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THE CHINA-MAIL, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1940,"

"BURA" UNREASONABLE

I OUGHT TO KÓNOWN

His hotter-Half-Rout JAP. COTTON TEXTILE

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FOR STERLING AREAS

"Path Still Winds Tribute To Uphill"-Dean Rose

"The last war has taken môre out of us thân möšt of us imagined, and now that the first reliöt and exhultation over victory has died away, wo see that the path ahead still winds uphill,” said Dean Rose in the course of his sermon at the Cathedrol yesterday on the occasion of St. George's Day. Among those present were His

Excellency The Governor and

Lauty Grantham.

The First Lesson was react by Is Excellency while Mr. C. C. Roberts read the Second.

Denn Rose said, in part:--

Has A Destiny

United States

Bhanghät, Ápr. 25.

A warm tribute to the United States for its ma guļ – flcent

Siamese Government Confident

Bangkok, Apr.

Tokyo, Apt 25

The first evidence of expanding American aid for

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Japon became visible the past week in Nippon's vital textile industry. The evidence came shortly after the return to Washington of Army Under-Secretary WI- llami Draper, Inc., who; sąjd here recently the United States

SCAP

1

in

The second move came when BCAP relaxed' dollar restria- tions on the sales of Japanese textiles currently on hand. The Nipponese have in stock

textiles made from cotton

Company.

in the US by the US

The

cat-

would assist Japan to ease the an estimated 370,000,000 yards of continuing burden on the American, taxpayer...

The first move came on Apr. ton was shipped here with the A high Slamese authority told 22 when the United States

the new Export-Import Bank announced textile exported was to be sold stipulation int any resultant Reuter today that Siamese Government is fully

dollars banking combine confident of securing the world American participate with infor powers recognition eventually extending US$60,000,000 loan to market is in the

Since Japan's biggest textic If not immediately."

Sterling and This authority, who was com cotton for Japanese processing not be sold-although there was

for purchasing American

dollar short areas, cotton could menting on the Washington re-and pale. poft that the United States Gov- This came at a time when plenty of demand for it. Obser ernment was adopting the at-stocks of raw cotton were run-move will be to make millions of vers bellove the result of this titude of "watchful waiting" toning low, and more supplies, as yards of cotton textiles available wards the new Songkram Gov-one SCAP source sold, were in to Ste ernment, descrised the State De-urgent needs. partment

announcement 03 "nothing very startling."

The United States Ambassador,

Another move camo yesterday Mr.

Edwin, F. Stanton, said that A. Chinese Embassy spokesman with, news that the .Senate had the Washington statement, "did pointed out that China had not approved a

US$150,000,000 re- not indicate, any lessening" of withdrawn her recognition, "the volving fund to buy the neces- United States friendship for continuance of which was most sary raw materials for occupied Slam.

probably."

areas, Japan hopes to get the A British Embassy spokesman Only tho French Government bulk of this and to obtain more "Such was the prophetic tra- ******* ******** sold that the British Government has so far recognised the new raw cotton plus other vital sup- dition in which Jesus stood. He,

attitude,, towards the Songkram' Siamese Cabinot—-Reuter,

plies Associated Press. ke us, loved his nation. the good it stood for, and He wished well. But to Him it fell to live at the final crisis of her rational destiny.

Abraham, the plancer, Moses the

giver, David the king, Isaiah the statement, Jeremiah the pro- phet, all speak with one voice- God rules the nations. He points their destiny, by obedience | to His purpose they, live or die.

"There is still an undercurrent of thankfulness to God but we are still tittle inelined to any outburst of national self assertion "Our nation cannot live

ap-

for-

help to the needy throughout the world was paid by Mr. W. J. Hawkings, Vice-President of the st. George'n Bociety here, in ad dressing a large international gathering on St. George's Day,

Mr., Hawkinga also gra

praised the Chinese authorities for "splendid and courageous way they have sat about the almost superhuman

task

of orgaulaing, and administering this great, city of Shanghai after its being in the djerupt- ing hands of the enemy for four years."-Router,

the

Government would be officially clarified shortly.

and

Sterling and dollar

Bhort ar

arcas

to swing Japan closer to larger sterling trade.

READERS' LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

was op-

or jingoism. We are now anxious ever. But what we réceived Anti-Confucian Thosis (and oligarchy, wit rule and make about our

national future and from God, wrought into the

Hongkongites happy so that they all the present,

shope he wanted, will go on liv "This morning what I want to lug and growing.

