1938-08-04 — Page 9

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CABLES

VACCINE DONATIONS FROM ALL PARTS

非

OF WORLD FOR CHINA

Big Response To Appeal By The Government

THE FIGHT AGAINST CHOLERA

Hankow, "August: 3.

In response to the Chinese Government's' appeal, foreign, health ministries and Institutes have offered millions of doses of cholera vaccine which are arriving shortly. ̧

According to information from the National Health Administra- tion. in Europe alone three generous offers of cholera vaccine doses have been received to date. These include one for a million doses from- the Ministry of Health of Turkey; one for half a million doses from the Zagreb School of Jugoslavia; and from the Bucharest Institute, also for a million doses, in four shipments.

The Philippine Red Cross have

donated another million doses

whille Geylon and Australia both LARGE SEIZURE

gave half a million doses.

As chief sponsor for the dona- on campaign in aiding China, the League of Nations itself has purchased one million "doses from Hanoi.

The United States are also en- thusiastically giving help. the American Bureau of Medical Aid Relief of New York having allocat- ed G$25,000 for the purchase of vaccine doses.

The Chinese Women's Relief As sociation, Manila, did their share by contributing one million doses. -Central News).

RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR WILL NOT MATERIALISE

(Continued from Page 1)

municated

the Soviet,

Government today, referring to the frontier violations since August 1.

OF NARCOTICS

Drugs Concealed In Bibles

Jerusalem, August -3.

The criminal intelligence service of Palestine has just effected the largest haul of heroin and cocaine hitherto recorded.

CHINESE ENVOY SIR MALCOLM

LEAVES GERMANY

Berlin, August 3.

Practically the entire Chi- nese colony in Berlin and re- presentatives of German Min- istries hade farewell to the ex- Chinese Ambassador, Dr. Cheng Tien-fang, on his departure for Copenhagen yesterday. — (Reuter),

|MURRAY

DROWNED

London, August 2 Lieut.-General Sir Malcolm Mur- ray, 71-year-old Comptroller of the Household of the Duke of Con- naught, was drowned in Virginia Water when he overbalanced while salling a boat.--(Reuter).

CHINA WORTHY OF THE

WORLD'S SUPPORT

Atrocities Can Be Stopped By Concerted Demand

Below is a report of the speech given by Dr. Oscar Thomson an American surgeon“ who was born in China and who, for many years has served on the staff of the Canton Hospital where Dr. Sun Yat Sen was. for a time, a student. The speech was given over the Canton Municipal Broadcasting Station and is one of a series of ad- dresses arranged by the Canton Committee for Justice to China, given by foreign residents of Canton in English from 7 to 7.20 each Sunday evening.

Dr. Thomson said:-

who have fed south to escape the Japanese armies, which are ad- mittedly out of control These poor people have suffered from

The drugs. worth several thou-{ As a resident of Cantor. I have. sand pounds, were discovered con-like hundreds of other foreigners, ccaled in packages in, the covers witnessed the brutal and ruthless of 81 coples of the Talmud sent bombing of this old and large open the sword, tamine. pestilence and from Paris.

commercial city. We have seen flood. In the maternity wards. ' It is understood that information the dead mutilated bodies of hun-the mothers of many of the babies received from the French Burete dreds of men, women, and chil- are also refugees. Doubtless some led the local police to seize a dren lying on the streets and of the mothers and infants will quantity of books after delivery buried in the ruins of their homes. be bombed or otherwise killed had been made to the addressee shops, and schools. We have seen sometime." The fathers of several by the post office.-(Reuter) the terribly wounded, and in some of the children were killed by

cases. burned bodies, being rescued bombs.

of

"

OPENING OF TALKS

Prague, August 3.

by the efficient and courageous men and womer of the Red Cross

NON-COMBATANTS

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(Continued from Page 1) Foreign exchange brokers also reported a further strong demand fox dollars. Buying from London was mainly for commercial account but the continental buying was described as rather panicky being In the surgical wards there are based Dr. Milan Hodza, Czech Premier.organizations, many of whom have

nervousness regarding has written to Herr Kundt. leader themselves been wounded and kill-all non-combatants, maimed by and, to a lesser extent, to the con- many men women and children.the international political situation the Sudeten parliamentary led by Japanese bombs and group, appointing today for the machine

the Japanese naval bombers in tinued belief in some quarters that gum bullets. My Asked about the Japanese at:/official opening of negotiations be-leagues, the Chinese and foreiga boats and in the main streets of

their homes. schools, shops and devaluation of tripartite currencies Czech physicians of Canton and I have the city.

is still a possibility. This belief is The civilians are cared for hundreds of these Door worse case than the soldiers in circles.

in not shared by the best informed

unfortunates. out "friends and neighbours. Our hospitals are full injuries from the explosion of the |their trenches, for added to the of the wounded, We have appeal-bomb, and the tomb fragments ed to the humanitarian people of and machine gun bullets are the the world to stop, this murder of burns from fires caused by incen- the Innocents on a grand scale.

titude in view of the Soviet in- fractions, especially the continuous; air attacks on Korean towns, the spokesman replied that Japan was

watching carefully and calmly the attitude and further actions of the Soviet troops.

