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Psychology Of Isolationism Must Be Discarded
GENERALISSIMO,S MESSAGE TO FRIENDLY POWERS
CHUNGKING. July 6 (Central)-Should the Powers concerned Continue to view Japan's thresis to French Indo-China, Burma and the Netherlands East Indies with the same insouciance and In- difference as they had regarded Japan's aggression in Manchuria la 1931, the consequences would be unthinkable.
fore.
„US, AND RUSSIA
con-
Hitler And
The Nazis
SCORNED FROM
call the United States, a decadent worn-out nation."
Although he dild
not mention
GENERAL
MADAME CHIANG'S WAR ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE
CHUNGKING, July 6 (Central)—The Chinese people, are asked to work incessantly for China's triumphal emergence as a strong nation by Madame Chiang Kai-shek, China's First Lady, In a war anniversary" message which she penned during a Ja- panese air rald over Chungking.
Justice. and affording tragic, write this, the detonations of tons evidence of the mental myopia of of explosives released from the so-called statesmen who could not enemy, bombing plates resound for envisage the fact that upon, the and wide. Around me thick columns fate of China hung the balance of of smoke, angry tongues of dames. world civilization
the crackling of burning houses the To us Chinese 'people, however. thud of crumbling walls, the boom- at date was the dawn of a new;ing of anti-aircraft guns and the and glorious era,
(incessant sputter of machine-guns are the sounds and signs of how tall is being taken of our man- power and our national wealth.
ACROSS SEA WASHINGTON, July 5 (Renter) -The Minister for Interior, in
The message follows: ..
stroying civilisation-and that Three years ago today the single-handed ** striking Independence Day speech
Puppetry, slavery and abjectness last night, scorned "the superior entire Chinese nation took up arms people across the Atlantic whoo resist Japanese aggression so have been swept overboard by that as a free and independent na- | sheer phys.cal stamina. and {tion we might qurvive,
stoicism, and "dogged tenacity of History will record that date as purpose. Thus warned Generalissimo a halt. Japan's threats
one of the significant milestones What our nation has borne in Chiang Kai-shek in C message tinue to be slighted and ignored, any names, it is considered that marking the sad faltering of world suffering is epic. Even today as I addressed to friendly Powers on the consequence, would be un-
he was obviously referring to the eve of the third
Hitler and the Nazis. anniversary thinkable." Ö[ the Sino-Japanese war.
"These superior people have which he implemented the
Secondly, it is not in China's surrendered their wills, bodies and going warning with the
declara- Interests alone but also those minds to the absolute will of the tion tha; the Chinese Jovern-of all countries bordering the boss, who tells them what to do. ment, for the sake of its own sc-ocean that the Pacific region They debase themselves, and per- 'curity and In accordance with should be pacified. And, in
Gen-mit themselves to whipped and its traditional anti-aggression p^-eralissimo Chiang's opinion. It is mutilated, say what they are told licy, will be constrained to use within the power of the United to shy, read what they are told to all its armed might at its disposal States and Soviet Russia, the read, and marry when they are to cope with any extended Jap-two remaining friendly Powers told to marry**** anese invasion of French Indo-out of the European war, to do
BROKEN PLEDGES China or other Astatic nelzh so through continued assistance These superior and forceful people break their plighted word. Admittedly reflecting the ob Japan being predominantly de-rape peaceful lands and at the vations and attitude of the pendent on America for supplies! word of their master, destroy the Chinese Government and people of war materials and for foreign lives of little children, 'repay gen- on the world situation as related trade, Generalissimo "Chiang in- tleness with brutality and
reap to the Sino-Japanese issue, the terpreted the recent imposition where they have not sown"""They Generalissimo began by sayingjot embargo as the demand of abase themselves before new that the latest developments in the American public to" apply Gods, set up for them by the Die- the European war have borne economic pressure on Japan Iftator**When are you going to out the accuracy of China's ear- on the one hand America con- throw at this orator the words Her conviction that, China's re- tinues its economie axe on Japan Lincoln would have used if he had sistances was not merely for the and on the other intensifies, to listened to him-No man is good preservation of China's indepen-gether with Moscow, its assis dence and integrity but was also a tance to China, it will not be without that other
enough to govern any other man contribution to the future of a dimenlt to bring stabilisation
con- sent,'" new world order and the welfare the Pacific. of humankind.