Sir,--The Woodhead vs.. Sim- will remain willingly forever What we have ple Simon controversy will end British subjects. coprider is fris. Putting away put into the family of natious

the aid of elf-delusion, is there any belief by

God's

When Lord Halifax creative in victory to one who sends you with which

into his letter last. This simple logic posed to the application of sane- we com cheerfully spirit will be caught up

was discovered about 2,000 yearstions against Tlaly over the issue both the present and fuve

the God's eternal purpose and never future of our national life?

ago by a scholar The perish.*

whose school of Ethiopla, he insisted that ex- teacher called Confucius too much pediency should prevail when In answer is, yes, the fact is God has a destiny for ourselves

u moralist. This anti-Confucian condict with ideals which we all and our nation.

thesis is absolutely right. When admired. ever have arguments with my better half, she says the Inst 1,025 words. And she usually is the victor, unchallenged by me, for his time. A Tass dispatch broadcast

at least a month.

that

"A divine. national destiny. Yes, but is it true?. is there

11

RUSSIANS CLAIM BALLOON RECORD

London, Apr. 25.

by

Lord

Hollfax was right becausé he represented his government which represented his people of

An of us don't want to be re-

paltern to history which will sup- port this belief? People turned with-eagerness to interpretations Radio Moscow today claimed two of history, and find Toynbe more Russian women created a лек

Twenty years ago the National minded that Lord Hallfax's peo- encouraging after this war than balloon endurance for wonen. Government after getting rid of ple paid heavily for trusting this

leaciar. they found Speigle after the last | The dispatch saju Lyubey the Bolsheviks wished to abolish

Ivanova

And certainly not Mr. Wood- Wir."

Toko- the unequal treaties, not in a head, who has held the legacy of and Zoya vastayed in their balloon USSR cordance with Comrade Stalin's SP-73 for 32 hours and 45 min. formula, but according to the OM. Greens and J.O.P. Blands have made China utes in the air.

Sing-British (Mackay) treaty of who would

the few "But in the end we and our

The balloon was of the fourth 1903 which required reforms in Utopia fer all except

Chinarier if Downing Street ne- best evidence pondering the category, it said, and the record Chinese judiciary with its prisons cepted their suggestions.

in words of the Old Testament and it set up stands for all balloons modernised. Prophets, in the more complete exceeding 1,600* cubic:

meter version of the New Testament, leapacity.---United Press,

*

With One Voice

Political' Battle For Haifa Being Waged

A young, American-educated public lawyer was picked up to be Chief Justice with power to experiment in province the re- organisation of falls and courts. He got two "European” advisers— ons French and cne American He built more court houses, de- tention houses and penitentiaries of different grades. He supervised prisoners' food, insisting nourishment stuff and

good clothing. He built up a convict

and weaving machine.

on

poli-industry-printing, carpenter shop

Mr.

The Labour Government is up- perently not in the mood to take Mr. Woodhead's proposition. But In Moscow and Washington Woodhead has many friends in deed but not in words.

Hold

your beliefs doubts, Mr. Woodhead and Mr. (Mrs. or Miss) Simple Simon, and you will both win. Just now let us have peace.

on

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*

and

HU SUET.

could not get a better job out- time and, mixing it with a wee side.

bit of Shakespear, have been

Haifa, Apr. 24. The buffet-battle for Haifa has ended but a

Taming Of The Crew" -ticăl–battle-between-the-Jews-and-Arabs-is

The prisoners looked fat and Sir-Acting upon the, advice raging. Arab leádórs have ordered the com- healthy. One, after doing time, or one of your correspondents, I plete evacuation of the city and the Jews refused to go, saying that he read the Book of fob for the nth realize that it will be a terrific political defeat for the Jews if the Arabs succeed,

The University campus of the able to piece together my scat- province proved to be more in- tered fears in this last scene of During negotiations for peace, the Jews begged the sanitary than the prisons. The the last act of the First Part of Arabs to stay in the city but Arab leaders Law and Arts Students claimed "The Taming of the, Cray."

DRAMATIO PERSONAE ordered evacuation. During the battle and that they were not so well fed sur

the jail birds. They demanded FRANKLET: the first day after the battle, the Arabs needed that either they went to jail for

better housing, clothing and feed-BELLARIO: printed more monies for the de-MIKAEL: velopment of high education.

no urging. They poured out of the city by ing or the government appre the panic-stricken thousands, abandoning their homes, belongings and everything. +

the

Ling

A Grant School Teacher..

Government

Spokesman.

An Unsuccessful Mediator.

