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THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 2, 1941

CHINESE PUPPET TROOPS THORN TO JAPAN

POLITICAL AND FINANCIAL PUPPETS OF THE JAPANESE IN CHINA HAVE WON A CON- SIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PUBLICITY.

But very little has been said, on the contrary, about the military puppets, those Chinese troops who carry arms under the eyes of Japanese "advis- ers" and are actually engaged in one way or another in fighting against their countrymen in the detach- ments under the supreme command of Generalis- simo Chiang Kai-shek.

One reason, and probably the most important, is that there are.

not enough of them to make any great difference in the fighting going on in China. A second is that the Japanese do not trust them to any great extent, having had the painful experience of see- ing a good many of them "desert" General Chiang, secure clothing, food and weapons from the Japa- nese and then "desert" again to Chiang's forces.

Consequently they

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LOCAL

OFFICERS

HONOURED

The following awards on the occasion of the

SOVIET AID SEEN CONTINUING

A British radio re- port heard recently by CBS said the Chungking. Govern- ment has announced extension of its agree- ment with Moscow for exchange of goods be- tween China and Soviet Russia, with Russia agreeing to provide arms and am- munition for China's minerals and other raw materials.

French

Birthday of His Majesty Vessel

yesterday:

To be a Commander of the Most Order of the British Excellent Empire: Brigadier J. T W. Reeve,

The King were notified in) luctant to give them any im the "London Gazette" portant stock of supplies and are further reluctant to give them any very important as signments. By and large they are used, where used at all. for relatively minor garrisoning and policing duties In areas pretty well under the Japanese thumb.

Estimates Difficult

Infantry Brigade.

Captured

D.S.O., Commander, Hong Kong A fast French motor To be an Officer of the Most liner, the Oregon, 7,706 Empire:--Lieutenant Colonel tons, has been captured de L. Panet, late Commander, in the South Atlantic by

Excellent Order of the British

ARTILLERY DUEL AT HANGOE

According to Co. Y. Iwasaki, Royal Engineers, Hong Kong. head of the Japanese Army Press | Bureau, there are approximately 400,000 puppet troops in North. Central and South China ("puppet" is not the colonel's word for them, naturally), Such an estimate is probably too large but it would be difficult to arrive since at any

satisfactory figure even few Japanese themselves know much about the puppet con- tingents. It's undoubtedly

true, however, that there are not any in the south, some in Central China between the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers and the bulk in correspondents

the north.

According to Swedish in the Helsingfor area, an artil-!

pro- The central and northern armies, lery duel has been are separate entities, following in ceeding at Hangoe since that respect the Japanese prac-

June 25, tice which is unique among mo- dern armies in granting tremend-

autonomy

ous

to

Silence of the Russians

gave rise to separate Saturday

on

rumours

British warships, accord- ing to maritime circles in New York last night.

The ship, it is reported, was taken to Freetown. She was well-known, before the war, the Pacific Coast.

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The British also captured two French trawlers, the Lorage, 580 tons; and the Avantgarde, 780 tons; and took them to Gibraltar. -Reuter.

ONE IN THREE CIVILIANS HAS CHANGED JOB

One in every three persons in civilian employment to-day has changed his or her job since the started, states the "New

This is shown by the most re- cent Gallup Survey, in which a

war

geographical army commanders that they had prepared to yield. with the final decision

It is computed that there are from a

in the central general staff often more 25,000 Russians

Hangoe

are honoured in the breach than the area where there

two air observance. Actually the Japan- grounds.

North China ese in

have very These correspondents are un- that the Finns little contact with those in Cen-able to confirm

an attack on tral China and there's consider- began able bad blood between the two on Monday or that Viborg also representative groups.

has been assailed.-Reuter:

army of puppets

North as the

China

The northern is known

Pacification Army and owes its

allegiance to the Chinese puppet Volunteer

regime in' Peiping, headed by Wang 1-tang. The central troops. who are under the banner of Wang Ching-wei, are known as. the Peace and National Salvation Army. They have no single com- mand and there is little if any co- operation between them.

Exercises

Postponed

Hangoe

It is announced that the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps week-end exercises due to take place from July 4 to July 6, have been cancelled.

Northern Make-Up The main northern army is composed in turn of three separate

The exercises will now be armles, the first garrisoning north- ern Hopei, the second being sta- held from PM. 18th July, 1941 tioned in Shantung and the third to P.M. 20th July, 1941 and being assigned to the larger towns ployers of all concerned are re- and cities such as Peiping, Tien-quested to give the same facilities tsin, Tsinan and Proting.

with regard to allowing volun- teers to attend..

This latter group is consider: ed by the Japanese the best of the puppet forece and after a year's training was sent out Red-chasing. According to a Japanese newspaper in Pelping It has taken part in,80 engage. mente, and has taken:75 prison- (braltmandu killed 160 enemy

soldiers, probably:" -estimate of Ita prowess.›

fair

HAILE SELASSIE AND PLEDGE

em-

Chronicle."

of

cross-section the civilian population was asked: "Have you changed your job or occupation since the war start- ed?"

Analysis of the replies showed that;

20 per cent, had changed to a new job in a new kind of work;

12 per cent, had changed to a new job but in the same kind of work;

Highest percentages of change were among young people and in the lower income grouping. Thirty of men had changed per cent. jobs, and 34 per cent. of women.

To the subsidiary question: "Are you satisfied with your present job?" replies were:

Yes

No

Don't know

76%

•20%

TWO STARS, YES INDEED; ONE ON EACH SHOULDER

"How would you distinguish a Answering a Commons question brigadier general?" the Inspecting

yesterday, the Foreign. Under-officer, alate in the 43rd |

According to the same news-Secretary stated that the text of division. - paper, reported by the North the resolution passed at the meet- "By two stars,” replied the pri- China Daily News" the Nanicing ing of Allied representatives held vote, doubling the proper number (or Peace and Nat'onal in London on Juno 12 had been and giving, a major general's in- Salvation) Army is a creature of forwarded to the Emperor of signing and Japanese political intrigue, ori-, Ethiopia, and His Majesty had. The officer looked askance but ginated, and abandoned by... the been invited to associato Fm- before he could say anything, the famed Maj. Gen. Kenji Doihara, self with its principles. -British privato quickly added

Wireless, Japan's Lawrence of Asia.!!!

"Ono" on each shoulder," se

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