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THE CHINA MAIL, "MONDAY, MAY 20, 1940.

War Fever Sweeping

Tunisia A Vast "Concentration Camp" Today?

Tunis, May 19. Sitting at A desk from which Tunisia's affairs aro directed, General C. H. Mast; the French Resident-General in Tunis, said: "Refugees in Cairo will tell you that Tunisia is one vast concentration can seo for your- camp. You *olf. You can go wherever you like and talk freely with any- one you pleato."

What he said about Tunisia appeared to be true. It was possible to find leaders of illegal nationalistic like Destour (the constitution party) by simply ringing them on the telephone and meeting them openly in the most brightly lit cafe in the main street of Tunis. Although one of them has spent eight of 12 years of his professional life in prison-er-exile, none of thom are now in gaol. The head of the party, Habib Bourfulba is

a refugee in Cairo now.

Central Java

(By A REUTER CORRESPONDENT) -

BATAVIA, MAY 19.

WAR FEVER IS SWEEPING THE. INTERIOR OF JAVA. WITH THOROUGHNESS AND DETERMINATION,

THE ISLAND'S POPULATION OF 40,000,000 IS ON A TOUR OF CENTRAL JAVA, I SAW COMPANIES OF

BEING ORGANISED FOR ACTIVE HOSTILITIES.

YOUTHS IN A NUMBER OF VILLAGES ENTHUSIAS- TICALLY UNDERGOING, MILITARY TRAINING WITH ASSORTED TYPES OF SMALL ARMS AND BAMBOO SPEARS AND THERE WAS A NOTICEABLE ABSENCE OF YOUNGER MEN AT WORK IN THE

FIELDS.

Split On Two

Social Issues

Through the streets of Java's ancient and cultural capital of Soerakarta, formations of In- donesians, a battalion strong at a time, are marching and singing. They pass walls covered, with cleverly designed posters urg- ing all Indonesians to help the republic as "soldiers, farmers and nursda," Other posters A split between Russia and give warning of Dutch civil the Wast on two important service "sples."

social issues became evident

New York, May 19.

In spite of this martial fer- your the presence of uniformed the final preparations for meeting of the United British correspondents attracted the

Nations Economic and Social only friendly attention.

Indonesian drilling methods Council here on May 25. reflect Japanese influence but An analysis of the work this As the first foreign corres- I saw no Japanese instructors. month of various commissions pondent to

visit the country | There is still no sign of a renamed by the Council at its the constitutional London February meeting shows since the departure of the Alli-sumption of ed armies, except for a group talks with the Dutch but Indone-there is disagreement on: that paid a brief visit with Gen- sian leaders remain supremely (1) Whether or not representa-

minimum eral de Gaulle, the writer of this confident that their

tives of governments, or message was given complete demands will be achieved.

experts in particular fields, freedom and is not having his

should sit on the commis dispatches censored.

sions being set up. (2) The refuge problem.

Russia made it clear, particu-

The other side of the picture is the fact that the nationalis- tie parties and their newspapers have been suppressed.

POLES LEAVING

London, May 19.

The Driah Nowa Service in Germany has reported that the Polish Second Army Corpa`. in Italy, under General Yla- dialaw Anders, is to leave Italy and will probably bo moved to Scotland---Reuter,

JAPAN IS A "BRIGHT SPOT"

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San Francisco, May 19, member of the United States education mission to Ja- told the Commonwealth pan Club today that the mission "came to the surprising con- clusion that the Japanese are i ready for social revolution."

Dr. Frank Freeman, profes- ser of the school of education of the University of California. added that the commission found "a rather large group of potential lendera" of the Ja- panese swing to liberalism, particularly. In the universities" faculties.

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Ecuador's Open Door To Chinese

Quito, May 19..

One of the first actions of the President of Ecuador (Dr. Jose Ibarra), when he came to power two years ago, was to annul all restrictions on the immigration and conduct of Chinese.

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His wisdom la only now show- For years there has been ing resulta and confounding clandestine immigration, form- those who bitterly criticised ing a big and economically well him for his action.

situnted Chinese colony,

Among these restrictions was The restrictions against the an absoluto prohibition of Chi-Chinese population have always nesa Immigration to Ecuador, boen unjust, But only after. the prohibition to reside on the the Revolution of May, 1944. Ecuadorean highland and to ac- which brought to power, the quire Ecuadorean citizenship. present president were the do-

crees abolished.