The government called a meet- Parents and Guardians of the

The Chief Justice was ac- Students. But yesterday, as the city days. The British say they can cused of encouraging citizens to SCENE OUTSIDE THE DOORS was almost quiet, the exodus hot help much and Arabs commit crimes by making the

OF ELYSIUM was perceptibly slowed. To-claimed that this is deliberate on falls

falls so attractive. He was im- Enter Franklet and Mikael day, it is much slower and the the part of the British to force peached for a minor offence, Franklet:

return to their degraded to a police even reported that some the Araba to

to a far-away territory, Arabs were already on their houses.

The magnitude of the Jewish only-because his boss-boss was [his] brother-in-law's brother-in- they were only coming to victory is becoming more apparent law. Otherwise he would be sent as experienced British officers and to stay permanently at the prison procure more belongings but

way back.

The Arabs

sald

if the situation remains quiet one Americans who were om- which he built.

the На was then known as many Arabs will stay regard-cers during the war surveyed

These observers said that scene.

that crazy fellow, a bookworm, good less of the evacuation orders. nothing short of a largescale or for nothing. Finally be came to

heard in Many were

the ganized attacke, by heavily equlp- Hong Kong as a refugee, pen- streets, to say that they are péd troops would have anyintless, suspected and cursed by going to stay. There is where chance of dislodging the Jews out once his best friend-European

of Holta. the political battle comes in.

as "you dirty-Chinese who does Jewish Icaders

The city is faced on one side not duserve a bit of Hong Kong'a openly travelling about the Arob city by water and the Jews command hospitality. You ought to be sent talking to Arab leaders still here, Mount Carmel on the other sidebacle to Chiang Kai-shek to be ifying

them fate stay All approach roads argue

prẻ con chopped up" sad so on and so Arab leaders who realize manded from the heights by the forth

are

what is at stake

equally hard to

are working Jows. to keep the evic-

It is an open

That they have wrong'd us

doth uppear in this

They have withdrawn their

promise recently minde

On our behalf," "ori" "August

thirty-first,

The year was nineteen hundred

forty, six.

Of late, our letters, praying on

our side

Mikael:

Those accents from his mouth

promised it not.

The breath no sooner left that

self-same body,

Latseness newly

yen, st

But that his

sprung in his Seemned to grow too; that very moment Consideration, like A davil

came

And whipp'd that promise

forthwith out of him. But prithee, Franklet, what

wouldst thou?

Franklet:

To be or not to be; that is the

question: Whether is nobler in the mind

to suffer

The slings and arrows of out-

rageous fortune

Or to take steps against this

sea of troubles, And by opposing end them? To

die, to sleep;

No more and by a sleep to

say we end

The heart-ache and the thou-

sand natural shocks The flesh is heir to. Yet they

promised, 'tis true.

Mikael:

All that's promised may not.

hold

Often have you hear that told; Many a job has been forgone For that New Code to be born, Here come our guests of old. Enter „Parents and Guardiants, awaiting Government decision regarding the fate of the Grant Schools. Franklet:

also

We wish you well Friends, parents, relatives, lend

me your ears.

You've come to judge us. tea-

chers, not to praise them. The evil that men' do lives

affer them;

The good Is oft interred with

their bones;

So let it be with Grant Schools.

The noble Bello

Hath told you that teachers do

not deserve.

If it were so, there must be

proof of such,

And grievously will teachers

anawer it.

They were your friends, falth-

ful and just in work;

Your children have they taught

to serve you well When that your sons

have

err'd, themselves took note. You all saw when examinations

-end,- They've

come through these with praiseworthy renown. Which you of late have seen.

Ah, woe is us,

O Judgment; thou art fled.

Now, men to get

More gain, have lost their res-

БОТІВ

Because we did deserve, were Enter Bellario with the Official

alighted of

Writ.

India To Be Neutral

In Foreign

Affairs

Bombay, Apr 24,

Bellario:

Hence home, you idle creature,

get you húmic, Comest thou with mare peti-

tlony Dost know

We could be weil moyed, if wo

were you?

I we could pray to move,

prayers would move us: But we are constant as the

Northern star.

་་་་

Of whose true-fix'd and resting

quality. There is no fellow In

Armament.

the

Unshaked of motion; yea, that

we can be. Let me

this:

little show it, even in

That we were constant Grant

Schools get lower pay, And constant do remain to

keep them so. Mikael:

If you have tears, prepare to

shed them now. Franklot:

Is't even so? Alock the day!. Bellario:

"Fisso strange....... That, though the truth of it

stands off as gross

As black and white thy eyes

aftall scarcely see it. Franklet scans the papers and returns them. Exit Bellario. Franklet:

a Woel O waful, woful, waful

day 1.

Most lamentable day, most

waful day.

That ever, ever, I did yet be

hold!

