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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1948.

CHRISTIAN ROLE IN

IN CHINA Central Part Of Government Process.

Hollington Tong's Racket

Appeal

They Were Very, Very Near

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Shanghai, Jan. 6.

In a radio address to Christians in China over the - Christian Broadcasting Station here last night, Dr. Hollington Tong, Director of the Govern- ment Information Office, said: "Christianity today is playing a greater role in China's na- tional life than it has ever played before." asked them to define their stand. Never before had there been a time when so many Chris- tians were in Government service and were holding high and powerful positions in the country's national life, Dr. Tong said.

LONDON, JAN. 6. BRITISH MINERS CAME WITHIN 100,000 TONS OF REACHING THEIR OUTPUT He TARGET OF 200,000,000 TONS FOR 1947, ACCORDING TO PROVISIONAL FIGURES AN- NOUNCED TONIGHT.

They mined a total of 199,- 700,000 tons.

He mentioned the names or Mr. Hugh Gaitskell, Minister Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, of Fuel and Power, declared General Chang Chun, the Pre- thint there would be disap-mier, Dr. Sun Fo, President of

Vice- pointment that the target had the Legistative Yuan and not been reached but "we were Chairman of the National Gov- ernment, and Dr. O. K. Yul, the very, very near."

Finance Minister. sming thr many Christians who were central part of the governing process.

The provisional figures of Inat weelt's output showed that miners dug out 3,100,000 tons against the 3,400,000 tons need- ed to hit the target.

Now Year holiday absentec- ism was largely responsible for last week's abnormally low out put. Three of the eight major' confields and holidays of vary ing length. In other fields, the miners took time off unofficially, Some Yorkshire collieries could cot open.

what it

Islands

Littered

With H.E.

In Silver Coins

LONDON, JAN. G. BLACK MARKETEERS AND TAX DODGERS THREA TEN TO PARALYZE EVERY- DAY BUSINESS LIFE IN BRITAIN WITH A NEW RACKET-THE HOARDING

OF SILVER COINS.

Fear that the Bank of Eng- land was about to call in the present bank note issue and re- place it with new notes caused a rush to amnas coins, which has depleted the bank's silver coin stocks to only one-tenth of its holdings a few months ago.

Humours have been circulat ing for some time that pound notes be called in and replaced by a new issue to counteract the hoarding of notes by black marketeers and tax dodgers MANILA, JAN, 6. and to stop the illegal flow of EXPLOSIVES ENOUGH TO BLOW THE CITY OF MANILA

sterling notes from abroad. Ministerial answers in TO BITS ARE STILL SCATTER-

the UNTOUCHED who, ED

House of Commons have point- THROUGH- OUT THE LENGTH AND ed, out that replacement of the BREADTH OF THE PHILIPPINES, present bank note issue was not's AND CASUALTIES FROM THE imminent, but left the impres- MISHANDLING OF THE REM-alon that such a move had not NANTS OF ORDNANCE STOCK been ruled out completely. PILES OF THE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE ARMIES -- THOSE KILLED

OR MAIMED -EVERY WEEK AVERAGE 30. PERSONS.

Dr. Tong urged Christians soberly ask themarives would mean to Christianity and thems-ives if the Cmmunists should prevail in China,

He warned his listeners against

Chinese Communists,

he

their fellows elsewhere, painted out, were an expression of anti-Christ in the Chinese na-

ional life.

Although they did not hit the target, the miners, who have

"Christians have found that the been making an overtime spurt them the scope and

present government has given

the oppor since the autumn, easily beat tunity to carry out their Christian their previous year's outputrols that no pervious National which Was only 191.790,000 National Government has done", tons. Reuter.

nid Dr. Tong.

U.S. Raises Shipments Of Coal

Washington, Jan. 5.

This has just been disclosed by the bomb disposal squads of the Philip pine army under Captain Pablo P.

Banks in several large towns have been forced to limit the amounts of silver coin issued to any one customer. United Press.

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"They are a central part of the Gabriel, who paid 25,000 tons of ex-; K.C.R. Fire

government process."

Free World

Concluding, Dr. Tong declared: The hope of China's future de pends on whether it remains part of the free world.

in-

plosives, furnishing an extremely dangerous but potentially rich dustry for illegal users of powder, fie all over the Island, more than than two years after the last war.

In Manila, and the suburbs alone,, according

to the offices, 3,000

engineering and ordnance

fca.-Router.

LED WRTY.

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"The hope of the Christian plosives including land mines remain United States cal exports Church in China is inseparably to be discovered and disposed will be increased early inbound with the fate of free insti- There, he said, may yet deal sudden February to 3,825,000 tons, the tutrone in this nation,

and violent death to the Department of Commerce an- "As Christions, we know that,

Other places where heavy concen nounced today.

despite our trials, right will alrations of explosives

abound arc The

Davao, Mountain province, Bataan, January quota

was 3.ways win in the end.

"It will wm in China. And Its Zambales. Mantalban, inger Minj 500,000 tons.

victory will mean a radiantdanao, which were once the iter of February shipments were to Christian future for our people," ammunition dumps or scenes of bat be divided as follows among-Reuter, European recipients: France 422,000 tons, Italy 702,000 tona.! Belgium 405,000 tons, French North Africa 81,000 Long, Greece 18,080 tons, Netherlands 171,000 tons, Norway 18,000 tens. Portugal 72,000 tons, Swe- den 207,000 tons, Switzerland 90,000 Lons, Austria 36,000 tons, Venezia Giulia 18,000 tons.

Ruhr Food Strike

Threatened

Duesseldorf, Jan. 6.

Food strikes are threatened in many parts of the Ruhr this week after the announcement today of the week's rations-2,500 grammes of bread and 250 grammes of macaroni.

In addition, parts of the January quota not taken up by Denmark, the Netherlands and Eire were to yield 45.000 tons ench for Belgium and Switzer- tand and 18,000 t. ns for Italy.

Coaling ations and Middle East railways will get 108,000 been anununced this week. Only tons out of the February quota.a few people have been able to -Bruter.

SOVIET ATTACK

ON TURKEY

No meat or fat rations have

chtain their small meat or fat rations in the past few weeks

Some 1,500 workers ut the railway waggon building yards

New Base Agreement

in the suburbs of Cologne stop In Panama?

ped work today in protest against the food situation, the German

news

service in the

Panama City, Jan. 6

United States Zone reported Panama is ready at any time and strike meetings were called to negotiate

new agreement.

outside the canal zone for

Suspect Arrested

Canton, Jun, G. For setting fires on trains of the Canton-Kowloon Rallway Shihlung, 30 miles east of Can-, suspect has bern arrested in

ton, and was brought to Canton last night.

He commanded about 100 men who were engaged in smuggling i and banditry.

Tung-yuan of Hunan is expected Meanwhile, Governor Wang

here

today to discuss with Governor T. V. Boong methods of bandit suppression en the Kwangtung-Hunan border und the lifting of rice embargoes from Hunan to Canton, The Governors' of Klangsi and Fuklen will also come to Canton concerning joint pacification of the four Provinces. Observers believe that banditry in Kwangtung will be under con- trel within three months-Asso- clated Press.

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Pravda said that the Turkish pa- pers were filled with lies about the in Hamburg, emplcyers and fence of the vital waterway, the Soviet

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Diego said. This anti-Communist propaganda. turn to work immediately, de- the initiative to negotiate a new

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