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THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 24, 1941.

CHINA MAIL

WINDSOR HOUSE-

ENCIRCLEMENT

The Japanese began talking about encircle- ment some months ago. They talked angrily and defiantly about it. "They would not have it. They would seize Sources of supply and tell us to keep our distance, or else.

Then came the freezing of credits and the licensing of exports. Japan was suddenly aware that her freedom of movement outside of territorial wat- ers and of the South China Sea was threat- ened. Encirclement be- came the theme of the hour in Japan. The militarists denounced it angrily. Every one else discussed it with alarm, and into these nervous discussions there crept a note of injury. Then came the Roosevelt - Churchill conference and the an- nouncement of the joint determination to ald Rus- sia; and, angry arid alarm- ed as the Japanese outcry was, the keynote of it was

a sense of injury. There

was the Russian bugaboo

24, 1941 THE COMMUNIQUE RACE

JUMPING THE GUN AGAIN.

In Government Service

again, right in Japan's My uncle

that it was very important that the great thing about Gov-him for a breach of the regula-

Carolis used to say My unele Carolls

that a young man should be fixed ernment

used to say getting personal you could charge back yard!

Service was that it tions.

of thinking My uncle used to say that what It seems very likely that for life. According to my uncle, avoided the trouble

there was too much energy wast- and tiring your brain. According was much more aggravating, than criticism was, a superior the movement of Japaned in trying to make a career. My to my uncle, half the trouble in public

was always finding ese reinforcements to uncle used to say that however the world was due to people act- officer who

much a man may use his brains ing on their own judgment. My fault. In my uncle's opinion, not was taken in the Korea and Manchuria, he must die in the end. Accord- uncle used to say that in Govern enough care

not go by selection of Government Servants for you sometimes got one who My uncle always used to tell stuck to the letter and not the the story about his good friend a spirit of the regulations. My uncle Proctor and Notary who was hav- used to say that the only thing to ing a good practice drafting peti- do in such a case was to get your got ambitious friends to send a petition against tions, but he soon and started taking cases. My uncle him.

My uncle Carolis used to speak used to say that he was a very

could not very highly of the Government

which followed closely uping to my uncle, as this was the ment Service you do

case it was better to join Govern- | judgment but by the regulations.

ment Service from the start.

on Hitler's plunge into European Russia and coincided with the in- could not stop the swarms vasion of southern Indo- of American planes, flown China, was primarily de- from Alaska, which might fensive. Japan meant to then reinforce the strik- uncertain person and

sleep at nights because he was Service habit of giving you a

By KEN

ernment Service for: he did not

Ac-

pension when you retired. ·was: cording to

my uncle this quite in keeping with the tradi tions of the service for there was" no reason why a man should cease being paid for doing nothing mere ly because he had passed a ÷cer; tain age.

get a

。

fors

travelling allowance your job you could spend your holidays visiting many interest ing places.

My uncle Carolis used to say that being in Government Service

concentrate on the south- ing power of the Far East- never sure whether he was right ern adventure when Mos-ern Red armies. If Stalin or wrong. According to my uncle, cow's resistance collapsed, cared to look upon inter- but she had to guard her ference with his supplies northern frontiers against as an unneutral act and irresponsible Russian to denounce the pact he armies in the event of signed with Mr. Matsuoka,

My uncle Carolis used to say

Government Service

gave Moscow's collapse. Japan those armies, whose met after some time he chucked the that

whole thing and entered the cleri-you more holidays than any other also owed it to herself to tle Japan has already cal service. My uncle used to say profession. According to my uncle, be ready to get into Sib-sampled to her chagrin, that he was much happier in Gov if you were fortunate enough to eria and entrench herself plus the submarines at have to bother about right and there if chaotic conditions Vladivostok, might adopt wrong and could sleep both night again offered her such an'an attitude that would and day. opportunity as she seized force Japan to abandon My uncle used to say that Gov-increased your chances of a good and then surrendered every other objective. ernment Service was the best twenty years ago. At any Japan is encircled. She profession for a young man as it marriage. According to my uncle, was the only organisation that in these days of uncertainty par- rate, she had reason to faces the prospect of be-made no distinction about merit. ents-in-law preferred a safe job to a decent education. My uncle' look upon the situation to ing slowly disarmed by According to my uncle, this was used to say that there was once

only natural as you could not ex- the-north-as safe until it attrition. It is a terrible pect every man to be equally in a time when a lawyer or profes- sional man was considered a good might later suit her pur-situation for a nation that telligent. My uncle used to say

'tog ganisation which considered was thinking that the risk pose to disturb it. The has had everything its where else would you find an or-match, but nowadays everybody

great. seniority of service more import- initiative was securely in own way for ten years

My uncle used to say that such, ant than brains for promotion: her hands.

except in China-break- According to my uncle, this gave jobs had some status, but what was already well-off. According Now she sees that whole ing treaties at will, ex-everyone a chance for a man must was the use of status "umess one get older even if he cannot get to my uncle, Government Service. situation in a different panding through armed Zlevencry

was unique in giving both status light.

According to my, Russia is not aggression, allying herself My uncle Carolls used to say and security,

that once you got into Govern collapsing No single army with the enemies of civil-ment service it was very difficult uncle, even though it may some has collapsed. The Rus-isation, blackmailing sup-to get out of it unless you did times not pay much you could al- something. In my uncle'a opinion ways live fairly comfortably if slans are just backing plies from the nations people were anyway too restless: you knew how to employ the re- away; and they may go on whom her monopolists My uncle used to say that being gulations:

in Government Service taught, ond

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My uncle Carolls used to say that the best thing about Govern- ment Service was the prestige it gave you. According to my uncle he even knew of cases where a

doing that. Meanwhile, were driving out of one virtuous habits such as "keeping the Far Eastern armies market after another, and quiet and contemplating. will not be without sup- looking forward to the plies for the United States establishment of a great My uncle Carolis used to say Government job made up for low- has undertaken t to ship self-sufficient empire from that being in Government Servicely birth; My uncle used to say that taught one not to be so vain as to people had to respect you for they oil and other war mate- which she could sell the too seriously what others said would have to come to your soon rials to them. These ship- rest of the world its pro-aople were always complaining My uncle Carolis used to say

about one. According to my uncle, er or later ments must go through ducts at her own price. about Govertinient Servants and that one of the advantages of Japan's own barrier chain Japan is encircled, by the if one ever listened to them one being in Government Service was would be badly discouraged. My that one could get important pull- of islands, behind which consequences of her own andle used to say that if you toolt bearers at one's funeral Accord- her own "Navy could, of outrages against interna- do notico people stopped "coming to my uticle, a man must leave

plaining atter avhile. According the world with the same dignity | * course, stop them. But she tional decency.

to my unelo if anyone was really he had when in E

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