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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 13, 1939.
MIRROR OF
OF WORLD OPINION
HONG KONG'S WAR BUDGET
STALIN THE MAN
revealing
The pact also throws a The man is not born who is sane light on the strange sequence of trials and welcomes taxation as such, much and secret executions of which Stalin less the announcement of additional exterminated the surviving leaders of heavy imposts. For all that, we ven- the Révolution, many of the most pro- ture to believe that Hong Kong will minent Soviet diplomats and the lead- accept the provisions of the special ing Generals of the Red Army. The war budget in the spirit in which it official excuse for these events was was submitted yesterday by His Ex- pro-German and pro-Japanese plot- cellency the Governor.
ting by the victims. In the light of the As Sir Geoffry said, this is every pact it is obvious that the reverse was whit as much our war as it is Bri- the case; that it was Stalin who wished tain's, and the principle that this to take the pro-Fascist turn and killed Colony should do its share, small as off, as a preliminary, those Com- it may be, towards the ultimate vic- munists who might have opposed it.
And the pact has certainly vindicated' tory is not open to reasonable chal- Lenin as a judge of human, character. lenge. Because we are well removed In his-political testament he recom- from any likely theatre of operations manded that Stalin be dismissed as General Secretary of the Communist is no reason to claim a privileged ex- · Party and 'charasterised him as clusion from contributing towards the cost. On the contrary, our relative immunity from peril to life and limb as a result of military operations might well be urged cogently as an additional reason for giving of our money to Britain's cause.
"a
rough and disloyal man." This judg- ment has been confirmed a good many times, but never more signally than in his deal with Hitler.-N. Y. Times.”
There are
HITLER "PEACE”
PROPOSALS
祭
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ANSWERS
As a matter of fact, the 'shock' of the income tax has been 'buffered' somewhat by earlier hints of its im-
things in the picture pending introduction, and when Gov- which must be seriously considered ernment proposals are examined as by those who seek to answer in the to their effect on the individual, it is only terms National Socialist leaders
difficult to present an arguable case suggesting that they are unduly onerous. Heaviest burden will fall upon those with the capacity to pay, and even where the tax runs high, it cannot be suggested that the weight will com- pel any severe mies on the scale forced upon many British taxpayers. man earning a month $2,000 who is to contri-
bute just over $100
a month to the
Those who have met
describe recently
Hitler
his state
of mind as "pathological." But in him this mental condition is so frequent as to be almost normal. It is not incompatible with ex- treme cunning. In my view Bri- tish Statesmen would be well ad- vised to give him the only kind of answer which he would be likely to understand—an answer completely firm, calm
and un- equivocal-Wickham Steed.
feel that more than his fair share is demanded.
understand. There are differences from the situation of 1914. Russia is not an ally, Italy is uncertain, and Rumania
and Yugo-Slavia are trying to be neu- tral. Blockade may be more difficult. But it is far too early to boast- unless one has to boast to keep up a morale so delicate
that news from. other countries cannot be endured..
For there were things Herr
Goering did
war tax, we are confident, will not not mention. There is the convic
tion in Britain and France and to a lesser degree in many other countries -that no one will be safe until the ended. There is a concept of liberty. menace of unprovoked aggression is and of a just world order that knows. no race. There are restive peoples like the Czechs and Austrians, to say noth- ing of dissident Germans. There is a German economy which must begin a war with bread cards. There are coun- tries like Rumania and Yugoslavia whose choice is to accept the fate of the Czechs or fight.
The special duties come within a somewhat different category. Their primary purpose is less that of re- venue producing than of discouraging excessive imports from non-sterling countries, contributing thereby to the conservation of the Empire's foreign, exchange resources.
Additional tax burdens of the or der announced cannot, of course, be imposed without a profound effect in the first instance on commercial and social life. This Colony has, how- ever, proved its resiliency often en- ough in the crises of the immediate past, and it will do so again, particu- larly when the adjustment is made necessary in such a cause.
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JAPAN DESPERATE Japan is desperate and from cent reports It can be gleaned that she is on her knees begging for
peace.
Japan is using all ways and methods to sue for peace, but China will never surrender an inch of her territory and her independence for peace.
The unanswerable picture has an- other side-and there are answers.— "Christian Science Monitor."
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SYMPTOMATIC
firmed in the most formal and posi-
The British Government having af-
tive manner that the Russo-German pact would "in no way affect their obligations to Poland," it is symptoma- tic of German policy that this essen- tial fact was kept back from the Ger-; man public.
The new pact was, of course, most unpleasant news to all countries be- longing to the Pence Front. Berlin' was jubilant; and the German Press excelled all previous gymnastic per- formances by solemnly declaring first that the two countries had "returned to their traditional friendship," and, secondly, that this transformation had been achieved by "open and honour- Japan wants peace, the terms of able methods of negotiation. Moscow audacious explanation that there was no inconsistency in the two sets of negotiations. The i Observer."
which are like Hitler's conquer- or's. She will never get it.~"The Na- tional Times," Hong Kong.
offered the
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