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December 21, 1939.
New Chinese
Army Ten
Million Strong
By LOUISE MORGAN
A NEW Chinese army ten millions strong-the big- gest conscript army ever raised in any country-was described to me by. Dr. Sun Fo, President of the Chinese Legislative Yuan, when he arrived in London recently.
It has been secretly assembled and trained in many different parts of the Western provinces over the past 14 or 15 months, since conscription came into force.
Most of the soldiers are young country lads, tough fighters, who will go through anything to save their country from aggres- sion.
Nobody except the Generalissimo, Chiang Kai-shek, knows the whereabouts of this mystery army or the date of the big SPOTLIGHT
offensive for which it is now be ing intensively preparel.
ON
ERMANY
ALL LORRIES TO USE GAS
Steret munitions (nctories, scattered the soldiers over un cormous ter- ritory to escape Japanese bombs, have sprung up by the thousands in the
west. The Chinese have worked out
a system of small-scale mass produc- tion in miniature factories lucked litte villas among the green mountains, valleys, waterfalls and winding streams.
Hidden From Plancs
The gravity of Germany's petrol shoringe is shown by an order for the compulsory egaversion turns of a!!
"They are so situated that they are motor-lorries over 30cwt. It is a long-term programme, which in completely invisible from the air," said dicates how litle faith the Govern-Dr. Sun. rent has in Russian supplies.
The European war is interfering
A start is to be made with the very little with the flow of necessary heaviest vehicles, which use the most suppiles to China, he told me. petrol. Owners will receive orders The trade treaty with Russia which telling them where to take their lor-he signed in Moscow Inst June is now free exchange. ries for conversion, and imposing a in operation with a time-limit.
China gets munitions and machinery and sends tea and the more valun ble metals, such as lungaten and anti- mony.
Since the range of gas-propelled vehicles is short, the order will apply only to lorries garaged within six
The Best Sourco miles of a gas-producing plant. The authorities promise, however, to
"The Soviet Union has given y establish a "close network" of such more help and more material than any plants all over the Reich.
other source," said Dr. Sun, Manufacturing "Victories"
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From America supplies, such petrol and steel, farm machinery and While the German High Command ferries, arrive unimpeded by way of day after day has "nothing particular China's back door through Burma, to report," propagandist ilm-makers proceeding along the great "peasant ure more resourceful. They are road" built with the bare hands of munufacturing Western Front "vie-millions of Chinese tillers of the good torics" somewliere in Bohemia.
earth.
Travellers returning from there are The third successive bumper har- Only reported by Reuter as watching the vest has filled China's stores. making of a picture in which the in the flood areas is there any want Czech fortifications surrendered ajand all these areas are in Japanese year age provided a "Maginot Line" occupation. background. A brigade of German Dr. Sun thinks war-time London is soldiers, costumed in French unt-his good as n play." forms, manned defences which were guliantly stormed by Nazi troops. When Looting Is Pardonable
"It is interesting to find how much more seriously you take war than we do. You have changed the face of London and blacked out the whole country. And there has not been one isnule "bomb!
To reassure the civil population behind the Siegfried Line the German High Command has issued new und "In China we have no black-out. "more stringent-sounding regulations But if we hear a-raid-coming-we--put
against Tooling and "scrounging" by out the lights naturally."
the troops. Life imprisonment or shooting are prescribed as penalties
In extreme cases,
"But," adds the order, "the nequisi- tion in case of urgent need of cloth- igg, equipment, provisions (whether necessaries or luxurics), fodder, fuel. vehicles, petrol and other require- ments, dhall not be regarded as look- Ing."
No Now Clothes For Christmas
One feature of the new clothes rationing order is causing particular
THREE WHALE TWINS
Antarctic Season Yields Unusual Find
Washington, Dee. 20. American whalers have returned from the Antarctic with stories of Anding three sels of whale twins during last season's catch,
Four of the twins, yet unborn, were in two finback whales. The mother dismoy. Germans will be able to of the other set was a big blue whale. buy ararcely any new clothes for is rare for the sen-going stork to Christmas. Of their 100 coupons bring win whales. they may use only 30 before the end of the year. Little can be obtained with these.
The three sels of twins were the only ones found in the reason's catch of 2,204 whales, from which was processed 7,156,700 gallons of oli, 210 A woman might buy a nightdress tons of bone and 396 tons of meat and one handkerchief, or half a dozen fertilizer, all valued at $3,250,000.- pairs of stockings and half a dozen United Press. Handkerchiets. A man could obtain
a sweater, or alternatively a pair of rived just in time to take them away
nyjamas, à collar and a handkerchief.
A new salt or costume would be well in lorries.
beyond the reach of either.
Cathedral Treasures "Saved"
War Soap From Coal
The Germans
ore to produce the Frankfort correspondent of the "Polltiten." Among
Films also contribute another piecei synthetic fat from coal, states of Nazi propaganda. Now being screened is a picture showing how, Copenhagen German soldiers "saved" sacremental other things this will be wed for a vessels and other treasures from the special type of war soap. burning cathedral at Lublin.
to
A new company has been formed produce the fat. Another com-
In fact, the cathedral was on fire pany with seven factories is trying to before the Germans 'entered the city, extruct
ulmost from several
the
and it was the citizens who brought | thousand tons of whale oll which it out their treasures. The Nazla or- hos received.
A Scots woman came to town and entered a shop
to buy a collar for her husband, ~ "I'll take that one," she said.
-"Only the one, midam?" inquired the assistant. "Of course! How many husbands dhe ye think I've got?"
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