In spite of that the Chinese colony in Ecuador was growing..

U.N.R.R.A. Aid

For Poland

Warsaw, May 10. Brigadier Charles

Drury, UNRRA chief in Poland, describ

UNRRA PUs using food for poti: ed a "completely incorrect" ulleged Polish assertion thati tical purposes in Europe.

Dr. Freeman said, "My own view is that Japan is one of the oil evolution of the world. bright spots" in the prospective He said the commission recom- mended the Japanese be allow-

The British Foreign Office has ed to work out some system of attributed the Polish charge ta their dwn for improving the Vice-Premior Gromulka

д their language speech he delivered on April 00. adaptability of

Brigadier Drury

said that to writing and adoption of the

UNRRA was supplying only amall roman alphabet be studied..

Other recommendations were amounts of food in Germany for decentralisation of the school displaced persons who were, most- ly #Polish citizens In German system to take it closer to the

camps." people; extension cf democracy in the classroom; abandonment of dictated textbooks and equal rights for women students. As

This confidence is apparent- ly based on their belief in their own strength rather than the hope that the next Dutch offer will satisfy their aspirations. ¡larly in the Commission on Hu-sociated Press.

Many Indonesiay! believe

man Rights headed by Mrs. that the Dutch with about 20, Eleanor Roosevelt, that the So-

000 troops in Java and a smaller viet Union feels that govern- SHE JUST CAN'T

number in Sumatra cannot re- mental

without

KILL HERSELF

Los Angelos,, May 19.

Mrs. Jeannie Michel, dan

to

He explained that the world food shortage made it necessary to slash food shipments to Poland as well as to other countries. The UNRRA allocation of fundy Poland in the largest. assistance that any European country is get- ting, and UNRRA is doing every thing possible to supply Poland's needs Associated Press.

The now law guaranteed the Chinese citizens a new life in Ecuador. For many years they have been the object of syste- matle exploitation by corrupt immigration officers.

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Now the Chinese merchant can freely compete with the Ecuadorean businessman, and in many cases the Chinese immi- grauts have already had suc- cess over their Ecuadorean com- potitors,

Met With Criticism

subjects.

The new position of Chinese met with criticism, capecially from business circles who had to suffer from Chinese, competition. This attitude was strongthened when the Chinese Iri Ambassador

Lima (Dr. Chung-Chien Pao) arrived. to sign with the Ecuadorean Gov- orament a friendship-treaty bo- tween their countries.

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Immediately after the signo- ture of the friendship-treaty the interested circles tried to form a public opinion unfavour- able to the friendly attitude of the Government.

It was claimed that the

Уда Government

negotiating the immigration of 20,000 Chi- would immigrants, who have to work on the Ecuadorean rice plantations. There were those who spoke openly about a Chinese "Invasion" of Ecuador. and pointed out in the blackest manner the future of the coun-. try 'under the Chinese: London, May 19. The Government has now Heroic exploits of the acted, and in a well-written Navy's "cockle" men-Mar- communique the Minister of ino volunteers who paddied Vincents Trujillo) has denied all Foreign Relations (Dr. Jose

"COCKLE" MEN OF THE NAVY

Until June 1 the war-time censorship of the lecal press still functions and Arabic news-

representativca em- papers sometimes appear with sist their demand for independ-powered to act for their states! blank columna and the Nation ence

ald of British should be named on the commin- alista

permitted the forces--and

are being sions. these are not

This divergence of evacuated. freedom of the Assembly.

opinion has spread to other There is only a small minori-

Talks Resuming

groups during the month. Tunisia' ty of intellectuals in

Dr. Sutan Sjahrir. Prime United Nation's observers who are dissatisfied with

the Minister of the Indonesian Re- said that this will be one of the icer, swallowed sloeping pills, French protectorate,

General publican Government, will meet problems the Council must deal stashed her wrists, jumped Mast said a statement with Dr. Hubertus van Mook, Licu- with when it meets. The se- which the Nationalists empha-tenant-Governor General of the cond issue refugees

from a window, but is still ----- finds a tically disagree The massca Netherlands East Indies, to special commission on refugees alive.