O day! O day! O day! O hate

ful day!TM

Never was seen so black a day

as this:

O woful day, O woful day! Begulled, divorced, wronged,

spited, stain?.

Most detestable Code, by thee

beguiled.

By cruel cruel theò:

thrown!

*Ti

quito over

Despised, distressed, hated, martyr'd killed.

sure the Heavens. shall witness how their souls. Shall stand sore charged for the

wasteful vengeance

That may fly from tus; for

many a thousand teachers Shall this their mock mock out

of their dear work,

And some are yet ungoltan ind

a unborn g

That shall have cause to entse

this wrongful scorn, But this lies all within-the-will-

of God.

To whom we do appeal. Mikael;

Beshrew your tears. Franklet:

Thy worthless pity we behold,

Now hath His honour rooted in dishonour

lood

Whilst faith unfaithful kept

him falsely true...y faddressing the Parents, and „ja je • Guardians:)

We thank you for your pains..

Now, let's away, -

To tell the sorrows of this

wofut-day.

Exeunt, omnes.

[Frankief:

rime Minister Pandit Nohru today told 40,000:

pártons attending the first session of the All- India Congress Committed mosting that India would, maintain strict neutrality, in foreign. affairs.

The government big shots who Another significant fact, accord-[first employed him and later de- vation spirit going.

ing to observers, is the British are graded him abolished extraterri- From appearances today, the now committed to dat together toriality and taria restrictions Arabs will lose this political with Jews to hold the town if an finally, not because of his judicial battle as they lost the other battle altack comes before the British reforma but : because of the on, Wednesday. In the old Arab evacuation is completed.

Japanese army, gunboat and city, which is firmly occupied by

Bitter Pill

seroplanes.

So these big shots were right the Jews today, Arabs are openly teen In the streets talking with

secrot that the and that bookworm, was wrças the Jews for the first time in British co-operated with the Jews everywhere, though the fatter five months

to make this week's victory pós- idealism may command some He said India would accent statue of Irkilar assasinated Arabi ·were In addition, the

sible. The British reason for do- respect among the philosophers no favours from any foreign spiritust leader in characteristic pand Has bebisarmótijd) In front power and the polley of the humanly reluctant to leave in this was to allow someone and political reformers, pu

tise to do their fighting for them their homes and belongings.

The case applies, Dear Editor, present Government would of the colourful domed entrance

to the pandal, da m to the Woodhead

con Unue to thus giving a big strike against and make the elty quiet,

follow Mohandas Simple

Nehru devoted most of his Kashmir and the' Arab leaders. A tow-but-

Simon controversy... Woodhead in Gandhi's principles. He added

long speech to This is Sitter pils for and right because Hong Kong shall that the tails delegation at Hyderabad. Ho said- Kashmir the Jews for their terrorific ba held not so much, because of the Security Council hhere would have been lost if the In- of abte which cove nandres its government's administrative fused, to accept the Kashmir didn, Army: had arrived 24 hours

oftcloney. British lives. Tommtos deanly hough I am pleased to note they the doldratich's reford" when perspiring crowd when lo cont

eloney or popular franciso al resolution and he would await later

He drew laughlet "from": má Wanted Joif the fight on the are going to be. It's hold say he would review developmentia pared the United Nations Parolta

the days battlo but, wörő : střícný

White Burden

must be

and runke decisions, con đi đờm on Kashmir to a court do ordered

Wondhand, like ant

Teck flying About would help but the only sadida 'in help

Olly today wore, teamies

the

Finder Drivális, !námitted now

"Jew

their men were partly aut hand during and shortly after thie, battle and there was, some

British Goldiers téri 'whov hatá

-uídd of the Arabs In Wednes÷British Colony, Whey Had Adapting afterniden kun beat Fallon in a robbery,domplaint Tooting and some shooting of civi- |Todo utky, outODERLA llant, but even this in hand the Pas

Passover, holidays, they are dating rations of unleavened broad force, not ideologi

now...

the Jows are

big down on the ineffective cloth Was He said li van lie the cavet roof of the mammoth circular se talljøgin mation whicha, haien inted parasti 3 / which i tho. Piline Tahalk Benn' robbed tey share the Pitiful Scener intended for the Pastores to feed Hong Kong frith Colonywać ale adia's foreign and domestle Nehru advocate, Cumbents, and

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*. EPILOGUE......

It walathers bave offended Think but this, and all is ended, That you have but slumber'd

hero And, this weak but noble heig While those vistoria did appear. No more yielding but a dream, Gentles, do not reprehend; If you pardor, we will mend, Give me your hands, if we bo

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