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to China.
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to
henceforth
through the
man's
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- On that day with unflinching courage and resolute deter- mination we, a militarily weak nation, dared to defy the military might of a first- eliss Power-'credtied with 'be ·
invincible. Ing.
1hrough baptism of blood and tice such as never had befallen" any other nation, we have regained our manhood; we have com pelled the respect of the world. and, what is more important, we have regained our own self- respect, which, for centuries, under the domination of an alien rules we had 'forfeited. At last we have overthrown the century-old yoke inertia and apathy,
ABIDING PRIDE ... In its place we hate developed conscious and diation-wide patrio tisin, urídi abiding pride in our abi- lity to stand up for our rights, for self-determination and, for (Reuter) --
race
SEIZURE FROM FRENCH SHIP
But what does it matter? To- ¦ day, tomorrow; you or I might te- come a victim of Japanese mur- derers. What of it? Death has been the price paid by hundreds of thousands at the front and of mil- |llions, of our civilian population all
over the coVENITE.
Before liberty is. won, hun- ́dreds of thousands more will be similarly sacrificed so that' we who are alive, may caITY on to victory and freedom. What does matter is that we
who are saved by "the death of others should live and die for China, we should work incessantly for Chins's triumphal emergence as a natinha nation strong in its faith in the progressive possibili- ties of mankind; strong in its re- solute determination to uphold the humane principles of international
LONDON, July 7 Franc notes believed to represent survival. Nor should it ever be for Some millions of pounds value, gotten that for three long years justice, and strong in its ability to are reported to have been seized China has borne the initial brunt pave the way
before
In conclusion Generalissimo WORLD CONFLAGRATION Chlang dwelt briefly on, the fu- Were it not for China's gallant ture of world peace. The psy- resistance in the last three years chology of isolationism," said the Japan, whose ambitions do not | Generalissimo, "must stop at the conquest of China, be totally discarded, would have by how taken full ad- COLLECTIVE SECURITY vantage of the European tummoll "In Its place should be built to clean up the Pacific possessions up an effective system of collec-
in Belfast from a French vessel of the forces "durupting grid de- enlightenment. of the various "Powers. Indirectly tive security
They were in 121 large bags, coo-forming part of the cargo of adding fuel to an already raging peration, of all peace-loving na-the ship, which left Brest world conflagration.
tions. European events of the self-defence. last two months have proved the waged with interior arms but an inefficacy of isolationism and unbreakable will, the Generalis- should serve as a historic lessor. simo stated, has in three years "European Experiences -have so exhausted Japan's manpowers shown that without the system and resources that today she
1s of collectictive security weak and not in a dominant position in strong nations alike are devold the Padic as she might other of protection. I solemnly declare wise be
that the 450,000,000 Chinese pledge themselves to the
China's war of
may
The Generalissimo affirmed.. that China's war for her own independence as well as for world peace will not be adver- sely affected by whatever po- Bitical chicanery Japan employ, including fifth column .activities under puppet Wang Ching-wel. No amount" of military pressure or coercion through intrigue Can Cow China to her knees.
"It is open knowledge," said the
Generalissimo, «,, "that Japan's ainister designg on third Power interests and rights in China, as exposed by the Wang-Japan agreement of last December, have stirened considerably the entire people's will to resist to the end and bolstered China's self-con- adence.
of working for the creation
the German occupation.
The bags were removed under
Belfast Bank, armed guard and lodged in the
300 THOUSAND REGISTER
LONDON, July 7 (Reuter)—A provisional total of thirties who registered yesterday for military of service, is 310,638. of which 9,779
task
se- were conscientious. objectors.
All
for
true world
INCOHERENT FURY
OF GERMAN PRESS
·
LONDON, July 7 (Reuter-The British Fress yesterday deals. with enemy reactions to the seizure of the French Fleet.