concerned not; morrow, virtually reopening the and displaced persons, in some are primarily with polities, but with

According to police, sho awal- their discussions between the Dutch disagreement. livelihood, General Mast said, and Indonesians, the Nether-{

Russia was reported to be in-flowed 60 aleeping pills, fell into two-man canoes 50 miles up¦ rumours. He declared that. and the French Government is lands News Agency

reported sisting on a clear definition of a coma, but awoke Inter,

Then she stashed her wrists with enemy blockade-running ship- of the Fame restrictions and actively engaged in bettering today.

the world refugees, in general, a razor. their prospects by a major ex-

Dr. van Mook returned to and these who are Quislinge

When that failed to kill her, she ping at Bordeaux-have been laws as all immigrants of other pansion of the country's capital Java from Holland on May 8 and traitors. In London, Rua- turned on the gas.

disclosed. with new instructions from the sia wanted all war criminals A bell-boy found hor writhing-

Limpet miner were fixed to the Dutch. Government on the disguised as refugees to be sent on the floor and called the police enemy ships, of which at least The country suffered heavily future status of Indonesia. back to their countries imme-

Before they could arrive, shethree wore holed-possibly five. Earlier this week, Dr. Sjahrir diately.. from Axia occupation and war,

jumped headlong from the second and trade in the principal ex- said that he was ready to renew port commodities cork, phos-discussions with Dr. van Mook phates, olive oil,, sponges and at any time.-Reuter. wheat--was deranged.

resources,

Effect Of War

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BUTTER OUT

OF COAL

Coupled with the economic distress there has been political upheaval. Since 1939 Tunisia has been under fvo political re- gimes or military decupations and for a long period the coun- try was cut off from France. Thon the Allied troops who en-

London, May 19. tored Tunisia brought with them

Alfred. Imhauson, who was what

call: Nationalist one

Hitlar por! mystique cf self-half-Jewish until "Roosevelt's government," which, he says, sonally turned him into cannot

from be erased

the Aryan, is now producing but minds of the people This, to ter aut of coal. “ gether with news

of the pro- gress of other French mandates and Arab states, la making the country very unsettled. Reu-

tor.

UNDERGROUND ORGANIZATION

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He is now doing it in the town. of Witten, in the Ruhr, with a formula which German experts hepe will solve the Reich fat" shortage.

It was said in United Na-floor of the hotel tion's circles that the Western

view is that refugees who are not war criminals or Quielings should not be compelled to go back to their homes. Asso- ciated Press.

She suffered a broken back and fractured arm, leg and wrist.

"I'm sick of it all," she moaned in hospital.

"I've been sick all my life." She is a divorces, with an eight year-old daughter.

Good Customers Are Good Neighbours

New York, May. 19.

The Administration's top officials today said that the high level of international trade that is ossential to the na- tion's prosperity must be reached by negotiations among a partnership of nations.

services,"

the Cirando river to blow up Chinese Immigrants are subject

const.

nations,

U.S. LOAN TO POLAND

Ten Marines in five "cackles" (official term), were launched at night from the submarine Tuna

Warsaw, May, 19. when Germany held all the French

Polishi nowspapers: .. kore The crow of only one came bark i Major H. G. Haslar, the Force yesterday printed a statement Commander, of Catherington, made by Vice-Minister of Hampshire, and Marine W. E. Foreign Affairs, Zygmunt Sparks, of London. Major Hasier has been awarded the D.S.O. and Marine Sparks the D.S.M.

Mines On Boat

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Modzielewski, mentioning for the first time that the United. States was with-holding its $90,000,000 credit foan, from the Polish Government.

Two cockles reached their objec. tive, travelling by night, and hid (Dean Acheson, Acting Unit- 'ing on land by day. The cockles ed States Secretary of State, -.

Coalfish and Cuttlefish were lost on May 10 in Washingtca, said without trace on the first night the Poles had breached a condi- and later the Conger capsized. tion of the loan agreement by Catfish, despite lights on dock censorship of a news despatch gates, planted three mines on and failure to publish in Po- 7000-tons cargo boat, two on transport, and one on a tanker. A land the text of the agreement.) Medziclowaki said the news deck centsy zpotted her end used

despatch in question, which a. speech made by dealt with Stainislaw Bhozyk,"was delay- ed" in transmission. He add- ed that, Poland.now had pub- fished an exchange of the notes dealing with the lean between Poland and the United States

He said the entire matter had been used to exert politi- cal pressure on Poland and to play into the hands of some factions pursuing a "different purpose than sponsoring friend- London, May 19.ship and tightening "relations Admiral Leahy said yester between Poland and the United. day that he is "certain that States."

