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By

FRED HAMPSON

01

CORRUPTION IN CHINA

Corruption in Government-hold, and highly-placed business men areas is the cause of most of the were suspected of stock manj» major trouble-in China today, Yen Pi, pulation Just before the new one of the three new Control economic regulations took effect, Yuan supervisors, said in a press the first Napking reaction was Straws In The Wind conference in Shanghai.

that nothing could be done-the Communista have ado this people were too big, she said. But There have been other straws corruption an integral part of the Control Yuna, she said, in-

will be, done,

}

battle in Henan in which Kni-make taken crossings. but must Which indiente the wind blows their anti-Government pra- vesligated and something wha› 24354 feng changed hands twice party observers don't think they are that way. The Nationalists cap. Paganda, winning supporters with done and more

this

The Reds didn't strong

tured an airheld at Changehtin promises of reforms, Yen suid. enough to seriously

ake sold. lose but Drey didn't

You and his two co-supervisors, 32312 lose!

get what threaten the Nationalisis control Assened the danger of that they

after clear

isolated elty and garrison being Miss Yul

Pen-hou and Ching Yen Pih. a 54-year-old retired eut of the big river, tunination of Central Cluna d m13

sturved oul, Nationalists successes, Sunean, are making a check of Major General, is a veteran' Kuo- in possibile springboard fr

limited but slimifeant, around feint conduct in the Shanghai, mintang revolutionery, nick- the Great Wall hint that Chiang Nanking and fartuck on rich Szechianti

Cheklang 10

the Communists as send named by West,

Kai-shik's arules may try to

to Kunst areas.

early as 1927 as "Killer of the propem Tand line to isolated The rumour pat is bolling now

Formerly Control Yuan super- Rens." He iraved

The most of that a big Red öffensive for the

Mukilen and rid the Nationalists Visors were sent out by the Na-vennomic troubles and the peo- H.K.$30.00 fall is in the maknut 11 could

of the financial drain of sup- tionatiat Government. With the ple's plight to official_coreupilon. Ilut don't forget

| plying that city by ale. An open adoption of the constitution, He stressed that the Communists, hat warly

There my reports of Bed resivo in Mukelen again word re-supervisnes are now elected from expectaily j.K, $72.00 this year the Reds

those In his nativo groupings all ove← am th unt present a feryife set-back to be poisid for another big rive north-central China but the pie-the Communists.

for among Control Yuan members, place of Northern Klangsu, have

Miss Yul, who |to-elvon up Manchuria aut ex-

re-changed their tueties. of terror recently ****}ture hasn't drawn into-suffelent s In North Chin

It is even possible that the Na-ceived an MA degree from the and slaughter to that of seeming The focus set to predict the point of unlists may try to bent the School of Law, Columbia Uni- benevolence. DOLLF ASON

presistent

the first big strike, Meanwhile practically

Rests to the punch and strike, versity, pointed out the prevalt. was accepted DS 21 fact Last-March but the "seventh

first in North or Central China, the moral degeneratióne sens qpply himself,„, he sufd, hna al- the full,

not lat

Tro-si in Mantharin

North country. which many respons¿ways been considered by, the enme,

Troop movements deploy-hin has kept his limited forens

sible peuple twist right and Reils us a mòrtál enemy of Com- Wis ales taking place uver

punching continuity and has wrong according to whether the i munism (after he killed several wide: i [ #e it, New divisions which held local Inetical

mifiative persons concerned are friends or lemting Rests prior to the Kuo- have been trained under Ame but he probably hasn't enough, membes, Not until evli spun-mintang-Communist split In rizan supervision are supposed force to really mount an offen-fisher wherever it is found with 1927. But today the Reds in his It wa't likely that the prèszat 10 br about ready for action. sive from his Petping base and coruption end, she said. Reds want to hold the initiative at Hulution the innetivity will last long. If the Reports of fresh troop anulims clear any important segment of Manchurian the Bed-held territiry round. which is sti in their hands|coust have been heard and in-ing him.

DEVELOPMENTS

IN BURMA

Developments in the Karen aren of Burma have attract- ed wide attention. But in circles chiefly interested in Burmese affairs the chief in terest is centred on the nego tiations reported to be progress between Karen leaders who hold Moulmein and Thakin Nu, the Burn- ese Prime Minister.

in

In the state of flux which has enveloped the Far Eat since the defeat of Germany and Japan, nationalism has unnaturally dominated all major developments. · AL the time of the British with drawal from Burma the ac

not

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offensive"

never

North Ching Next?

