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HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938. CONDITIONS IN SHANGHAI JAPAN IS MORE
Present Situation Not Too Pleasant
THE REFUGEE PROBLEM
Conditions in Shanghai Following the Japanese invasion are vividly described in the accompanying article contributed by a re-- sident of Hong Kong who has recently returned from this war- torn city.
PRESENT SITUATION IN
"SHANGHAI
་་་ being prosperous. And now they are reduced to the pitiable state of The first impression I got open-begging for their daily meals. tering Shanghai's Whangpoo River This is what war does to the in- streets are more was its lifelessness. Where there vents. The once used to be crafts of various than usually crowded with these poor people who wander about like lost souls.
Some who are lucky enough to get into a refugee camp are only too glad to be in there. They are saved the trouble of begging for their food and at least have a
But I cannot place to sleep in.
PREPARED
Has More War Vessels Ready For Action Than US. Or Britain
Washington, Jan. 19. During the preliminary debate on the Naval Appropriations Bill yesterday the House of Represen- tatives studied naval testimony "purporting to show that Japan has more fully-manned. fighting ships in commission than either the
United States or Great Britain.
Data submitted by the Naval Department disclosed that оп November 1 last year Japan has 213 warships prepared for action,
compared with 199 In the United States and 195 in Great Britain. One hundred and fifty Japanese warships are under the age limits Imposed by the London Treaty, in contrast to 106 American and 182 British ships.- Reuter.
sizes and nationalities; the ones to be seen now are composed mainly of those seized or owned by the
around
the Japanese. All
one Japanese flag is flying on these boats. As far as the eye can see the Japanese boats consist 01 transports, battleships, troopships and hospital ships. As we pro-really tell you what conditions are. I have been told that the sum ceed along the river we can sed"
of $3 suces to keep a refugee Woosung Village badly shelled and
alive in these Camps for a month. with the appearance of a ghost
Charitable persons in Stanzhál | tlement town Further on are the Nan-
are doing what they can to relieve yang Bros. Factory burned out, and
the sufferings of these people but the Chapel Electric Works badly
they can really do little with their shelled. On the mainland a.re
limited incomes. It is up to the trucks filled with Japanese soldiers
public to give a little each and on their way to different posts.
then maybe more can be done for Here and there one sees a Chinese
the refugees or two but they are very few, owing to their non-admittance into the areas occupted by the Japan- ese.
As our boat proceeded along the river a Japanese plane was scout- ing around the city. A very in teresting sight was presented to us when we passed the Idzumu, famed for her remarkable luck of still being afloat after the many shells directed at her by the Chinese
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and prevent incidents against the Japanese. The bomb incidents are usually caused by in- dividuals and it is very hard for the police to discover the real culprit.
We cannot blame the Chinese for seeking Suck revenge оп the Japanese who for years have harassed and persecuted them. However, they do not realise that all these incidents only increase Japan's desire of taking control of the Settlement. Then, when it does happen, their sorrow will be too late.
WAR AREAS With the opening of the war areas occupied
by the Japanese on the 27th of Dec., many people are taking the opportunity of visiting their homes and also of taking a tour round them. Former residents are now allowed to re- turn to their homes, but so many restrictions have been imposed on these desiring to return that very few have gone back. It is no long-curfew hour." er necessary for Europeans to ob- all
tain passes to enter these areas but the Chinese have to do so.
Once we passed Garden Briage, however, fe could be seen along the famed Burd of Shanghat. As our boat was principally filled with refugees returning to Shang- hal..the Customs Jetty was crowded with their friends and relatives, After passing through Woosung Village the lively scenes on the Bund were as strange to the eye and cars as day is to night.
We had no passport examination and all were surprised because the day before our arrival we had been told to fill out an allen Conditions in the Customs did not seem to be very good. There was
10min.
