HONGKONG DAILY PRESS
SINKIANG-THE
NEW SECRECY IN
WAR.
DOMINION OF CHINA
Forming a vital aerial and highway Link between Free China and Europe, Sinklang Province or Chinese Turkestan is. making slow but steady progress' on' the nation's reconstruction front, (Sinklang in Chinese means the New Dominion,)
Four times the size of Szechwan Province, Chinese Turkes- tan is entering the second year of its second three-year pro- gramme, having completed Itsärst one in 1938 with many new small, Industries, hospitals, schools, roads and power plants to its credit. In its administrative programme for 1948, the pro- vince is placing special emphasis on development and Indus- trialisation. Today this important link between China's North- west and the'Asiatic mainland of the U. S. S. R. Is not only an International outlet for Free China but is also a land ot tremendous potentialities:
MAJOR GEN, BEITH
17
EXPLAINS
Mal-Gen Belth," Director of Public Relations. War office, speaking at an exhibition of war photographs, opened recently ̈at: Simpsons, Piccadilly, W. emphasised the vital neca for secrecy in wartime..
Army Bie was conducted and war precautions were conducted in secret. The use of the long- distance bombing, aeroplane had made the transport of troops and supplies dificult.
Speaking of the transporta, tion of the B. E. F. to France, and the arrival of the Canadian contingent in Britain, Maj-Gen. Belth declared that it was a miracle of organisation
The minerals
Chinese barley, outs, mille;, rice, cotton, of Turkestan' are abundant; su’phur, tucerne "and many fruits. Among saltpeter and alum are found cx- the animals raised are horses, tensively in the environs of camels, oxen, asses, sheep and Uch-Turfan and Yarkand; jade- gouts. stone and gold in the K' uenlun The greater part of Sinklang is range; lead, naphtha, coal, and an immense desert, surrounded by copper to the west of Kashgar; lofty mountains. Except for a few coal at Turfan: rock-salt east of places it is sandy and barren. The whole story cannot be Aksu, and north of Turfan. The Wherever irrigation is possible. told yet, but history has been Chinese Government has invested the soll, which is excellent, pro-made by it," he said. "Thanks to $750,000 on one gold mine in the duces good crops. In accordance the organisation, the enemy had province which is a present with its second three-year plan, only the very vagues; idea of our producing 15,000 ounces of gold a Chinese Turkestan spent $436,000 | strength, or of our disposition."
on irrigation and hydraulic pro-/ jects in 1939. Another $162,000 and $295,000 will be spent in 1940 and 1941, respectively, for the same purpose. Meanwhile increasing attention is being paid to
year.
1
Coal Is cheap In Sinklang. Bo Iar no big mines" have been
developed. The province produces only 20,000 tons a year. To date the government
invested $300,000 in exploiting coal veins in Chinese Turkestan.
has
FLOUR MILLS
have
forestation.
re-
Italo-German Ties Weaken
FINANCE
HUNAN IS FIGHTING & RECONSTRUCTING
While fighting on its north eastern border, Hunan Province is carrying on reconstruction work at the rear with equal intensity.
to
Everywhere in the province which not long ago was the scene of China's biggest victory since the famous Talerhchwang battle, farmers are sweating from dawn to dusk, factories, are buzzing with activity and new mines are being, excavated meet the nation'a call for mere asing production. In the western part of the province, away from the rich rice-producing regions along the Tungting Lake, the larges, water reservoir in China. proper, the Hupan authorities are launching a cotton-planting programme.
In one district alone the area crops. Some 94,530
ΠΟΥ
of
of co-operative cotton-farms has hitherto uncultivated land were exceeded 43,000 mow. The working tallized last year. but 30,000,000 stations of the provincial farm more mow in the province still Improvement
bureau have awaft development
assistance.
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purchased best cotton seeds for Hunan is an important woud all distribution among the farmers. producing province.. In addition In addition to the existing cotton to four model districts for grow- farms, 200.000 more mow of landing, wood all trees; a movement will be devoted to cotton growing. to encourage cultivation of this The production is expected. to useful plant in every village and Cotton Mill No. 1, which was meet the demand in the Tunan town has been launched. More than 10,000,000 wood all trees and established with government seedlings were grown last year.
