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CANADA JAPS' ARSENAL IN

CHINA WAR

-SAYS PEACE DELEGATE

(BY AIR MAIL)

Canada is the arsenal of Japan. slaughtered, Chinese women out-

INLAND FLYING-BOAT BASE

GENERAL

SOUTH AFRICA'S PARLIAMENT

£1,000,000 For Welfare Annually

"But for the war materials from raged and then killed, and Chinese Preparing For Service shocking, declared Chief Victor of western civilisation on them had

-Canada It would have been im

possible for Japan to begin her aggression and impossible for her to continue it."

Dr. M'Leod, president of the Peace and 'Canadian League for Democracy, made that statenient at an International Peace. Con- ference which opened in Londen recently. The delegates from 19 countries attended. states Glasgow Bulletin.

the

children murdered or orphaned."

M Henri Rolin, Beigiam, presă- dent of the International Federa- tion of League of Nations Societies, If nations were to be sald that freed from the blackmail of daily menace it

time they sent material assistance to victimised countries.

WAS

Great Britain. the Dominions, and America would have to bear the brunt of any boycott of Japan, but if it were insisted upon it would have an appreciable effect.

Across India

(BY AIR MAIL)

The health of the native" people | ment must be held at least par- was going backward and infantile tially responsible for the bad state mortality among his people was of native health, because the clash

Foto, head of the Pondon tribe in much to do with the plight in Western Pondoland, addressing the which they found themselves: Native Representative Counell in Pretoria,

WHAT STATE IS. DOING Sir Edward Thornton, Secretary for Public Health, outlined what the Government is doing för the He mentioned that in all £1,000,000 was spent every

Tural

He said it was hoped that a proper system of registration of the births and deaths in areas would soon be introduced and within a few months a nutri- tional survey would be undertaken A spe- among the native people. clal, survey would also be made of the tuberculosis position.

The Council-South Africa's new native Parliament-is meeting for The imminent opening of the the first time. The session is an natives new Empire air mail service be-historic occasion as it represents over tween Great Britain, Indis, and one of the most important events year on native health. Malaya will give a prominent place in the development of the Union on the air map of India to the Government's native policy. town of Gwalior, for the Mad- Chief Victor Poto said he had hosager lake, 11 miles away, will recently gone among his people to In the first nine months of 1937.

be a stopping-place for the flying-make researches. He found that a Dr. M'Leod said. Canada exported

boats on their overland flight be very small percentage lived beyond M. Leon Jouhaux, general secre- to Japan seven times the amount

tween Karachi and

the age of 50 years, and that the Calcutta.

of tuberculosis. majority died of copper sent the previous year. tary of the French Trade Union

states The Times. four times the amount of lead. Congress, said that the Interna-

The flying-boat base on the lake This was probably due more than and twice the amount of nickel tional Peace Campaign would have.

In the Trarisvas) an enormous is now under construction. The anything else to their own negli-

programme Any movement against Japanese to react more vigorously than on

would be If they knew no better? They launched for the natives in the aggression that did not lead to a previous occasions if catastrophe Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior is sence, but how could they help it ballding Government embargo on shipments were to be averted. The respon- taking a keen interest in the pro-should have been told about these ensuing year,

and in the other material would be sibility was with the labour organ-Ject, and particularly in ensuring things long ago.

provinces fine work also was being of this war

that the station shall be thorough- Natives, ho contiqued. were done, though on a lesser scale. absolutely meaningless. The symptsations.

ly well equipped and attractively being trained at Fort Hare Uni- Great success had been achieved athy of the Canadian people was' with China.

Mr. Pitman Potter, an American and plcturesquely laid out. Tem-versity College as medical assiș- in combating, malaria among the WORLD BOYCOTT CONSIDERED delegate, said that he was sure porary arrangements have been tants, but that was not enough. native people of Natal, and they The conference met to consider that American movements would made for the alighting of flying- They needed fully trained doctors had at last, impressed on natives boats until the permanent build-in the reserves. As things were that "leprosy could be cured if the withdrawal of all aid from

Mr. Krishan Menon, an Indian lags and equipment have been they had to send their sans over-i tackled in the early stages. Na-. Japan by a boycott. help for China.

seas to study medicine, and only |tives were now coming forward for and collaboration between the various countries and organisations in each country to end the war and to reinforce the League of Na- tiona.