The Times writes: That Hitler feels himself deprived of an. expected 'fighing contingent for his own fleet, and not merely 'pleasure 'at seeing French ships interned and German controll- ed rather in a neutral 'port, is shown by the incoherent fury of the Nazi press.
a new International order of
Britain is accused of stabbing Petain, who rewarded the soldiers, curity in cooperation with
A later figure represented. 5 per her mortally wounded ally in the sauors and airmen of France for friendly Powers for the sake
of cent, of all those registering-the back, and the British people are ten months struggle and the lasting peace and the future wel-lowest percentage hitherto report-exhorted to punish the crime by workers of France for their sacri- fare of mankind.”
hanging Mr. Churchill in Trafal-fice and exertion, by betraying gar Square.
them to Hitler. Even more pain has been caused By far worse acts Petain betrays in Berlin by the revelation that ever more clearly his appetite for the British Government do not Fascism.
ed.
4,700 Japanese Killed
In
Kaifeng
"
Battle
CHENGCHOW HONAN, July 7 (Central-Official military dispatches received today disclosed that the "battle of Kaifeng"" earlier in the week was much more serious than previously re- ported.
It is now estimated that more than 4,700 Japanese soldiers and officers were killed during the engagements which was fea-.. tured by street fighting.
Striking shortly after midnight
"I declarɛ before the whole world that so long as Japan's aggressive policy is not abandon on June 30 the Chinese vanguards ed and so long as her troops re- pierced the Japanese cordon and main n'Chinese soil, so long will our resistance continue."
EARNEST APPEAL While appreciating the moral and material assistance rendered
200 Students, Teachers Arrested By Japanese
CHUNGKING," July 7 (Central). According to a dispatch re-
the Headquarters.
(1
been
JAPANESE DISPERSED
No explanation has been issuea CHUNGKING, Jaly (Central) by the Japanese authorities for
the
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MAPS CONFISCATED: FROM ALIENS
LONDON, July 7 (Reuter)-Two further measures were announced by the Ministry of Home Security yesterday.
All maps of a scale of over one inch to the mile and guide books giving prominent positions and land-mark in the countryside in the possession of aliens are to be. confiscated.
trust the German undertaking Let us keep constantly in mind not to use French ships for a war- the factors that brought France like purpose, although "this was to Petain's feet. They were the the sole promise given by one muzzling of the press and
like soldier to another,"
the shackling of Parliament.
It is explained regarding pro- Hide the truth, probiblt free hibition of the flying of kites and pledge" of non-aggression to` Ho- land, the assurance to respect. the opinion, and you open the gates balloons that there is reason to neutrality of the Scandinavian to Hitler. States and the Low Countries, and
other Nazi undertakings.
́ ́HIS MASTER'S VOICE
11
believe that during the German NONE MORE PRECIOUS
invasion of Holland, kite balloons The Daily Telegraph says: Of were used by German agents on all the prizes acquired by Ger- the ground to indicate the post-
Mussolini's Fress echoes his many as the result of the capi- tions Of targets and strategic master's voice at an even shriller none was more precious than the
tulation of the Bordeaux junta, points. pitch. This flood of hysterical French Fleet
Britain and then meered at the words is the best testimony of the
When that had been arranged) British as a set of simpletons for strategic value of the blow dealt the Germans would have violated entrusting so valuable a weapon the enemy by Wednesday's events the clauses of the armistice, em to the safekeeping of German
In the sphere of action the two played the French Flest against "honour."
Dictators can do no more than instruct their puppet Marshal Petain to break of diplomatic re- lations with Britain.
That was to be expected, and the main practical effect, is to
CROSSWORD NO. 652
entered Kaifeng after a brief engagement, occupying the Japan- ese police, gendarmerie and special service section headquarters.
The Japanese rushed reinforcem China in the past three years ments from Sinslang while a tank by friendly Powers, the Generalis-unit launched an attack on the simo made an earnest.appeal for Chinese in the southern section of continued aid, particularly from the city. One fleet of Japanese the United States and Soviet armoured cars, and military lorries
were destroyed by land mines. Russia, from two standpoints.