1

1. bene | General Fu

KEEP AN EYE ON

MR. DULLES

By The Rev. W.R. DAVIES

AL

Shoe On The Other Foot?

almost

His Own Snow

She wall that many reported i

home town have been eulogising him as a "good inan," becauso they what to win over the peo- ple.

raves of corruption and Irregt Alienation of People larity by officials or powerful merchants fizzle out simply be

This, contrasted with the mony cause the publie slicks to the corrupt and Inefficient officials in At times Nationalist units have Confuetan odage: "Everybuty the National Government, he operated

guerrilla sweeps the snow on his own said, has been the main reason Estyle, stealing a card from the doorstep. Don't bother about the for the alienation of the people Red deck. In one or two spots frost on the roofs of others." Shu by the Government. Beemise of this has actually forced the Reds urged newspapers as well as Con- that, Yen said, he was throwing

battle to necept a puisitional

tret

members to go into all his efforts small scale to further advantage corruption emes on the basis of clegner

into n.fight for Government. or the Nationalists.

However, the evideture, conferetite. even religious, I The cuthƐ way to deal with the

Supervisor Ching Sun-an sold Tou often it is assumed that that the old system of checking commodation reached be- escape political issues. The thway of war, sour Mr. Dulles, ment is committed to hol

certain mor

for either so there in in cases of enreoption in high on Amsterzia Assembly of World is to create al sace

Government universal limit to how

officials by tween the Burmese Govern Purches has not d to escape formimisation

far they can go places evidence cannot be found appointees of the National Gov. ment and the frontier peoples tem.

through in this direction, In a large sense beatise of the importance of theument was a failure, but pre-

they can never with

completely cut wrong-doer. This is not true, sedicted that a Control Yuan check was received

grent

host sabi. conifer- of the

loose from a base because mast gratification in Britain. At

But Communust Russia makes of their big huses contained air-Finance Ministry Secretary. Telected representatives

The recent arrest of theby supervisors selected by the che was the riking address of that possible. In gute fetis, trading centres-economic Chi-ming for investivation into people would succeed. a period of history when alle. John Foer Dulles, who for attitude, however Mr. Dulles the facts make it inevitable many years has been adviser in thinks that the ined to solution outposts necessary to the intion's the misuse of offletul information

te Mr. Thomas is still open end can be

business, that interdependence should foreign affairs

for financial

the U.S. be vastly more

Republican pen,

It is true that the Reds are example, important Dewey.

swinging over to positional wor than independence, it was

This great preklem of prture, possibly because of their regarded AS 20 favourable It is plingst certain that Mr. serving world peace cannot the increased strength or possibly as omen for the stability and Dewey will be the next Ameri-solved

of their plan to by abandoning those part

to consolidate

The highlight

Presidential candidete.

law."

peace

kept

of

the

speculation is an All three asked for informa- tion evncerning offcial corrup- tion from press and public alike Will Be Done and pledged themselves to a con- nuing flaht against "all that in When the tumour first got out evil In officialdom."—Associated

prosperity of the area that President.ad-that--Mr-tabs-that-clash-with-the-Comtheir vort holdings-politically-the-everal-important-officinis Press

Also the problem their next offensive poses pro- the Government of Burma obra Foster Dulles will be the must ered.

ference Tirant that I feel it needs closer

A permitted.

Ma Dulles hte no illusions dout Communism.

defence, **

# would!

Mr.

Dulles's

“BLACK AND TANS” DAYS RECALLED

London, September 12. The first Viscount Greenwood of Holbourne who, as Sir Hamar Groenwood, was Chief Secretary for Ireland during the stormy days of the "Black and Tans," died in London today aged 78.

ext American Secretary of cannot be solved by trying to blems they haven't faced so far. and the peoples of the border Sial. This prepect makes the crush Communism force."

The problem areas should have arrived at | settlerss of Mr. Dulles to the cos-

| cities after they capture them, is a working agreement.

burch more signi- Force may be necessary for the outstanding our. Should the beReds take on this heavy burden The present situation apdy than the news reports of rang and dust to use violence then the old shoe will be on the pears to have arisen from

in maler to que ince people that [other foot, The Nationalists can conflict within Burma be-

voiente ought set to be used. become the hit-and-runners, pot- tween a minority who dub

shotting and fading away,—Assu- Į themselves Communists and

*The solution it for those who ciated Press. have Tatth to exert themselves who seek to seize power for "I tenders reject the concept more vigorously to translate their themselves and the Burmese of moral law he said.