Japan was not abandoning, how ever, 2 peaceful settlement by diplomatic means but all depend. ed upon the attitude of Russia. One would be able to see further

the Sudetens and tween Ministers.--(Reuter).

LORD RUNCIMAN WELCOMED IN PRAGUE

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CHINESE RELICS TAKEN AWAY

Hankow, August 3.

rather heavyish scale in support of British control intervened on a

sterling and the French authorities apasmodically supported the franc. Intense activity in the bullion market was reflected in. the stock exchange where gilt-edged securi- I am a member of the staff of

ties, declined on heavy selling from the Canton Hospital, through

Relics of the Pelping Museum A savage bull unrestrained by the continent in order to finance

have Assurances are given in London which modern medical science was its owners, has broken into a gold purchases. (Reuter).

been transported by the in a few days time especially what that Lord Runciman is not coming introduced into China and Japan. China shop.

Japanese to Manchuria, according motives were responsible for the to Czechoslovakia with any pre-

and is destroying In this institution, some sixty beautiful works of art, but much defeat a Japan helped by the en-

to a Tientsin message. aggressive attitude of Russia and conceived plan or definite instruc- years ago, my father also served. worse. Is trampling and

Other goring are world. the democratic Powers books and curios are being cellect- art treasures, ancient then one could come to further tions from the British Government and taught Dr. Sun Yat Sen Ithe owners of the shop. theirdnancing the conqueror by ex-

and the paper concludes the Bri-am speaking from the city

of familles, their customers and their tending credits to Japan directlyed by the Japanese and will be At present it looked as if theftish adviser is optimistic as to a Rams, where for more than one friends who are in it. Outside or indirectly. Given after that, a also sent to Manchuria.—(Central actions in the Changkufeng sector satisfactory result accruing, from hundred and flity years the are many people watching, some mere decade in which to exploit News),

Western nations. particularly sympathetic for the sufferers in their prize, given Great Britain. the United States side. but unwilling for various of America and France have de-reasons to apply restraint. They veloped trade. established educa- might get hurt. It might interfere tional and medical institutions, with their business of providing and have taught our friends the the food for the bull: or the Chinese people.

decisions..

were the arbitrary actions of the his mediation-Transocean. local commander.-(Transocean),

FRANCE'S

POSITION

COMMENT ON MEMORANDUM

Why

#1 then

Soroptimist Cause Grows In Europe

Progress in the spread of the Soroptimist movement among women in continental Europe

was reported at the Interma- tional Congress of the Euro- pean Federation of Soroptim- Ists Clubs, held at Amsterdam' recently,

Since the previous Congress In 1934 Denmark had formed three clubs, France had increased the number of its clubs from eight to 15, and the Netherlands from nine tu 12.

the continued assistance of the Western People. who blissfully imagine that all this is no direct concern of theirs PICKETS PATROL

Japanese militarists build an army and navy capable

RANGOON STREETS owners of the bull, who appear to of wrecking the earth, themselves

Rangoon, August 3. take no interest in the matter.included. and great numbers o!

The communal rioting of pre-

The European Continental might refuse to trade with them. the despised white men, whom the Some do not helleye in the use of Japanese are now gleefully making lous days has died down although Federation now comprises eight pickets are stil patrolling the countries with 4 clubs and about restraining force; their conscience their footballs in China.”

streets. A number of troops have 1,400 members. The British Federa- compels them to consent to the JAPAN--WANTON " AGGRESSOR been savagery of the brute.

withdrawn.-(Reuter Bulle-tion was represented at the Con- The militarists of the world (tin).

gress here by 100 delegates.

Paris. Aug. 3.

Prague. August 3. The Slovenski Hlast, organ of the The chain of events in the

Czechoslovakian Prime Minister, Korean frontier clash which might Initiate the involving of French, today's Issue deals with the

THE RAPE OF NANKING obligations are discussed by Mmemorandum of the Sudeten Ger- the Nationali- "Donnadien.

should we allow the Writing in L'Epoque man delegation on he remarks that Germany, and tles Statute. The paper "rejects Japanese arrates to devastate what Italy are closely following the the reproach of the Czech Left we have built up? To destroy the developments in the Changkufeng Wing press that a publication of commercial, educational and med! area and adds that those who ad- both memorandas of the Sudeten cal Institutions, the public utilities vise France not to interest them-German Party increases the ten- such as water and light, which

have been weighed in the balances selves in the happenings in the sion of the inner political situation. are essential to the health and The only way to save civiliza-and found wanting. Japan has This view is said to be incorrect, welfare of the Chinese and foreign tion is for peace-loving nations to been adjudged by the League of "Even If It is true that bur On the contrary, the step taken communities and which are cer- make a concerted effort to uphold Nations and by most of the agreement with Russia does not by the Sudeten German Party is tainly not military objectives and laws and principles on which alone nations of the earth to be a operate in the event of war be- said to have clarified the situation. have no military value?