Another important Hunan Ranked as the second largest product & tea, of which the rice-producing province in Fre production, manufacture and China, Hunan emphasizes crop marketing are government-con- Improvement and reclamation of trolled, The Eunan Tea Corpora- uncultivated land. No less than on loaned $3,000,000 last year 5,400 piculs of superior seeds were for improving the quality of tea.
the spread over 90,000 mow of land on
other hand, It has more than during 1939. Another 118,000 mow collected
100,000 of rice fields were also afforded caskets of black tea. Hunan better farming methods last year produces much brick' tea, una «oi through a special gran; of $46, China's important barter Items. 200 from the Centrul Agricultural Improvement Bureau.
WINTER CROPY
At the same time, more than thirty districts have been assisted by the provincial authorities to increase the quantity of, winter
LONDON. Mar. 14 (Reuter) MASS EDUCATION
The Buenos Aires paper Nacion Only seven years ago, a little applauds the common-sense son- more than 2,000 people in Chinese tion of the Italian coal dispute,, Turkestan had received a primary Side by side with the promotion education. Today, through mass the solution a victory for Britain The Eldia de It Fate considers of handicrafts, the Sinklang
education campaigns, Chinese and the weakening authorities
of provincial"
Italo- established in Urumchi (Tibwa), men
Turkestan has more than 200,000 German ties. The paper says: and women with various "The undoubted security of the I}, and in: other big cides, chemical works, mechanical repair tion of normal and social educa- voyage of the Queen Elizabeth”
degrees of education. The promo- donvoy system is proved by the shops. flour mills, tobacco
and tion
has been rap'd during canning factories, and tanneries.
NAZI MENACE the year "under review. The But the real future of Chinese budget for educational
The Worcester Telegram says|66| Turkestan lies in farming and cultural expenditures has been "The decent part of the world animal husbandry. Approximately increased to more than $1,000,000 destres. the dissolution of $4,000,000 have been invested in a year. Free education is given. Hitlerism, but the world is not establishing model agricultural Food, lodging and stationery ex-secking the dissolution of Gen- stations, veterinary hospitals, and penses are given students. Those many Britain and France are schools. In animal husbandry who show academic prominence fighting. not to dismember the Blone, the government has invest in the Sinklang College of Arts German nation, but to free them-
more than $2,000,000. The and Science even have a chance selves from the menace of agricultural wealth of Chinese of being sent abroad to study. ruthlessly expanding Germany." Turkestan consists of wheat, (C. 1. C.)
ed
and
TOO LATE Pope's Grave
AGAIN!
Words
UNITY OF PURPOSE
The New York Past, under the headline "British Dominions Show Unity of Purpose to End Rule of Aggression," says: "According to present indications, contributioris from the British possessions will greatly exceed what the British Empire was able to contribute In VATICAN CITY, Mar. 14 (Reu- the last war. Co-operation between LONDON," Mar. 14 (Reuter)—ter) - Politica),
and England and the Dominions is economic Mr. Llyod George was sharply moral turmoils have started. the greater than ever before." critical of the Government in a repercussions and consequences comment" on the Finnish surren- which no mind can foresee, said Une man was killed and three' the Pope referring to the in- others were slightly injured any The Government, he said, was ternationsi situation in an Allocu- an explosion in # waste pipe always too late in taking action} tion the Members of the outside the workshop of a North when the life of small neutrals Sacred College, who came to con- Wales factory. The man
killed was at stake.
gratulate him on the First An-was Gridith Evans, aged-50, nt They were too late for Cze-niversary of his enthronement. Church-place. Penrhyndraeth, choslovakia, too late for Poland
der.
and certainly. too late for Finland.
"They are always"too late,
give too litile: or
to
Or
they are
too
"MOTHER
OF
late, with too little.”.
J.
