The Indians who were working as police for the Japane se were in many cases moat offensive to the uropeane
uropeans, many many cases of indecent searc ing and feo: lapping have been reported from many places. I experienced t le myself from the Indians stationed in front of the Queen Mary Hospital on the two trips I made from 3t. Stephen's over to Powkfulhem. “ Being a hot temper a person I ticked them off for it, and must say they looked a bit sheepish when I asked them if they weren't ashamed to be found working for the Japanese, I decided to keep away from sentry posts of any sort however and gave up the trip to ovkfulkan. Controversies were a bit too dangerous for any ore in my position.
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On the 23rd of April, St. George's, I moved to the French Hospital, as it had been announced that at. Jtephen's was to be closed by the end of the month. This was at the · suggestion of Mr. Oven vers who had been most extraorЛinarily kind. He and the other truck drivers" as they were called brought bread and a very small amount of milk to the hospital regularly. I thin: it only right to put in a bit abemt them here, they put up such a gallant show. There were four of them at the French Hospital, wit: others whom I do not know so well somewhere else in town. I knew Mr. Owen Evans, Kr. Winter, Mr. prud and Henry, They kept the bread and milk service running in the face of the most unsurmountable difficulties. Every one of those men had his face slaped by dapanese coolie solders, who were apparently given complete discretion to do what they liked with the Europeans, No one knows just what ever
did happen to them on their daily rounis, because they kept on going, rain or shine, faces slaped or not, they rarely said much about what hap aned, made a joke or everything, they were all strap ing biz men, who could have taken the average five foot Japanese soldier by the scruff of his neck and broken hira in tro. But they could take it, and they did, amiling. And they kept us fed. Although Owen once told me he found he couldn't carry sacks of rice and heavy loade as he should be able to do, they were living on rise and bears and a few tina of potted meat at the French Hospital, and it wasn't quite the stuff to stoke up the engine for hauvy work. I used to give them fresh Tuck eggs, mich they enjoyed mightily. And they kept my husband and me supplied with sugar and any other oddments they had available from the Hospital Comforta Su-ply.
We were all so terribly poor, no one had any money, or if we did it was so little, and get ment so quickly. And where was my mor: toʻoome from?
did help each other. Bo I arranged to go to live at the French Hospital, thanks to men's good advice, they a11. thought it would be better and safer for se there, where there were ́e mumber of British and Americans and I would have company,
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