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CHINA
By H. D. LIEM
A prominent Chinese journalist working in London
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imports cripples her industries aggravated by the banning of and will aggravate the situation, petrol and lorries: on the Burma How long can she stand this ter kond. The European War, the. rifle and continuous drain? collapse of France and the clos- ing of the Burma Road severely curtailed supplies of lorries, oll In spite of a million and and materials for the construc- quarter troops poured Into tion of new railways, radio China, Japan · actually merely stations, telephone, telegraph, controls strips of land and lines canals, roads and transport ac- of communications, continually cessories. They have also shut -harassed by marauding gueril- two of China's three main las. In the vast arcus she arteries connecting with the claims to have occupied, outer world; the Burma and the Chinese magistrates still hold Indo-China Road. The Russian their court, taxes are collected Road is long and slow. Trans- by Chinese Government officials, port of enormous quantitică of and Chinese bank notes enjoy a Itussian supplies are carried by high premium over the Japan- camels and caravans, because, ese puppet paper money.
so to speak, u 3-ton lorry will To-day, 3,000,000 Chinese consume 1% tons of petrol regular troops are spread on all each way from point to point, fronts, and 6,000,000 in train- while "camels do not cat oil.” ing. Trained and untrained Third war, alm: Democracy irregulars and guerillos number, will be the immediate fruit of at a modest estimate, some 25 the Chinese people's war against to 30 millions, filling all crevices aggression and tyranny. During in the country and penetrating war-time, China has established deep behind the Japanese lines. her parliament, the People's What Chinn needs are arms, Political Council, with repre- guns, tanks and planes quickly sentatives drawn from all the and in plenty. When the ice is provinces, including Manchuria. thick enough to skate, a general Owing to severe bombinga of offensive will be called to trap Chungking recently and dim-
IS ALSO FIGHTING FOR
Thongkong Telegraph. DEMOCRACY
Tuesday, December 10, 1940.
Wyndham St., Hongkong
Telephone: 26015
THE preix "special to the Telegraph" Jared by the longkong Telegraph to
under the previsions of the Telecommuni
bears the Indiestion "UP"
the United Press Associations, who re-
wholly or'in part previous
Arrangement.
BY
This is a people's war. Giving
the Japanese forces like a man culties in transport following in a room with fires bursting the closing of the Burma Road out of every corner and the and bannings of petrol and doors bolted.
lorries, the People's Congress Second war nim: National called for November 12 to adopt Y her alliance with the Chinese people's allegiance to Reconstruction.. Free China, the National Constitution has General Chiang Kai-shek. rich in soil and minerals, is been suspended although pre- Axis Powers Japan has
Wang's puppet regime has been being intensively developed to paratory work still carries on. indicate news which is strictly copyright thrown off all pretence of specifically set-up to make increase her war resources. cations Ordinance. 1916. Such news as "non-involvement" in the Chinese tight Chinese and pay China will rise, like the phoenix Hongkong on the date of publication by war, and dared the United for the war against themselves, from its ashes, greater and back democratic rights to the
cynically disguised under the stronger, but not exhausted serve all rights and fortia repubitations, States to come on in the "Anti-Red Crusade" and "Re- after the war. The nation is people will make them realise Pacific. Whatever be the construction," and to register pledged not to repeat the blun- what they are fighting for and reassurances, the Anti- the protests of the Powers der of the European nations secure their whole-hearted sup OFFENSIVE, AND AFTER Comintern Pact has been re- whenever Japan treads on their after the last war, emerging port. They will be fighting not Although Britain has not stated hashed and the Soviet Union corns in China. In fact, there from it. thoroughly exhausted only for land, food and home,
is not the remotest, hope of with tens of millions unem-
but also for spiritual values, the ber wor aims beyond the ser-placed in a vice with Italy Prince Konoye "breaking China ployed and unrest seething Rights of Men. They will learn evident object of self-preservation, hemming in at the Balkan down to her knees.” the subjugation of Germany's armed back-door.
within their political and econo- with rifles by. their side. And the rudiments of democracy To-day the Chinese people mic system.
after victory they will have peoples which will automatically Contrary to Tokio's calcula- know what they are fighting for
learnt the responsibilities of a attend that happening, she has re- tions, American public opinion and what the result of their vic-
good citizen. Contrast this. peated with more and more assur-stiffens up. The joint Pacific tory will bo. Under baptism of The people are rising up to with Japan's definite shift in ance that she intends to take the defence talk in Washington is fire, they have been rebuilding the accusion. Great tasks face war towards Fasciam, and
being pushed vigorously for new and greater nation; a them. Industries and mines are tyranny. ward. Failing a climb down government of, for and by the being opened. in Free China.
The Chinese people have there, war on the Chinese main- people; a national economy that Universities and schools spring never regarded themselves at land will engulf the Pacific. It will make China belong not to up like mushrooms. Students, war with the Japanese people, will be foolish, to ignore China & mere handful of men, but to writers and artists are achieve but with Japanese military- a positive factor in the the 450,000,000 Chinese. ing remarkable results in com- fascist imperialism. Anti-war
forces and the liberation
of free
offensive by land, sea and air as soon as her supplies are sufficient
for that purpose.
It is thought that her weapons may be adequate late next year; certainly they will be of such strik-
able to deal so effectively with the
fremy_us_to_make the postponement-
of an offensive of no vital concern
to our own safety.