TIBETAN REGENT'S
THANKS
CHUNGKING, Mar. 14 (Central) -The Reting Hutuktu, Regent of Tibet. has submitted a tolegra-
phic report to the National Gor. ernment on the enthronement of
GUERILLAS"
RESUMES ACTIVITY
Not content with her past achievements, Madame Chao (Hung Wen-kuo), that rugged "Mother of Chinese Guerillas,”,, left Chungking on February 25 for the countryside in Szechwan to spread one gospel of conscription. During her travels, which „will require a period of three months, she will be accompani-
ed by two persons.
*
men will
Madame Chap's decision to have been ugly rumours awout the 14th Dalai Lama in Lhasa on arouse the national consciousness them. But I am not afraid. I have Feb. 22. The telegram also acknow- of the countryfolk, she said, was two more daughters and one son ledges the precious gifts pre-prompted by interviews with whom I wil send to the front as sented by Gen Wu Chung-hsin, | Madame Chiang Kai-shek and soon as they reach military age. Special Envoy, to the new Tibetan Dr. Sun Fo. China's First Lady I shall spare no effort during my temporal pontiff on behalf of the was quoved to have said that it lifetime, to do my utmost for my National Government.
women are not timid, military country. May God help me to live CABLE TO LIN SEN
not be cowardly." to a ripe old age, until the enemy SHANGHAI, Mar. 14 (Reuter)- Madame Chao
visit 15 is driven beyond the Yalu River," The Regent of Tibet in Lhasa different places west of Chung- she continued,. Jakchen Hutuketu has wired to king. She said that if the present Madame Chao, modestly called Mr. Lin Sen, Chairman of the tour proves succesful, she will herself "an old country woman." Chinese National" Government, visit other provinces.
She and that she abhors the Jap expressing thanks on
behalf of Madame Chao, now
eo anese infringing upon the terri- the new Dalai Lama, to whom years of age, said in an interview torial integrity of China, so much large quantities of gifts were that she would try to meet as so that "anti-Japanism has be presented on his enthronement many country mothers as possible come my profession.” Advocating
RIBBENTROP REPORTS
over
on Feb, 22, says the Sin Wan Pao, and tell them that it is their duty and carrying out guerilla warfare to "send their song and daughters for the past seven years Has to the front in order to drive the fightly earned her the title enemy away. Speaking of her own "Mother of the Chinese guerillas." family, she said the her two}-{C. I C) elder sons have sacrlaced their (Reuter)-lives for the country, while ber frst-hand third son and eldest daughter are: Rome now on the North China front.
UGLY RUMOURS ·
BERLIN, Mar. 14 Herr Hitler "obtained" information about the talks yesterday, when Herr VOD Foreign Ribbentrop, the Nazi
Minister, made his. report im- "I have not heard from them mediately on his arrival in Berlin. for the past month or so. There
BRITAIN IS NOW
SPENDING
£6,500,000 A DAY
"LONDON, Mar. 14 (Reuter)--The Chancellor of the Ezche- quer, Sir John Simon, moving the vote for a credit of £700,000,- 600, said that the Navy, Army, Air and Ministry of Supply were costing nearly £4,000,000 daily,
Lumping together all expenditure, including debt charges and social services, Britain was at present spending about £6,500,000
daily.
W
LEND TO WIN THE WAR
Lending to the limit was the one way to win the war, said Mr. Buchanan-Taylor, Joint honorary publicity adviser to the National Savings Committee, speaking at Birmingham,
The public should realise that
not
Rich in deposits of gold, silver, iron, copper, lead, anc, antimony, and sulphur. Hunan is the busy working centre for Chinese metallurgical experts. It is sti an important center of heavy and mining industries in Free China
(C. I. C.) -
"July 7" Spinning Jenny Gaining Popularity
The woodca "July 7" jenny which spins 23 counts of Yearn simultaneously, has been gaining popularity since it was first Introduced In Free China more than a year ago. Last, November it was reported that 21,000 of them were already in operation in 34 countries in Szechwan. More have been built since order to meet the growing demand in the country.