Far East are unwise.

tween Japan and Russia it must)

The Blovenaki Hlast writes that not be forgotten that Germany both Governments and Lord Run- might be able to seize the oppor- ciman would, nevertheless, in the tunity to attack Czechoslovakia near future. devote their entire with whom We have a treaty attention to the memoranda of the alliance," he adds-Reuter)..

Sudeten Germans. Also the "ans- wer to the question of the Budeten German Deputy: Herr Kundt. by the Prime Minister is to be re- garded as an indication of "the Soviet war vessels which entered policy chosen. (Transocean). Posslet Bay, following the second outbreak in the Changkuteng in- eldent, now number twenty.

SOVIET WARSHIPS IN POSSIET BAY

Bhanghai, Aug. 3.

20

The construction of temporary FRANCO-GERMAN

TRADE PACT

quarters for Soviet border guards | has meanwhile been continued in the region north of Changkufeng.

(Continued from Pare 1) Reports stating Marsha! Vassily Bluecher, Commander-in-Chief of

The Agreement concerning the Soviet Far Eastern Forces, was re-private transfer is also extended called to Moscow for failure to bre- to Austria, the interest rate having vent the escape of an O.G.PU been reduced from 31 to 3 per official to Manchuria are ground- Jess.

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Simultaneously with Marshal Bluccher's return to Harbarovsk,

he

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FRENCH HOLDINGS The French holdings

Consist

Will you allow the rape of Nanking, one of the blackest pages in history, to be repent- ed at Hankow, at Canton and other large Chinese cities?

The American, British and *French Governments know well that these atrocities, can be stopped if the peoples of our countries demand it. Silence gives consent.

war.

ONLY WAY OUT

peace can rest secure.. China is wanton aggressor. The resolu- |repressing a brutal and vindictive | tions of the League and or foe, a menace to civilization, an the International Feace Con- enemy of the human race. The terence must be enforced by the peace of the world is at stake. peace-loving nations. for selfsh China is fighting the advance-reasons of, security, if for no bet- guard action of the next world ter. They require active support for China 25 the victim of It is worth while repeating the deliberate aggression-loans-the closing words in an article by provision of the means of defence," Edgar Snow in the June fourth an embargo on the supply number of the Saturday Evening military equipment to Japan, an Post:

embargo on the export of oil and metals to Japan--the giving to China of the help expected by the 'Nine Power Treaty and the Covenant of the Kellog-Briand Pact.

As I made my rounds in the hospital today, I saw many re- "It is gravely to be doubted fugees from other parts of China (whether an isolated China. can

THOUSANDS POUR INTO

WEST CHINA, SEEKING SCHOOLS AND FACTORIES

BY AIR MAIL FROM OUR CHUNGKING CORRESPONDENT) - NACH DAY some 2000 people arrive at Ichang, Hupeh, from Chang- sha. Hengyang, Wuchang, Hankow, Itu and other places on their

given greater power as principally of the Young Loan way to west China, via Chungking.. commander of the Far Eastern shares. Army (International).

FRANCE MAY MEDIATE

In spite of this steady influx, the population of Chungking since The funds made available the war has been increased by only a Btile over 5000. According to through the reduction of the in- latest figures," Changking residents today number 479,000. Shanghal, August 3. terest rate will be used for amor- **This strange situation may be explained by the fact that many. It is reported here that France tization, this beginning immediate Chungking merchants and workers have found it wise to follow the may offer her good offices in me-ly in the case of the Dawes Loan advice of the local authorities to send their relatives into the coun- disting in the Changkufeng affair. and in two years on the Young try, and thus prevent unnecessary strain on the city's accommoda-

Japan is said to have reserved Loan.

tion.

two-thirds of her strength in The Agreement which consista Fersons who have migrated to Szechuen up to the present can- dealing with "Russia, but there is of numerous clauses will become not be classed as refugees in the ordinary sense of the word, as most atill anxiety in Tokyo.-(Inter- [effective at the beginning of of them have come with a motive to And better schools or to locate national),

August.--(Transocean).

sites for projected factories.

of

An important requirement la to oppose any settlement Incom- patible with the integrity of China. Boycott of the products of aggressor nations and boycott of the countries responsible for the horror of the bombing of civilians.

COURAGEOUS CHINESE The Chinese people, combatants and non-combatants alike with

the exception of the contemptible traitor puppets, are courageous, enduring uncomplaining. They have our admiration. The Red Cross and Health authorities and personnal, the units of the League of Nations the staffs of the Hos- pitals, the medical students and nurses are serving efficiently and bravely. They are worthy of your support. They are grateful for the help given by the Lord Mayor's Fund, The Red Cross Societies and Individuals.

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