newspaper, "Pravda." The journal refers to it as a "very realistic approximation to
the truth."
In the account, the Soviet Air
Force repulses a German attack
-WILD DOGS REPORTED
Chinese reports this morning state that a pack of wild dogs, some ten in number, were seen by grass-cutters on the hillside near the Tytam Tuk Reservoir yeater- day.
The grasscutters immediately left the neighbourhood and fled as fast as their legs could carry them.
Bonfires
Of British Goods
Shanghai, To-day. BONFIRES of British and then bombards their air bases,
goods are becoming finally smashing their forces, the defeat resulting in a revolution in a regular feature of the Germany and the organisation of anti-British campaign in the Japanese occupied areas in China.
a Popular Front in France. Reuter.
NEW AIR RAID WARDENS
Following is the fourth addition to the list of Air Raid Wardens and Instructors:-
Air Raid Warden Instructors:- Lt. Col. E. D. Matthews, 4, Armend Buildings, Kimberley Road, Kow- loon; Francis Wong, 10, Sau Chuk Yuen Road, Kowloon; B. Williams, Sanitary Department; D. McAdam, Holt's Wharf.
Air Raid Wardens: F. Tyndall,
T. Bradford, Y.M.C.A.;
Wharf; R. Henderson,
Wharf.
In some cities house-to-house searches are being made for Bri- tish goods.
One of the main points made by the sponsors of the campaign, which of course enjoys the full sanction of the Japanese authori- ties, is that Great Britain is res- ponsible for the present war be- tween China and Japan.
With ironic humour, the spon- sors of the drive, the Japanese- fostered "Reformed Government" at Nanking, urge the necessity of checking British penetration into China,
THREE STAGES
The campaign is being conduct- ed in three stages:
1. Anti-British propaganda de- signed to educate the Chinese.
Holt's masses; Holt's 2. A boycott against British
goods, and
3. The expulsion of British mis- sionaries and businessmen from China.
The third stage has yet to be ac-
ANTARCTIC CURE complished, but the sponsors of
FOR T.B.
Sufferere from. tuberculosis may soon be sent to the Antarctic for a
cure.
set
Australian hospitals are to up a clinic and a sanatorium in the Australian part of the Antarc- tic circle.
The plan for the clinic was put up by Sir Hubert Wilkins, the explorer, who claims that as the sun near the poles is not filtered in other through dust clouds as parts of the globe, it would have greater healing powers.
the movement hope they are lay- ing the foundation.
Anti-British meetings usually begin with the shouting of anti- British slogans in which Great Britain is portrayed as an aggres- sively Imperialist nation which has always oppressed the Chinese peo- ple. Reuter.
ANTI-BRITISH PAMPHLETS Meanwhile, the latest Shanghai papers report that on Wednesday last, two lorry-loads of very young Chinese children, preceded by а brass-band and guarded by Ja- panese soldiers, toured Hongkew, distributing hundreds of anti- British pamphlets.
Sir Hubert also claims that the
According to one report, "rabid- cold dry atmosphere at the Antarc-ly anti-British in sentiment, the tic is ideal for tuberculosis patients.
"NIKS"
¡Cue
pamphlets urged the Chinese people to rise against Britons in China and to overthrow British im- perialism, which, they stated, had been ruining the country for years. CHINESE SUFFERING
"They were advised not to trust their money to British banks—as most of the readers were of the coolie class this advice was hardly needed while another pamphlet, in cartoon,form depicted the suffer- ings of the Chinese race under Bri- tish rule which," It stated, dated back to feudal times."
According to observers, "most of echildren had not attained the reading and writing age.".
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