1941-09-19 — Page 39

THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 19, 1941.

CHINA MAIL

WINDSOR HOUSE

JAPAN'S QUANDARY

The tenth anniversary of the opening of Japan's campaign to alienate Manchuria from China was marked by manifes- toes and bombings yes- terday. During the ten years that have elapsed since that first violation of the nine-power treaty, Japan has put the world in many painful quandar- ies. None of them has, however, occasioned Washington more em- barrassment, irritation

and uneasiness than shipments of war supplies consigned to Vladivostok, are now causing Tokyo. One gathers from press and official comment that, while the freighters are actually chugging across the Pacific, the highest Japanese authorities in their huddles are saying angrily in one breath that these cargoes simply can- not be permitted to ar- rive, but admitting sad- ly in the next that they cannot be stopped.

To get to Vladivostok a ship must get into the Sea of Japan, and it is al- most impossible to do that without passing within

BULGARIA

“BE SURE IT'S NOT A BOOMERANG."

Mr. Churchill Unchallenged

Prime Minister Churchill starts after that you never refer to the again until the

the so later, will come back and ask

public

as ever. He holds

There has

been

bert Morrison said

"no" when

The

¡over England you hear the people.

saying:

"Who else could have done it?:" You even hear H. G. Wells saying:

many

"Thank God for Winston.” One man whom Mr. Churchill rifle shot of one Japanese into the third year of England's conversation

understands perfectly is Lord island or another. It is war as strongly supported by the Prime Minister himself, a day or extremely irritating to people's mind and imagination, for further reasons. Lord Beaver Beaverbrook. The Prime Minister The Beaver" busy. Lord Bea- Japan's armed forces to his leadership in Commons is he-brook says "no" to Mr. Churchill; makes it a point always to keep

says "no" serious chal-David Lloyd George yond the slightest

Alfred Duff-Cooper has said "no" verbrook is criticised by see cargoes of petrol, oil, lenge.

on more than one occasion; Her-Englishmen for doing things in a

would not of criticism

gentlemen way machinery and other mat-

some of the British Army's ca- Mr. Churchill wanted to put con- meaning he moves too fast, with too much bustle and ruthlessness. erials which they need so

paigns, some dissatisfaction about

scription through in Northern

He fires people, But I have notic- else Most everyone badly, but which they are phases of production and propa Ireland.

ed that whenever there is any ganda and the shipping situation, England says "yes" to him. explicitly denied by an charges tha: he is running too Mr. Churchill is loyal to those big job to be done you hear many

Englishmen saying: unfriendly American gov-much of a one-man war, but all who stood with him during ernment, steaming indicated to date is only that the honeymoon is serenely through waters Prime Minister's

over-the settling down Bet my

that any of these criticisms have

and

By Ben Robertson

in

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"The Beaver is the man."

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