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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 28, 1938

WHAT CANTON IS DOING FOR BOMBING VICTIMS

(From Our Staff Representative)

Canton, To-day. With Mr. Y. L. Lee, President of Lingnan Univer- sity, as chairman, a Sino-foreign committee of seventeen is in charge of the welfare of desti- tute war refugees in Canton.

Only the destitute are provided for, and the com- mittee, which is working under the official Em- ergency Committee for war refugees and is chiefly concerned with the operating of refu- gee shelters, ensures that no Chinese whose home has been bombed and who is without means, is unprovided for.

was shown round some of the shelters the committee has es- tablished on Honam Island, by Mr. Edward H. Lockwood, secretary of the Y.M.C.A., who is general se- cretary of the committee.

To-day, 2,800 refugees of

sexes are being cared for.

both The

number has been far greater, but

numbers of them have obtained employment, with Government aid.

BRITAIN READY

TO MEDIATE IN SPAIN

London, To-day. The British Government is pre-

Not only victims of the bombing are taken in by the committee. A large percentage of the refugees are Cantonese from Shanghai, pared, either alone or together with whose passage has been paid by the other countries, to make mediation proposals in the Spanish civil war International Committee in the

as soon as the prospects appear northern city.

There are three types of hostel-favourable, declared the Prime. for males, females and family plying to a further question in the Minister, Mr. Chamberlain, re-

groups.

House of Commons yesterday. TRAGIC STORIES

Later on the Under Secretary of In each of these places, the re- State, Mr. R. A. Butler, was asked fugees have tragic stories to tell. whether in view of the Anglo- In the women's hostel, I spoke to Italian pact and of the importance of one of the inmates whose husband maintaining close collaboration be was killed by a bomb in the next tween France and Britain the Bri- room to hers, while she premature- tish Government would urged upon ly gave birth to a child, who the Italian Government of the im- came into the world a refugee," as portance of resuming the negotia- she expressed it.

tions with France. · Butler replied

I spoke to a man who, formerly that the British Government would occupied a good position as a clerk. welcome every improvement in re- His employer's business was des-lations between France and Italy troyed, his own home is only a Trans-Ocean, heap of rubbish, he is entirely des- titute: He is unable to obtain em- ployment and will have to wait un- the Government scheme has re-

sults in his case.

The Government allows twenty cents a day for food, while private charity provides many little luxuri- es for the refugees.

Babies are fed on soya bean milk, which doctors have found an ade- quate substitute for-milk.

TULKAREM

INCIDENT

Jerusalem, To-day.

ORDERS TO BUY GAS MASKS

Prague, To-day. The factories engaged in the manufacture of gasmasks for the general population are now com- pelled to work overtime to meet the demand for gasmasks since the period during which all factory hands and at least one member of

each family must be supplied with gasmasks, expires on July 1.

Since it appears doubtful whether Another grave incident occurred the gasmask makers can expedite at Tulkarem yesterday. Despite manufacture sufficiently to supply the fact that the authorities-threa-enough gasmasks to the population. tened to impose a curfew, inhabi- before the time limit expires, and marched in procession through theluctant to agree to a prolongation streets of the town to demonstrate compromise has been reached that Three months' hard labour was their sympathy for Alexandretta. persons⠀⠀⠀ shall be considered as ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Berlin, To-day.

passed. on Wu Chan, 25, by Mr. The authorities then ordered all having fulfilled their duty if an The bombing of open towns by 2 A. A, Macfadyen at Kowloon, inhabitants to remain indoors for order for a gasmask is placed be

for stealing a raincoat and a twenty-two hours. -

fore July 1-Trans-Ocean. General Franco's air force is pure- **** ly a Mediterranean Issue to be set woollen coat from Mr G. L. Large detachments of troops are the disturbed aren tled between Britain and Mussolini Flatow's residence, No. 12, Tai Po proceeding to

of Tulkarem with the object of re- In conjunction with General Fran-

Trans-Ocean, co, according to German political

storing orde circles who declare that the Reich is unconcerned with the matter.

On the other hand, it is declared that Germany is much interested in fluding a formula to spare the lives of civilians in the case of the bomb ing of open towns. Reute

Road at 5 a.m. yesterday

Defendant was arrested by an Indian constable in Tai Po. Road after he had stolen the clothing.

The Rev. Fr. L. M. Rossi, Rec- tor of

osary Church, Kowloon, Ho Kam-tal was admitted to the will celebrate his Silver Jubilee Kowloon Hospital suffering from in morrow. special service will be The E. & A. 88. Nankin will leave juries sustained when he was knock- held at 7.80 a.m. and at 5 pm. Te

Deus Labaul, Brisbane, ed down by a car driven by for - Manila,

be held at Compound Sydney, Melbourne,- Hobart on B. Basto, at the function of Gar the Churc Saturday at 4 p.m.

göine and Jordan Roads yesterday are cordially invited

fends