Meanwhile Crayish also planted' mines-oight and then both boats made off. But Crayfish vanished on the Journey. The exact fate of only one man is known; be was killed.

There are two stories behind Secretary of States James noss leaders commenting the 1 his torch, but Major Haalar pulf Imbasen and his synthetic fat Byrnes stated at the opening of subject was Charles Denny, acting, ed into the shadow of the ship and -the first his fight against the the National Foreign Trade chairman of the Federal Com- then drifted to safety silently with

munications Commission, who said the tide. Nazis, and the second his food Week today Warsaw, May 19.

experiments.

"The United States acted in that an efficient world-wide com- The Polish Government un-}

In 1986 he attracted Nazi at-dependently in the regulation of munications cystom was exantial

to carry cheaply and speedily the nounced today that a secret potention when he invented his its foreign trado and so did

thousands of messages which must lice raid on "National Party" fat-from-coal process. At that other countries. The results

be exchanged daily between buyers Headquarters in the San Do time the Nazis high-ups said were neither prosperity nor and sellers and the flood of news mlorz District turned up a new flatly that they did not want it, peace. It is essential that we services which opens new markets underground anti-government

on Bound for our goods and but, lately, German troops ate reach an agreement organization.

An official statement said the Imhausen's butter and like it. principles while the conditions Associated Press.

10lb. Of Coal

are still fluid. The world is at organization received direct

London' instructions to attack Hitler said: "If this man can the cross-roads,

Twenty produce fat out of coul he is democratic leaders, Hoven persona were solzed, the not a Jew any more."

In 1938 his process was so statement said, along with printing plant, a big store of perfected that he produced 300 arms including three anti-air- tons of fat from coal. craft guns, a number of ma- German Army sald anything chine-guns, riiles, grenades and made out of coal must be harm-

ful if eaten. 2. radio sets. A

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"It might either move for ward to an era of better under- standing, increased opportunity and peace, or backwards to a The new dark age," be added.

He said it is important that "actions of governments affecting foreign trade,, should

Looting Of Trains In Germany

PACIFIC BASES

complete agreement can be Ho added that such methods reached with Britain on the "must cause astonishment In uso of Pacific Island bases: the Polish public opinion, which Herford, May 19,

Admiral Leahy, President esteeme, more than all, its na The wholeable organized looting Harry Truman's Chief of Staff. tional honour and sovereignty. It was not until 50 Germans be consistent, meaning, "based of food trains in the Essen dis told a news conference that, he Associated. Eress. If was the second new under-

every day this month, is reported. Intfon", about his visit, and as ground: Forganization whose har enten it for several weeks upon agreements." He said for trist by masaud crowds almost wanted to clear up any specu aand-suffered no ill-effects that this reason, the United Nations in an official statement by the sorted that he came here "he

Seoul, May 10.. existence has been

Economic and Social Council British military government, cause there was an opportunity American Military Govern- knowledged by the govern they changed their minds. ment within the week. Mean--

There have been many clashta and I was desirous about meet-· ment, officers disclosed today. Now Imhausen wants to build has decided to call an interna.

that the Chikazawa, prosa plant, while political slayings eat factory at a cost of £500,000, tlonal conference on trade and between, German police and civi ing my friends here, me

lians and more than 100

He Inslated that there is no where the Communist Party tinued. Two Folish workers "Give me that," he says, "and 1 employment. leaders were shot to death. The will turn out 95,000 tons of fat Secretary of the Treasury have been made during May. police are also busy against each year at a retail cost of Vinson declared that world trade The trains raided by crowd olgnificance in his visit. As bandit depredations Asso-pound." To produce a pound that la conceived within partner of more than 500 people wore ciated Press.

of fat, Imhausen needs only 10 ship of nations "dous more than mostly always carrying potatore have been dis put men to werk-It keeps men al No potato rationa pounds of coal.

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