"There

JAVA DANGER faith to work.." saya Stalin, such thing as. nationalist movement. While eternal Justice laws are merely

Madras, September 12. the Burmese majority are at the

Kothusiastn

The danger of driving the In- mengs whereby Those iz

conven-donesian Republicans into the loggerheads with the Com-power carry out their will, and >prechi was more than

tional. I seemed 14

Curry a Communist fold was painted out munists the Karens have human being have no rights

burn of common clitorially to the Dutch govern- elected to launch what seems tha me Gol-given and

there- precious

hopes that in John Foster Dulles ment today by the Madras ;paper] Jore nut stbin to be taken to be a separatist movement.

the Christian Church will be able Hindu. way by mica,"

to exercise Rourect influence Toth the Dutch und That is a tragedy. In terms

upen the dangerous situation of public of Indonesia must realise of biblical teaching, a house

the world today.

that a way out must be foundish politics and business. divided against itself cannot

from the présent impossible situn- Elucated in Canada, he was became Secretory for Overseas stand. Burma has too "re- Mr. Dulles recognises the

tion, the paper sald, otherwise for eight years a Lieutenant i {Trade, cently left the community of | (undamental

not merely Dutch economic in the Canadian Militia. nations of the British Com-divider

terests but the entire South Asian) monwealth for any member

of the Commonwealth-least

Western Belief

cleavage

Communism Western beliefs.

from

that all

OKAMURA ILL

Shanghai, September 12. Yatsusuga Okamura, the Commander-in-Chief f the "Two great prmciples," he said, Japanese forces in China, who is of all the United Kingdom are here involved. One is re-undergoing trial tor alleged war was reported to have look with equanimity cognition that there is a moral crimes, upon a development which law and that it provides the only suffered a relapre in his lung ail- must inevitably bring nearer laws.

proper sanction for the prospect of a collapse of

to

-Reuter.

man-made ment..

Okamura appeared before n Chinese military tribunal here .on the newly established state.

"The other principle Is that August 23 and was remanded for He is at pre- It follows that those who every human individual, as such, further hearings.

nas" digatty wind worth that no sent detained-in-the-Klangwan have followed with close in-man-made law, ne human pow-camp for war criminal suspects. terest the changes in Burma's er. can rightly desecrato." fortunes since the United Kingdom relinquished res- ponsibility are now watch- ing with cager anticipation the discussions now said to be going on between Karen nationalists and the Burma Government. Both parties have proclaimed their adher-

BRITISH RIGHTS

IN HONDURAS

Lord Greenwood was born in Ontario, Canada.

Lord Greenwood was one of a Liberal Member of Parliament the select company of Cana- for York. His first official post the Redians who won laurels in Eng-was that of Under-Secretary of

economy will court restricvoule He made his political debut.in disaster-Associated Press, England in 1906 when he became

BRITAIN LOOKING TO ELDORADO

world.

From H.C. BRERETON

State for Home Affairs in 1919, and inter in the same year, he

Often during the Irish troubles which followed the end of the first World Wor his life was threatened and a police guard which he was given when Chlef Secretary for Ireland was main- lained long after his retirement from active polities.

Lord Greenwood later became a Conservative Member of Parlia- ment, until, in 1929, he was ale- vated to the Peerage 34_ba- came n Viscount In 1937,

From 1993 to

1938

ho was British Gulana, our only 4,000,000 acres of

waterways, Honorary Treasurer of the Con- Colony in South America, with estimated to

possess n greater servative Far

Party. its 270 miles of Alluntie seaboard water power per square

mile In the meantime he had made and borders fringing Venezuela, than Conuda.

his name at the Dar. He became Brazil and Dutch Gulana, is be- British Gulona has its troubles, King's Counsel in 1019 and had coming Britain's bastion of de- teo. Alongside Communist ac-the rare

distinction

of being u velopment in this part of the tivity among the workers goes barrister-at-law of Groy's Inn Red infiltration into the middle (London), New Brunswick, New But the Colony Is considered classes. This takes the form of South Australia. by the Brazilians es "the Gate- "Communist Republicanism" from In business too he had an out- way to South America," and by the Latin American States. Re-standing career, serving as Pre- Venezuelans as the logical coun- cent visitors from Venezuela and sident of the try into which to push their Argentina have been under po- Steel Federation from 1938 to Western borders.

lice scrutiny. With A cosmopolitan popula- of nearly 400,000 subjects tion of loyal to the King, British Guiana has wast forests and such great gricultural and mineral wealth that it could rupport › a populą- to see a state ruled by a fana

tion of many millions within its tical Communist minority as 150th anniversary of the battle of tish

83,000 square miles. Honduras • "deliverance i British Guiana was once Sir their nearest neighbours. St. George's Caye, please convey from Spala," indirectly stressing Waiter

Raleigh's "Eldorado."