All along Yangtzepoo district: buildings have either been burned or looted. The various godowns and wharves owned by Europeans are being guarded by Indian watchmen. Japanese soldiers are to be seen along tile roads, either in formation or wandering about in groups. Sometimes these soldiers stop passing motorists and demand a lift to wherever they are going. Such a thing happened to my party. We were stopped by two Japanese soldiers and a Japonese
some semblance of order but not civilian who asked for a lift to
what it used to de.
Here and there along the Bund could be seen barbed wires and along the French Bund there were sand bags. The boundary between the Settlement and the French Concession was guarded by French and Annamite soldiers well-armed. Many police were patrolling the Bund, some ordinarily armed, others with bullet-proof vests on.
BUSINESS CONDITIONS Business is proceeding slowly. Many Arms, whose goods had been isolated in the areas occupied by the Japanese, are now removing their goods from these areas since the opening of these districts by the Japanese to the foreigners only. Any Chinese has to have special passes issued by the Japanese "
Small firms are thinking, of re- moving their business to Hont Kong. I have been asked by some of them whether it is advisable for them to come over to the Colony,
Hongkew, which was quite opposite to the direction we were going. However, as one of the soldiers was drunk, we thought it better to give in to their request. We did not relish the thought of having any harm happen to any of us if we refused their request. Part of Yangtzepoo Road is being used as a stable for horses. The men in charge of them have built them- selves shelter on the side of the
# road.
Wayside district seemed to DE the worst. Here it looked as if most of the houses had been either burned or shelled.
Hongkew district teemed with activity, with most of the Japan- gae stores opened, and the beer parlours and restaurants doing biz business.
Hundreds of Chinese enviously watched the foreigners going over Garden Bridge to these areas.
Foreigners removing property from areas north of the Boochow Bridge had to have identification papers, before they were allowed to do so, and it is said they have to show these papers to the police guarding the districts in which their houses are situated.
I have been told by the manager of a very large arm that business for them has been steadily drop ping. This arm was the first one to export goods from Shanghal since the outbreak of hostilities and even with this gain over, the others they are losing. This m
Damage in Jessfield and Keswick had valuable cargo in a godown in Road districts is not as extensive Hongkew and had a very hard as expected as buildings here are time getting half of it out.
at greater distances from each Every business man feels tense other than in Bongkew, etc. All because he is not sure what con- along the fields in Keswick Road ditions will be like as the months coffins were plled up one on top pass by. He feels that if the the other. Many trees in these Japanese take over what is left of places have been cut down and Shanghal, in some way or other empty houses have been stripped they will be forced out of business,
by Japanese competition.
REFUGEE PROBLEM Owing to the closure of Japanese
of their wooden material.
British and Japanese soldiers are on elther alde of these boundary lines. It was very amusing to see
controlled areas to the Chinese.. the way they regarded each other.
men become cargo-loaders
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I saw a Japanese soldier come to the Settlement and Concession are packed with the people from these the line and offer a basin of food to Chinese on the British side of areas who have lost all they possessed and now have nothing the line. The Chinese did not seem but the scant belongings they have to know whether they should take managed to save. These refugees it. Anyway, I did not stop to see sleep. anywhere, beg and if neces- whether they did so or not.
There were some people out sary even steal The able-bodied
horse-riding in Keswick Road and ricksha-pullers. I have seen these it is no wonder that a few of them ricksha-pullers begging pedestrians were hit by stray bullets during to ride in their ricksha so as to the hostilities. Many others were
out there for a walk. have some money for them and their family. Walking along the
GENERAL SITUATION streets one is accosted by these re- The present situation is not too fugees begging for some coln They pleasant. Everyone is tense. The are sometimes quite well-dressed police are taxed to their utmost and have the appearance of once trying to keep order in the Bet-
On account of the Settlement being overcrowded and in order to prevent armed robberies, the police have declared 11.30 p.m. to be the
The normal side of Shanghai is still going on as usual. Every shop ls open. All the theatres, restaur- ants and cabarets are open land there is always to be seen a big crowd in these places. The only difference now in Shanghai is that you cannot go out much and that you have to be home by 11.30 p.m.. a thing much resented by the people.
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