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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24,
1937.
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The Story Behind China's Heroism
IT is always rush to prophesy: but
for once I will take the risk. This Is the most exciting, rare, timely and important book published this year; abd it will probably remain so for a long time to come,
latrepidity won; the enemy pleked up its skirts and run,
That episode is a symbol of the incredible difficulties which Soviet China has had to face and conquer. It has conquered; It has changed the history of China and perhaps, of the human race.
Edgar Snow has done what no other living man has ever done; he
But what, above all, shines from has raised the curtain on one of the this book is a bravery that may have last great mysteries of the modern been matched in this world, but has world; and has answered every ques-certainly never been exceeded. tion that the Inquiring mind had ever wanted to know about it.
And a great many more as well, Here, in three dimensions, is Soviet China; here for the first time are its lenders, in particular Mao Tse-tung, its Stalin; here is the way of its peoples' life, their enthusiasms, their fortitude, their integrity and, above all, their bravery.
PHILIP JORDAN,
*"Red Star Over China." Edgar Suoto, Gollancz. 105,
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It is on epic story, Flve times TOO MUCH DRINKING Chiang Kai-shek hurled his Prussing. trained armies against the Reds, five times lie announced their annihilation to the world; five times he lied.
Moscow.
More than 50 bars near Moscow's university buildings and secondary schools have been closed by a decrce which is dimed at stopping drinking by young people.
All the might of Nanking, blessed by the Great Powers of the world,
The sale of alcohol has been pro- never smashed an army that beganhibited in a factory dining-rooms and with 200 captured rifles; grew រ៉ុប 180,000 trained men; was decimated; factory premises. It has also been marched over 3,000 miles to preserve banned in 34 foudshops, 29 restaur-
ants and cafes mostly along the: its independence; was halfed
main streets and in 10 market tea deliverer wherever it went; and had
rooms for peasants. an average individual age of abou 20.
f.
Vodka and other alcoholic drinks ure to be sold in future only by the) bottle and not by the glass, Lening- red gave Museow the lead in these
the against drimkenness and rowdyism.
Few of the epie marches of his tory can compare with that migration of a whole people from Kiasi, insures the south, by way of Kweichow, and Yunnan to Shensi, int the north, where the Red capital now is.
growing
2,700 MILES CYCLE RIDE
Sydney,
It is a tale of perpetual wonder. Its high light was the crossing of the River Tatu in the face of enemy machine-guns. Picture it. Swung The Australian road cyclist. above a gorge, 100 yards wide, with Hubert Opperman, who has es- the river crashing over rocks far be-tablished many records in Britain kow, ts
#chain bridge built centuries and France, is expected here from age. Its floor boarding had beenFremantle, Western Australia, on destroyed; only chains remained, Thursday. To-nighi he renched across which, if they would reach the Melbourne. other side men had to swing like monkeys.
Opperman has already covered 2,180 inites in 11 days, 0 hours, 56 minutes, and is nearly four days ahead of the existing record held by They hact 10 cross; upon the W. Reed, of Perth, The total dis- muccess of that manoeuvre depended | tance he will cover is approximately perhaps the fate of Soviet Chinu. 2,700 miles.
So men, in the face of those machine- 47 Years Publie Service.—' Mr. M.
Over the river.
Runs, swung out
L. Shepherd to-daỷ -retired from the Many of the first volunteers never Secretaryship of the Department of got derosa, but dropped, one by one. Defence after 47 years in the public into the river. In the end, however, I service.
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