London, September 12.

ence to the principle that the Britain today demonstratively reassorted her rights

will of the majority shall prevail. To that extent both

have 3

common interest.

The Karens may wish an undefined degree

of au-

tonomy but they cannot wish

to British Honduras on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the deliverance of that colony from the "Spanish invaders."

Once

to all Bri-

Mr. Arthur Creech Jones, senttish Colonial the following cable to the Colon- tish newspaper offices after this

duras: "On the occasion of the commemorative article on inl. Secretury of British Hon-morning's Times had published a

Bri.

1939.-Reuter.

British Iron and

SCHACHT HAS A

SECRET THEORY

Hamburg, September 11.

with whom, by geography to the people of British, Honduras the importance which is attached To-day, it ranks foremost in Bri-Dr. Hjalmar Schacht said today he plans to spend six`

and best here to Britain's Central Ameri-tain's "New Look" and economics, they have in my warm greetings dissoluble ties. At the same wishes for the future pros-can.colony.

perity."

time,

the Burmese Govern- ment must wish

*The to retain links with territories united September 10,

British settlers

i

battle WAS

оп fought 1798, when 350 of St George's

The

programme

for the Colonial Empire. Capi- tal-Including millions of dollars *from the United States, and Canada is flowing Into It.

months "in a good library" working out details

of his secret theory for the restoration of the German economy.

court

He has said for more than a

*

now

year. that he has economic theory for Germany,

but has refused to divulga what

Abortive Invasion

The Times stressed that the

Schacht, who is credited with Sweden, Britain, the by history and natural inter Caye, o small island seven miles

Inhabitants of the "attlemant

Unitel of Balize" have been celebra.

Inventing the German brand States, Switzerland, Germany arid ests however determined East of Belize warded off an at-

ting the battle of St. George's Down the mighty rivers go of economie warfare, became Holland have been bidding for they may be to prevent their tack by a Spanish fleet of 31 ves- Caye every year for the past hundreds of small boats, braving a free man 10. days ago. The the rights to his memoirs. Ho country from falling under sels with 2,500 troops on bourd,

150 years, thus affirming their the rapids to carry men and ma-International Military Tribunal has not yet signed any contract, the domination of a minor-The settlers were supported by

loyalty to the British crown.

terials into the gold and diamond at Nuremberg had mall British detachments and

felds..

acquitted however. ity sect dominated from a the eight-gun sloop, Merlin,

of war him

crimes charges, added: "Interest, Over the jingle, aircraft are Timea foreign country.

denazification The story of the battle, together will be added to today's celebra making important

survoys and but a In both cases there is a with the text of the official cable, tjons by the fact that this year Dying technicians and tools to sentenced him to cight years common element. Both were sent out today by the Bel-has been marked by reports of the airstrips

in prison. He was acquitted by sides want

Recently D-Day planner Lt-an appeals court last week. an attempt to invade British Fon- independence.

lt in. duras from Guatemala. Britain Gen. Sir Both sides want the will of peoples pin

Frederick Morgan came their hopes. moved warships and troops from to examine the Colony's re- The economist, who is now 71, "I want to establish # how the majority to prevall. They trust and 'belleve that Jamaica and the invasion did not sources, and already plans have has been offering financial advice theory In the economic and Both sides abhor the inter- it is not beyond the ingenuity take place."

been made for increasing füger to the Allies, and although they finance system of Germany,!! he ference of outside elements. of those who are discussing

and rice production.

have listened to what he has to said. "My experience showed me The Times closed its article' by Other riches that le. hidden say, General Lucius Clay, the that we have to take a different It is on these common fac-matters at Moulmein to ar enumerating some of the achieve away in Guiana Include_bauxite. American zone commander, said way in Ibo national economy.

My tors in the situation rather rive at a compromise which ments of British Colonial rule in manganese, columbite, mica and none of his suggestions were act-opinion is that a nu

number of old than on dramatle clashes on will satisfy both the desire Brith Honduras during the past tilanium. Iron ore, deposits haveled upon.

fundamantel rales on finance are Schacht said he has had no job today, no longer valid. 1. am try- what after all are minor for independence and the few years which included in also been discovered. There may

particular, points that the well-wishers necessity for, inter-depend- of the best airports in Central

the bullding of one oil, too.

offers from German financiers oring to prove that rules exist from The possibilities of hydro-elec-economists since he got out of which a new fundamental-basis-.-- of the Burma-and- Karen ence."

America-United Press.

trle power are great. There are jail, but added that publishers infean be developed."—United Press.

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