Firstly, the Generalissimo 25- In the Shangklu sector, on the ceived here, more than 200 Chi-draw more firmly the line of de- marcation between free French- serted, so deeply bogged down in Lunghal Railway east of Kaifeng, nese middle school students and the China mire is Japan that more than 600 Tapanese were slain teachers in Pelping. have
men who continue" the fight, "for she is not in a position to throw by Chinese forces during a severe arrested and are now being held freedom and those who submit to the gauntlet at another Power. hand-to-hand, ztreet battle last, st Japanese Gendarmerie the violator of their country..
ACROSS After quoting American and Japan's recent threats to French week. It was reported,
1 Earth Indo-China, Burma and the Ne-
Turkish tributes, the newspaper
4.0.7. book therlands East Indies were merely
A Instil concludes: "We know now that the British Empire must stand
9 Sorrow alone among nations against the 10 Spoon powers of darkness, though sup-11'. Shuts up north Hupeh, his been dispersed These students and instruc-ported by all those gallant legions 13 Cereal by the Chinese, latest military dis-tors were rounded up during of disinherited men, who shall 15 Postpones patches reveal
search of a number of well-known carry the colours and represent 17 Fish Japaneso reinforcements from educational institutions, including the spirit of the free peoples 20 This month Yangtzuchen lanched a vigorous the Chin Cheng Middle School whose bodies are trampled on by 22 Terve counter-offensive on the Chinese and time Normal University Middle the oppressor. bit were rupulse with further school."
24 Retinue losses. Fighting is reported to be The students and instructors victory is won, the enemy must 27 violent.
"It is probable that before the 25 Girl's name
•sti proceeḍlur *
are being held communicado be met and overthrown on Eng- The Chinese driving toward and all attempts to contact them sh soll...
behaviour 28 Written Saibsten, 35 miles west of Ying- have been unsuccessful, "It is in the interest of fustice shan, have recaptured MannshanOwing to these arrests plans supreme test and welcomes it."
This nation is ready for that 20 Preyish and sancity of law." the Gener-and Kuanshan. two
DOWN strategic for the summer session of these nissimo emphasised, "as well as heights in the north, thus tighten schools have been cancelled.
"PETAIN'S ; BETRAYAL
1 Revolved in fulfilment of their moral and ing their grip on the city.
Discussing Marshal Petain's 2 Fleet breaking off of relations, the Daily 3 Branch of Herald says Fetain says, we com-
trade
a gesture of blum, hoping thereby
to feap il-gotten gafris without
resort to arms,
Recallfar The blunders cer tain Western statermen had made through 2 their inaction during the Manchurian syisis Generalissimo Chiang tald
that now is the time for the Powers concerned to adopt 's rockfirm "átutado “against for- ther Japanese attempts at encroachment.
China
a greater portioir of the Japanese this action. concentrated north of Yangtuchen
At the Kingshan-Tangyang sehi
DURING SEARCH
legal obligationg" toward and the Far East that the viri-tor, the Chinese have dislodged the ous friendly Powers should, Japanese from their stronghold at reported to be engaged in "mopp-mitted treeson against French 4 Acid through collective action, bring | Bladyentan, indicting "heavy | Ing-up" operations against Japan- sailors after ten months of com-
5. Poner Japan's expansion programme to casualties on the ensiny., They are lese remnants.
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Hatred Of Netherlands For Germans
"LONDON, July 7 (Reuter)-The hatred of the Netherlands for the Germans in revealed in a broad-- cast from the Nazl-controlled, Hilversum radio yesterday! ;
The broadcast said the German commander-in-chier has threaten ed severe 'penalties if Netherlan ders are not more docile..
It said a great part of the population sympathises with the RAF ralda on air bases in Hol- land, and that Netherlands sol- diers refuse to behave in a ser file marter German saidlers. are not being saluted properly and are & frequently assaulted, the broadcast declared.
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