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This easy-to-operate, inexpen- sive Jenny has become a boon to numerous farmers in the interior who used to remain idle during the cold months. In their spare time, the peasantry are now be found spinning cotton or woollen yarn with 1 daily production afone catty. The adept can produce more, Realiz- ing its high practicability, "the National Agriculeural Production Promotion Commission 15 vigorously. extending it into other provinces,
gradu-
in
TIN QUOTA DECISION
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LONDON, Mar. 14 Reuter)— The "July 7" Jenny, as its name In the House of Commons yester- Buggests, is a warme product day, Mr. R. B. Stokes (Lab) Ask- invented and perfected by H. Y. ed Mr. Malcolm MacDonald, Moh, Wisconsin-llinios trained cretary for the
Colonies, whe- cotton industrialist, now head of ther the Government official and the Agricultural Production the ex-Government official, who Promotion Commission,
comprise the "majority of the Malay States" delegation to the ONLY ONE MONTH
International in Committee, but The commission has been traini- who are unfamiliar with the tim ing numerous persons to operate industry, have acted in accord- the machine, In the past year, ance with the advice offered by more tha 1 6,000 men and women the other Malayàn delegate" and have graduated from its free adviser to the delegation when schools which are scattered over fixing the tin quota. Hupeh, Shensi, Honan, Cheklang. Kwangsi, Kweichow
MAJORITY'S WISHES and chwan provinces. These
Bze- Mr. MacDonald replied that he ates, it was explained, in turn did no, think it would be in the the public interest to disclose train their relatives and friends. It takes only one month for a
private proceedings of the Mala- beginner to leam the rudiments gan delegation to the Interna
tional Tin Committee, even if he of spinning with the machine.
The increased use
was aware of them, use of the jenny
Mr. MacDonald pointed will place Free China in a better that the two Malayan delegates, position to avert any shortage of to whom Mr. Blokes referred, clothing materiala, Besides cotton, had performed their duties with the production of which has been great skill and to the benefit of accelerated, the enormous quanti-the Malayan industry for many tleg of sheep's wool in the years and he added that he was Northwest may now be spun. and satisfied that the decisions taken woven into material for the by the delegation as a whole manufacture of clothes and
were in accordance with the blankets.
wishes of the majority of pro- Meanwhile, the cotton mille inducers in Malaya Szechwan and Yunnan are also PREPARATION OF STATISTICS increasing their production. The Yu Fong Cotton Mili in Chung- he was satisfied that it way in Asked by Mr. Stokes whether king and the Yunan Cotton the best interest of this country, Spinning and Weaving Factory in now at war, that a neutral signa Kunming are now operating 12, tory to the Tin Control Agren- 000 and 5,200 spindles, respective- ment should be responsible for ly. It is understood that the the preparation of statistics on Yunnan authorities are planning which the quota was based, Mr. to establish a 26.000-spindle mill MacDonald replied that, he had soon, in co-operation with Bank of China and
the pointed out that responsibility for the preparation of the tin interests. (C. 1 C.)
statistics lay upon omcialy paid from the funds of the Interna- tional Tin Research Scheme and he was satisfied that these statis-petition of foreign shipping Arms have come to Tientón ag
for the resumption" of "shipping | sult of the famine in Hopei to between Shanghai and Ningpo, to Manchuria to work according to a foreign report Tientsin dispatch.
About 3,000 refugees are lear from Shanghat
However, only one vessel will ing every day with permits be allowed to enter the Ningpe entry into Manchuria issued" harbour every day and permission the so-called "Manchuria must be obtained from the Chi- Labour Union in the Third nese authorities beforehand, cial Administrative District:
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Sixteen cases of tuberculosis, implements of › ward was
three cases of small-pox, four cases
He was satiated that the ar- obtained by lending to the Gov-ach of chicken pox and dysentery, rangement, made since the war three cases of diphtheria, two cases, were such as the British repre- ernment, the money would hape to of cerebro-spinal fever and one sentatives on the International come by further taxation or cause each of scarlet fever and en- Tin Comm tee could properly inflation. He described inflation as teric fever were notined to the support in the present circum- a disastrous measure,
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