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September 21, 1940,
CURRENT COMMENT.... By Scrutineer
The incident There is little doubt that the
came to mind - ini This will involve the erection of courage and tenacity of the reading that President Roosevelt had primary schools, and the abolition of British people are being tested signed the Burke Wadsworth Con- the worst slums, for which money to-day as never before. It la scription whereby sixteen million will be needed and must be obtained Ave hundred thousand American men even if it means additional taxation. the first time in history that between the ages of 21 and 38 will The community must take responsi the whole nation has been ex-be liable for military service, and that bility for the evils that are dus to posed to the enemy's attacks, 900,000 of them will be enrolled by poverty, if it is to reduce the pressure on the gaole. The present condition and that all men, women, and the spring.
of things has been tolerated too long, children have to bear the strain
The American citizen who has
War In China of warfare from the air.
enjoyed equal rights, equal opportuni- ties and equal privileges will now
The Bombing of Chungking Even Hitler in his book "Mein realise that the preservation of these
A third of the Kampt" bears witness to the stubborn advantages depends on discharging goes on apace.
of The fighting qualities
city was destroyed a few weeks Brilish certain duties, soldier, but hitherto there has been
Just as the gangster menace in US ago but' owing to the claims of fighting по means of gauging the qualities of the non-milltary pardon A. was overcome by the creation of the European war and because the G-mes backed by the determina- the destruction of Chinese cities of the population.
tion of the nation to get rid of them,
Now I found that the civilian
of the international affair little publicity is given to just as ready to face up to hardships the United States realise that the is now accepted as a routine
disappearance and danger as the soldier and the gangsters depends on the creation of such incidents. we would expect for the scuse
to theirs.
dily that is implanted in the soldier, force better organised and superior ԷՄՈՐ in the Aral place from the texson be has learned at home in the school and in the Church
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America, more than nation,
has advocated
Property, some of it of the most modern construction which has taken A long time to erect, is blasted out any of existence in a few minutes. One the would have thought that the lesson the past three years would have
not something speelally doctrine of international been lernt, namely, that the dr acquired by a particular section of brotherhood and
the nation, it is part of the nation,
co-operationstruction of cities does not destroy the morale of the Chinese any more then the bombing of London does that of the British
it is part of the high ideals which based on good neighbourliness. prevail throughout and at all times but is only revealed when a cuisis
ecurs The fact that
The United States has always been is a part of organised for peace and not for war, the nation's character is proved by but the polley of conciliation and the unconscious way in such duties appeasement has tatled to such an wr discharged
dangers faced extent
the
endanger na to
of those euntries. There is a kind of lower compulsion existence
warda the heroe in which self-have advocuted it mscious affurt disappears
It was
dangerouIN
Whart does du is to strengthen
see the war through to very
the determination of both propies to which metus
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successful 121b:tary advantage gained in bombing ancient
IN
marv
Paul's Cathedral, or e meat experiment and itens auch as the Westoster
Abbey and St I failed and now revent broadcast frean Ger- was any three airmen gave an account precautions have to be baten, and are evillan property hust a hundreds of d the respective exploits
being taken to an extent that stoggess miles from the acete 11 was
thene
who have been getting their operation There done in the Hitler manner
own evil way been they were in' why the loud raurous vntre, the sharp staceate lines, the dramate arrount possession of a gun of the curatat, and the final victory over the enviny, Then a chorus of A sung a martial song after roch narative in order to drive the patriofti ate berok example home
this manner.
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Such warfare hes notlung to do with strategy, 4 mmsty the ex
sense of frustrations revise the Pression of the President Roosevelt
of being thwarted by the Chinese
the ste fully of stroking the tiger in orther
Te
an
Victory
win is goodwill, and there several of these marauding eventures about in the world to-day
1:
new
tir
The lentives for China i biberty sev tude, and everyone recognizes that therly even withsont proponty is preferable to serviftede with
It would be the hardest thing: The United States wil seni emerge in the world to get a British air-jae # nation most powerfully armed man to record his exploits inter diplomacy will takr
Instead of appeals to higher
The spiritual forces which It would be a far form
denis, Urre will be dictations and greater strain upon him than the
tuents to those who have menneed animate China are not going to combat itself.
the freedom of the democratic nations be overcome by the destruction has been approved and lies in the rural areas on which The fact that this colossal rearmament of cities, since the real China it whe It sets at to the its work, launched is in itself proof that the
bombs fall in vain. quetly and efficiently with the ideas people at the United States are finish.
heros entirely absent Therein pdf with thear
present, methods of Use whole differenze On the diplomacy
sade heavy tash undertaken without hope of reward.
So at as with the British nation as
voluntarily
except that each knows that every. thug lam stands for AM 151
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programme
An
Prison Reform excellent address was
was a
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China muci
China, however muy get rempite Trudo-huzur is to be the scene of The next neident The people of *Jupan are wanting results, gut bajaris victories from the ad, ye what ace More than practically quen cites It is the love for the things that given to Rotary last Tuesday by three years of warture i Chinn have not ended yet in a pruitable pence inspires this devotion mat makes the
Major Willcocks, the Commis
for Juprats. burden Highl
sioner of Prisons. It
An adventure further soulli might more tangible, There is no need for theatrical per-incere straightforward account produce something formances 102 bolster up tinggi
but on the other hand it might pro- of the immense problems which spartla
On the other side there is
Certunly TK) the confront the authorities in this duce greater complications than ever shouting and the exuberant displays Colony when dealing with crime. would Le fraught with
victory over France. There are many thu eats of Invasion of Britain, London and the claim in made that ing conditions so bad and in the British morale has collapsed. lenses non-existent, it is impossible to Meanwhile the threatened invasion make the conditions of life in prison as evidenced by the assembly of self harsher than they are nutside. propelling barges in the Channel The only punishment therefore 15 Har
and the
great deprivation of liberty and loss of armies ready to embark in them face. The prison becomes for such Initial shock, a being steadily hampered by the air
prople after the arms so much so that it is doubtful
pleasant retreat. It is really doing whether it will ever take place.
Hitler must make the attempt and much of the work the poor law
institutions do in England. In fail, or fall to make the attempt.
There is the story of the youth who either case he suffers defeat, since he cannot achieve what he set out to do. approached a former employer and naked for a job. On enquiring the latter found that he had just been released from prison.
Where the standard of living for danger und so much difficulty as the Annam up to the plateau of Yannatı
some The destruction of so many people is low, and the hous-precipitous climb from the plains of
presence
ol
U.S.A. and Rearmament
Some years ago in travelling' on a small junk down the Min "Yes", said the youth, "I was River in Szechuan, we were given six months, but had only hailed by a soldier on the bank served four, when the warder who wanted a free passage. The came and told me to put on my boatman took no notice, but then own clothes and get out. the soldier too his rifle loaded couldn't understand", he said, it and fired a shot.
"as I had done nothing wrong."
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This had the desired effect for the boat
Boldier was stopped nad the
The existence of such conditions taken on board. A little further on outside pafson la attributed always another gentleman halled our boat, to the fact that Hongkong is a free and started gesticulating and throw-port, and permits the inflow Ing stones, but the boutman would Chinese from other parts. Until there not stop. When asked why he is some restriction on this Immigra
overcrowding, disease, and slopped in the one case and not in tion the other, the answer was "Why, the excessive crime must continue to first fellow had a rise and we hadn't, exist. If it is checked, then the social whereas this one had none."
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