1938-12-02 — Page 19

THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 2, 1938.

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MRS. HALDANE PRAISES CHIANG Gives Impressions Of KONDYE OFFERS Recent Intensive Tour OLIVE BRANCH

London, To-day.

"I did not meet a single Chinese man or woman, old or young, who was not absolutely convinced that China must win the war in the end,” said Mrs. Haldane, wife of Professor J. B. S. Hal- dane, to Reuter on her return to London yester- day after a six-weeks' visit to China. During her intensive tour of China, Mrs. Haldane visited Canton, Changsha, Hankow, Chung- king and intervening districts.

Mrs. Haldane said the Japanese were intensely eager for peace, and kept making overtures to the Chinese Government through various for- eign intermediaries.

RAILWAY CROSSING DISASTER

Salt Lake City, To-day. Twenty children were killed and twelve taken to hospital with serious injuries when a. goods train crashed into a school mo- torbus yesterday.-Reuter.

SWATOW FEELS THE QUAKE

Swatow, To-day, Earthquake tremors were felt in the city at about

1.10 p.m. yesterday.

TO CHIANG

Tokyo, To-day.

The possibility of new develop- ments in the Far Eastern conflict is envisaged in political circles here as a result of the unexpected declara tions of the Premier, Prince Konoye, at the sitting of the Privy Council yesterday to discuss the bill providing for organisation of a central bureau for Chinese affairs.

According to a semi-official re- port the Premier, in reply to a question, stated that the war with China would probably not be term- inated solely by military opera tions, as had been the case with the Sino-Japanese War in 1894-5 and the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-5.

"After the fall of Canton they "I was specially impressed by. believed China was finished.

their deep sense of personal res- "They made a positive peace of-ponsibility to help the Chinese fer, but stipulated that General cause. Chiang Kai-shek must be expelled TRAINING FOR WAR from the Government and that the "In all colleges they were train- Communists must be suppressed. ing for war. Every girl is taught to

Contrary to the The Chinese rejected the offer con-use a rifle but they are not actually

standpoint The entire port rocked for almost hitherto invariably adopted by tempuously."

fighting in the regular army, 60 seconds; furniture was thrown Japanese spokesmen, that negotia though I am told that many girls from one end of rooms to the other, tions with Marshal Chiang Kai- while a number of buildings had shek would be impossible, the are out with the guerillas.

"They are rather acting like our cracks in their walls after the Premier said that the end of the W.A.A.C.'s, writing letters for sold-tremors ceased.

"incident" can come sooner than iers and doing other services.

No buildings collapsed and no anticipated should Chiang Kai-shek occurred. The earth be prepared, after the resignation of his present government, to take part in the new Chinese Govern- ment: - Trans-Ocean,

REMARKABLE WORK

ex-

Mrs. Haldane said that guerilla organisation had amazingly panded, and the Communists were doing remarkable work in this con- nection.

"One and all are imbued with casualties

الم

In addition to the 8th Route passion for learning, and always quake was reported to have occur Army the 4th Army had been creat-with an eye to service in a future red south-west of Swatow. Our ed and was recently based on Nan- and better China which they are Own Correspondent. chang, but Mrs. Haldane under-convinced stood that it had now been sent to

war."

will arise from the

Mrs. Haldane had a long conver-

Kwangtung to partake in the oper sation with General and Madame

ations around Canton.

In Honan, Anhui and Shantung, Chiang Kai-shek, and brought back an organisation of 600,000 purely a charming autographed portrait volunteers had been built up, di- of them together.

90,000.

DEEPLY IMPRESSED

vided into groups of 20,000 or Like all who have interviewed the distinguished pair, Mra. Hal- dane was deeply impressed by the Generalissimo's powerful personal- ity and serene confidence in the future, and by Madame Chiang's lambent patriotism.

They were mostly armed with hand-grenades which they made themselves and arms captured from Japanese convoys.

PEASANT AID Their operations were greatly "But they are only the embodi- facilitated by the fact that every ment in excelsis of the spirit of Chinese peasant, even children, «әләмалале рипот I порвинилеҙәр were ardently assisting with food Mrs. Haldane concluded-Reuter. and information.

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Mrs. Haldane drew a harrowing

picture of the sufferings of the INSURGENTS

wounded and the pitiful inadequacy of the medical equipment.

"I visited a field hospital where rows of soldiers, mostly caked in mud from head to foot and often hideously maimed, were lying on the floor.

TO WARN WHEN

BOMBING CITIES

Bilbao, To-day.

"There was only one doctor, who in spite of working all round the The Insurgent Government has clock, found it yet impossible to adopted the procedure of an- cope with even half the cases. nouncing beforehand their inten-

CHINESE ENDURANCE tion of bombarding Loyalist Span- "The Chinese capacity uncom-ish towns, so as to give the civil plainingly to endure pain is incre- population an opportunity to seek dible, and even little girls bore safety in flight, states a broad- woundings and cuttings without a cast by the Insurgent wireless

|station at Burgos.

murmur."

Mrs. Haldane is now specially! The Burgos station itself am- devoting herself to lectures and ar- nounced, officially yesterday that the ticles to stimulate British assis-Insurgent air force would bombard tance for China relief.

a great number of places in Loyalist "One conspicuous need is tons Spanish territory considered as and tons of iodine and other anti-military posts in the course of the Boptics"

next few days.

mentioned,

Mra. Haldane spoke with admir- No specific. date was ation of Chinese girls, who were but the warning referred to Barce- now accepted on a footing of full lona, Valencia, Aridalusia ‘and Ma- equality with the man.

drid.—Trans-Ocean.

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