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The announcement of the opening of the Burma Road has given as much pleasure to British people, as its closure caused them pain,
RUMANIA TOTTERS
It is hoped that the Conference inay. result in the establishment of a Standing Committee representative of the participating countries, whose duty it will be see that the de- caloris of the Conference are carried out.
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ability la face of bombs and glu fire, Easter Group as far as possible scur that is a nice clean sudden and easy supporting for war, supply purposes, death but men would be held res the denèiences of one participant: bod ponsible as they have been held resing made good from the available or ponsible throughout the ages for the potential resources of the others. assaults of a far worse character. Any surplus production would, of The Government at home which course, be available for the general It is the first real stand made to
matters
out war effort of the Empire. It is con stop the rot that set in when the has thought those polley of appeasement was first tried does not think that the burden sidered desirable that the Empire in 1991 in connection with Man- of defending the colony should be countries east of Suez should be in a churia. Ils opening coincides with increased by this anxiety for the position to support themselves as much as they possibly can' without the embargo on exports of metals welfare of women.
and the The American Government evident-calling either on the United Kingdom from Canada, Australia United States to Japan. It likewisely ogren with this view, seeing that or other countries. coincides with loans being made. to they have advised their people to get China by the United States, and out of China and Hongkong, as soon Britain and finally with the evacua- as possible.js tion of American citizens from China. There is a wholesome vigour about the new policy which restores self-
The thrust of the Nazis into respect in the British and American
It is impracticable, however, to people and at the same time it fur-Rumania is a tribafe to the effective-
ness of our blockade and to the des- draw a sharp dividing line, between nishes a new hope to China.
It is abundantly clear now to Japan tructive work of our air force which defence and ordinary civil needs. that her adhesion to the Axis powers has blasted the ell producing works Thus, shell production is a purely. at Lenna and other places. The aim war supply problem, while the man- of Germany and Italy has created a new oppoting Axis-London, Wash-of the flying man is, to destroy in the ufacture of cigarettes, for example Ington, Chungking and probably enemy country those things which could be regarded in the light of a Moscow--which involves her encircle make flying possible, and as oil is the war problem with an important bear-
most essential element, its destruc-jing on the needs of the civit
tion. Similarly there are many other To-morrow:
consumption By her action Japan has brought tion is most eagerly sought.
The Rumanian oil fields now pass commodities the into being an opposition 80 strong that she must be wondering whether into the hands of the Nazis who in which is shared between the defence
a this war hove such a distinct ad- forces and the general population.
The representatives of the different her recent polley was based careful examination of the factors vantage over the British Empire in Involved.
that no neutrality is respected and countries will be invited by the Com no International law has any binding merce Department to discuss the them. The capacity of their countries for pro- whatever on ultimate goal of course in the all duction, especinity industrial produc.. There is no doubt that Japan's flelds of Iran, but the journey there tion, and their needs arising from the actions In China had long alienated is for the Nazis long and arduous, cutting off of many former sources whatever feeling of goodwill there Russia is not likely to stand Idly by of supply. was towarda her in Anglo-Saxon while Germany gets control of the countries, but such feeling could not Balkans and cutis off her access to find expression in any positive and the Mediterranean. effective manner. Not until Japan
ment.
on
THE CHANGING TIDE force
anade her policy correspond in fact JAPAN-AND RUSSIA
with her sentiments was it possible for the United States and the British
It has always been thought that
Fampire to formulate any concrete the German pact with Russia came
scheme.
fa up
with
as a shock to the Japanese in August 1030 and so it did. In fact the lend- For the Brst time Japan
ing Japanese newspaper bitterly re- ngainst an opposition which she can gretting the lapse of the British no longer flout. The opening of the
said
pact was when the Burma Road of course violates no
"The British would not unced: trenty and that being so it is not in in
On May itself a challenge to Japan. But I have done this!" But there is_an- marks the turning point of polley and other side to this picture. will no doubt lead to a demand that 7th, 1030, nearly four months before Hiller signed the "unbreakable" pact treaties which already exist
with Russla. Coulondre, the French regard to trade in China shail be respected.
The embargoes which ambassador wrote a despatch to M. have already been announced in res-Georges Bonnet in which the follow-
metals and
spirit can Aviation
Ing paragraph occurs: pect of be extended almost indefinitely, and will be used as a lever until the new Axis bring about a new order in Asla out of the chaos that at the moment exists in the Far East as result of Be- Japan's unchecked aggression. hind the economic weapons which in themselves are most powerful, there now lles something even stronger.
It is to be hoped that Japan will taite a realistic view of the situation and recognise the need for a new okler based on an independent China and observation of the Nine Power
Pact.
U.S. EVACUATION
of
"The equivocal attitude
Herr Japan has contributed to
towards the Hitler's' orientation U.S.S.R."
The anti-commintern part was of Chiang course in being at the time Kai-shek in his message of July 7th to the Japanese people said: "Japan has never entertained any idea of fending Germany a helping hand in Europe. Germany, aware of Japan's Intrigue resolved immediately change her pelley in Aug 1939 by resuming amicable relations with the Soviet Union."
tą
It appears then that the signing of The Evacuation of American no-ja pact is far more important thari tionals from Chins naturally brings its observance. It certainly has pro- up the question of our own. It might paganda value. The recent pact is be asked why. should women not like the former so patently one-sided shore the dangers which their men that we would be inclined to sym- folk have to face. They have to do it athise with Japan If she did not in Europe. Women are driving buses observe it.
In factories, and lorries, working
What it means is that Germany 'fields and hospitals, in fact there wants Japan to tackle the United scarcely a Job that men are doing States and Britain and to divert the that is not being done by women attention of the former, from Europe
T
They are not in the Aghting services to- Asla Germany can-give-no- bul they are in the fighting line.
but of course she would be great- Why then the evacuation of such relieved it even a portion of the war
Children,material women from Hongkong?.
of course, should not be exposed to material going to Britain from the
United States could be stopped.
danger if that can be avoided and su Germany is no more concerned mothers with children must go. 11 they could manage it the authorities about the welfare of Japanese than would evacuate them all from Bri- she is about that of the pigmies in the taln.
But are the cases strictly parallel? It is not so very long since Nanking fell to the invading armies of Japan. Have the women of Hongkong read the dispatches describing what actual ly happened there?
forests of Africa.
Hitler has announced not once but many times that the Germans are the chosen rulers of the carth and other nations like the Japanese are there to serve their will.
THE DELHI
› CONFERENCE
It might be argued that they were Chinese women who were reped there and there are Chinese women here. But against whom would the The object of the Delki Conference attack in Hongkong in similar chris not, a general economic discussion,
be directed. cumstances
Does any-but the settlement of a joint war one doubi for a moment that there supply policy for the Eastern Group, would be discrimination? The Bri-under which the maximum use will tish would be held responsible; on be made of the existing and potential them and on those whom they hold capacity for war supply of each dearest would vengeance of the most participant.
unspeakable kind be wreaked. Wo- It is hoped that the policy settled
countries of men may wish to take the respon will make the
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