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EUROPEAN WAR IN CHINA'S EYE
Chungling, To-day One of the best known New
The opinion that the war Zealand writers, Miss Iris in Europe will not have any Wilkinson, died in her flat at
injurious effect upon China's Pembridge - square, Bays resistance was expressed by water, W.2, after she had been H. H. Kung, Minister of found suffering from gas Finance, in an interview with poisoning.
the Central News.
She wrote under the pen-name of "Robin Hyde," and was about 35.
A visitor found her door locked. It was forced, and Miss Wilkinson was given oxygen.
HIGH COMMISSIONER VISITED'HER
A friend said to-day that the New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr. W. J. Jordan, anxious about her health, visited her on Monday.
He suggested it would be best for her to return to her home in New
Zealand.
"She wanted to go to China, how- ever," a reporter was told.
"Her health has not been good for some time, and she has been fre- quently in hospital."
Miss Wilkinson was born in South Africa, but was claimed as a New Zealander.
SYMPATHY FOR
OPPRESSED'
She was a journalist with a pas- sionate sympathy for suffering and oppressed people.
She threw up her work in New
·Zealand to go to China to find out the truth about the Japanese in- vasions.
He expressed regret at the outbreak of the European war, but declared national that since China fights for independence and freedom as well as world justice and peace, she will not cease the struggle until her purpose is achieved.
Japan might, he said, try to take advantage of the European turmoil
aggression to intensify ruthless
in China, and urged the Chinese pea- ple to redouble their efforts in
war of resistance.
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Dr. Kung added, "is genuine peace with equal- ity and honour."
Therefore her answer to the Ja- panese militarists' dream, to conquer her as a preliminary step to conquer- ing the world, was continual re- sistance.
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China's financial and economic structure, Dr. Kung declared, has been placed on a firm basis. The greatest prudence will be exercised She wandered through, the coun- by the Government to meet all fin- try, enduring arrest, violence and ancial changes and the Government illness, then came to England, and is confident that it will surmount all quickly wrote a brilliant book. on difficulties.--Central News. the tragedy of China; "Dragon Ram- pant."
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