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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 16, 1941,

NOTED JAPANESE

COMMENTATOR URGES U.S. ENTENTE

PUSH A NEEDLE

TEIICHI MUTO, noted Japanese political com- ****0 mentator, is now waging a campaign in the "Hochi- Shimbun" in favour of a Japanese-American, under- standing and is urging moderation in Japanese opinion.

This campaign came as a complete surprise. since the "Hochi-Shimbun," recently purchased by the "Yomiuri," had until now been the champion of a nationalist and pro-German policy, and that Mr. Muto himself, who has kept silent for the past year, had been considered one of the strongest supporters of Japanese opposition to the Anglo-Saxon powers.

CHURCHILL WEEK IN WANSTEAD

Inaugurating "Churchill Week"

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In an article entitled "It Will Take a Hundred Years to Build Up East Asia", Mr. Muto lengthi- ly explained that a country, in the course of its expansión, must be able to halt in order to take a breath at the right time and must intermittent understand that

constitute truces in its advance The best means of resuming its march forward later.

in the Borough of Wanstead and Open Letter To Chiang Woodford which is part of Prime Minister's constituency, the Mayor, Mr. R. B. Fidler, expressed the hope the Weck would mark the beginning of a national move- ment.

effort The aim of the special is to reach the two million pounds mark in national savings in the Borough before the end of this year.

Sir James Hawkey, former of Mayor announced a promise £100,000 from Sir Edward Wil- Cable and shaw, on behalf of Wireless Ltd., as an expression

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Prime of appreciation Minister.

A message from Mr. Churchill | congratulated the inhabitants on and one having already raised a half million pounds since the start of the local savings cam- paign. British Wireless.

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"After the Sino-Japanese war last century Japan demanded the cession of Kwangtung but with opposition from a Russian German coalition," Mutto recalled. "If we had de- cided to go to war against these three powers to obtain what we what would have hap- wanted pened? Exhausted by the war, we would have been defeated,

A country must know how to yield once provided that at the same time it redoubles its cour- age and prepares for the ful- filment of great tasks, later. It was thus that after having were ablo shown patience we to create Manchoukuo. thus It was

for Manchoukuo, which is rather small, to think of a new that the construction

Asia can be accomplished in one stroke is childish. I assert with

INTO HIS OWN HEART

A "star" prisoner, noted for his cheerful- ness, was the descrip- tion applied at a Wan- dsworth gool inquest to William Johnson. (aljas Wayne), 24, who hanged himself in his cell with a strip his bed torn from sheet.

He had pushed a mail bag needle into his heart, but he died by hanging.

Johnson was serving four months' hard labour for larceny. He was due for discharge on August 24.

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conviction that if we exert our The creation of the National best efforts and work as best we can it will take us at least a hun-announced in Tokyo by the War dred years to complete this gran-Office diose task.

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In another article, Mr. Mutobearing on the China war; other- wise it would have been created Sino- addressed an open letter to Gen-after the outbreak of the eralissinio Chiang Kai-shek

Japanese hostilities, observed the which he informed the latter that Chinese military spokesman at a it was "not too late for you to Press Conference in Chungking

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In yet another article, Mr. Muto described his visit to Hokkaido and expressed great surprise at discovering that the island

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"He did some really beautiful question had only a population of some 3,500,000 or less than that work for me."

of Tokyo itself.

"For all our talk of the NP -Netherlands East Indies, 1 cannot hope to establish there In the next century more than some 200,000 Japanese, and on condition, of course, that we ad-

INDIAN ARMY GRANTS

vance in that area," he said. Mr. Muta thus hinted that Japan must realise that she can engage in expansion without go- Thirty-two families in Lahore in out of the Japanese Isles and have received maintenance grants that she has in the Emniye itself for widows and children, and two an outlet for her surplus popula- families have received lump sums for the marriages, of their daugh- ters from the Army Benevolent Fund, which was created to allevi- ate hardships on the dependents of Viceroy's commissioned and Indian warrant officers.

The Fund was started with a grant of 25,000 rupees annually by the Viceroy from the War Fund.

Reuter

COMMISSIONS IN

INDIAN ARMY

The Central Interview Board, which commenced its session on September 1, at Simla, is expected to interview about 700 candidates for emergency commissions.

Up to now the standard of the candidates coming forward has been such as to enable the Board to select 70 per cent of those in terviewed. Reuter.

tion."

ROBBERY CHARGE

Mak Kam-tai, 22, unemployed, was charged before Mr. D. J. N. Anderson at the Central Magis- tracy this morning, with robbing two-Chinese in Wongneichung Road on July 28: and with "im- personating h. Rolice Officer Shing Wo Road the same day.

It was alleged that

with two other men not tody, robbed Wong,

printer, of $0.40, and

Wong Yun,

Accused was remanded hours.

HEAVY RAIN IN LAHORE

Reuter's message from states that widesprend Lahoro heavy rainfall occurred in Cen- tral and Northern, Punjab for the last three days.

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the spokesman said want to create, the impression that Japan is deter- mined to fight the United States extract more favourable terms if necessary, thereby hoping to from America. Central News.

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