IS
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have
China's victory will
annexations; she wants only
ing power by then that we shall ba battles of Asia and the Pacific. What are China's war nims? ating illiteracy, doing rural sentiments in Japan have been The first is that the people must work, A.R.P., recruiting, propa- ruthlessly suppressed by their -be-united-to-resist-the-enemy-ganda and keeping up the authorities and severe penaltics. until victory is won. The united morale of the people high. imposed. The co-ordination of our air a Chinese people have suffered fice of China's millions have trial Co-operative units with govern themselves. China cer For more than three years the will, energy, ingenuity and saeri- Sixty million refugees are being give the Japanese people that organised into Chinese Indus- opportunity to emerge and with land and sea forces will have and withstood Japanese on- worked wonders. Military tac-production put on a guerilla tainly does not look forward to achieved that perfection essential slaught. They have shown their ties
been effectively basis to escape capture. to a successful invasion of the con-
fibre. Twice China's capitals, adapted to China's strategical" } tinent by next year while the nu-
Nanking and Hankow, have geography. Operating from We are, however, facing two the territories taken away from bers of our aircraft will be such that been captured. Yet each time Chungking, the war capital, we stubborn and gigantic problems her, to be let alone to restore diversions can be kept up at different victory, cluded Japan and still can choose the grounds on which in spite of stupendous effort: her house in order for there is points along the huge coastline now recedes, Convinced of the final we want the enemy to fight us. Red Cross and relief; communi- more than plenty to do. A under German domination so ne to victory, China's will. to resist China's size and Japan's econo- cations and transport. Large free, democratic and peace- split the defensive forces. Probably has immeasurably increased mic weakness have been welded quantities of quinine, vaccines, loving China, side by side with parachute troops landed under the with time.
into the formula, "buy time with serum, anaesthetics, medical democratic Japan, will be the protection of this air force will first
Time wears Japan supplies and surgical instru- stabilising forces of peace in secure the safety of a port at which To-day, the military situation space." reinforcements can arrive, while the is a stalemate. Japanese forces down, but increases China's re- ments and hospitals are wanted, the Pacific as a positive contri. Transport in Free China being bution towards a permanent. preponderance of our naval strength
can neither remain with com- sources.
dependent almost exclusively on world peace when aggression will assure the retention of this area fort nor withdraw without loss Japan is spending at least roads, the situation has been has been uprooted and crushed. from seu attack or cover the with- of face. Increased battering £1,000,000 a day. Her economic drawal of the troops while another failed to break the deadlock. structure is top-heavy, her gold, atluck Is being made elsewhere. Japanese peace offers are re- reserves depleted considerably, FUNNY SIDE UP
Since aircraft now play such n garded as thickly sugar-coated cost of living rising and nationa. great part in warfare it will be poison. The puppet Wang debt piling up. The claim ol necessary to devise better protection Ching-wel failed to divert the war materials over raw material |
for the troops from bombing and machine-gunning than exists at present. Nevertheless the best pro- tection against such attack lies in beating the enceny in the air and Wat is why Britain is placing such emphasis on the need for more and more aeroplanes of all types.
Incidentally it is because Germany
Increased
Armoured
Strength for the Army
LONDON, Dec. 9 (Reuter).—The attainment of a definite herself is convinced that we do in- stage In the policy of rapidly increasing the armoured strength tend to take the offensive as soon of the British Army is marked by a new appointment namely, us we are in a position to do so that Commander of the Royal Armoured Corps.
the Luftwaffe is trying desperately
the world. Certainly we shall havej
The first occupant of this post
to stem our production at home' while Roving its own machines by refrain- to instal an international army of will be Major General Giffard lo Ing from daylight raids.
occupation for several years while we Our unhappy friends in Great prevent the growing generation from Quesne Martel.
being taught that there is no such
Britain are taking terriac punish thing as
and
God'of love; that all Jews General Martel served on the staff ment and the test will be in their are hateful; that Slavs were made of the Tank Corps in the last war and ability to continue to take it for to sinve for the Herren class; several more months without that the entire cultural and practical has been Deputy Director of mechani- Anching. It would be untimely to aspirations of a nation can be suc-sation at the Wor Office,
cago
go further into the trials that await cessfully represented by one man-a them while we sit here on the
of our little volcano without being
dictator..
It is also oficially announced that|
able to do more than pray for them already duit for German shoulders to served with distinction in France and The land of hate that Hitler has Lieutenant General Alexander, who
and to buy them a few aircraft. Neutral observers are still nying
that
carry is a legacy that only time-
the grit of the civilians in the
and that not a generation or two of Belgium during the present war ond British Isles has shown itself In the peace wighten, That hate has was in Command of the British Ex- superb and unflinching morale at all. Isures now in that it spurs the de-
After the war we shall come to the fenders of freedem to go on heenuse peditionary Force during the Inst vexed question of what to do with
there is no road back. It will have days of the evacuation from Dunkirk, the Germans. A lot will depend on
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to further uses in the not too distant is now appointed to the Southern Ute reactions of the Germans them themselves will curso the day when chinlech whose appointment as Com
future – whon... the. Gennan perole Command, replicing General Au-
had enough of Hitlerism or whether they yielded their destinies to the mander-in-Chief of India was recent- 'Imoble and treacherous figure who they still feel an urge to cause now represent them ly notified.
selves; whether they feel they have
your timo
By Abner Dean