HOPE OF U.S. SUPPORT

not be found lacking.

sald that when the delegate, Japanese aggression became known in India there was a spontaneots boycott of Japanese goods.

completed.

The water area of the Mad-

a few of them could afford this. treatment of their own accord.

Chlet Victor Poto suggested. » He agreed, too, that economie hosagar lake, at full tank level, is over 74 square miles, and the therefore, that native health visi- conditions might be largely respon- M. Ernest Poisson, vice-president maximum depth of water is 79ft. tors should be appointed for the sible for the incidence of tuber- and locations, and that culosis among natives, but the Lord Cecil, who was absent of the International Co-operative It is stated that even with the reserves through a

chill, wrote: "Japan Alliance, representing 120,000,000 water at its lowest the area will facilities should be provided for Government was taking a very of fully-qualified serious view of the position, and has challenged the principles in men and women, including Japan- be sumcient for flying-boats to the training

would alight and take off easily. The doctors. boycott 1

making large

of money which we believe, and it is for usese, said that

now being built.

The Rev. John Dube, supporting available for rebuilding insanitary to show that we detest her action only be effective if supported by landing pler and free ourselves from all com- the Governments of the vigorous There will be a special jetty for the Chler, said that the Govern-locations.

countries a view endorsed by Mr. landing passengers and malis, plicity with her."

Ben Tülett.

from Messages were also read Mr. Stimson, from New York, and M. Paul Reynaud.

General Chiang Kai-shek, Gen- eralissimo of the Chinese forces, wrote:-"Wherever the Japanese set foot. Chinese men have been

The British delegation of the conference decided at a separate meeting later in favour of a cam- paign to organise a house-to-house canvass to secure a universal cott of Japanese goods.

STAPLA

with motor-launches for com-weather forecasts. A beacon light More than 200,000 war refugees; munication between the flying on the historie fort of Gwalior will in East Cheklang are now facing boats and the shore. A concrete serve both the aerodrome and the starvation. states

to a message block weighing over a ton has been flying-boat station. The Tata air the Sin Wan Pao. According to put down for use as a temporary service will link the trans-con- the report, the price of rice in boy-anchorage till permanent moorings tinental flying-boat service with Ningpo and Shachsing has re-

have been fixed. The flying-boats Delhi.

cently scared up to $20 per stand- will alight about two furlongs from The road from Gwalior to Mad-ard measure owing to a shortage hosagar is to be straightened, of supplies. As ན་ result, many A' message from Linan" states

Mr. Tseng Chi, a member of the the shore.

widened, and concreted to bear people of the middle and lower that the Chengsze Islands off the National Defence Council who has

LINK WITH DELHI

fast traffic. A branch of theclasses have resorted to digging Cheklang coast near Tinghai, been investigating the progress

Hotel, which will Imperial Airways have installed Grand

be potatoes and other roots for food. which were captured by the Japan-et general mobilization' In Yunnan ese some time ago, have been re- province, left Yunnanfu on March a portable wireless set for the pre-established beside the lake, will

Chinese laundries in Birming- Chinese forCES,

route occupied by

ac-16 for Kwelchow, en

to sent, but more powerful transmit-serve passengers with dinner and

refreshments. The total ham, Ala., on March 15 extended cording to information from mill-Hankow, where he will submit a ting and receiving apparatus will light

A meteorological estimated cost of the flying-boat their boycott against Japanese tary sources. The Japanese troops report to the Central authorities, be set up later. at Changtushan near Tinghai have states a message to the Hwa Met observatory has already been es- base and the approach road will goods by announcing that they would refuse to wash silk garments.. tablished to supply the pilots with be Rs.8 lakhs (£80,000). also been withdrawn.

Pac.

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