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DR. WANG CHUNG HUI SAYS JAPANESE MUST FAIL

Continued from Pare 1.

RESIGNATION 221 A.D. that the system of com.

TO INEVITABLE

FRESH SLUMP IN CHINESE DOLLAR

LONDON, May. 3 (Reuter)-Re- signation to the inevitable is the attitude of 'Far Eastern eircies re- Karding the fresh slump in the Chinese dollar,

The Financial News says it 13 confirmed that there has recently been marked expansion In specula .ive activity against cur- rency and maintenance of the rate at 1-1/8d." resulted in an increas- ingly heavy strain upon the re- maining resources of the Chinese Stabilisation Fund.

"FREE" POUND

petitive examination for Uterary

degrees was introduced, and in

this way the best scholars were chosen as officials to rule the coun- It has been pointed out that Chinese system served as a model for the civil ser-

this ancient

vice examinations conducted by many foreign governments today.

INDUSTRIOUS PEOPLE Most of my listeners will ob- serve that my countrymen are as a rule law-abiding and In- dustrious. This is attributed to the ethical teachings of the ancient Chinese sages which have regulated the conduct of our people for thousands of

years.

The doctrines of Confucius. Mencius and Lao-tze probably exerted an even greater influence on, the intellectual life of Ching for the past twenty-five centuries than did Socrates, Plato and Arts- ..Confucius emphasized man s duty toward man and praised such Virtues as propriety, Justice. - and self-consciousness.

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It is believed in London that the recent weakness of the "free" pound encouraged speculative activity the Chinese exchange against which, for some years, was wir-totle, on the West. tually linked to the Pound.

Bankers points out that the vast unchecked issue of the Chinese notes must continue to frustrate tegrity. the Control's efforts to maintain | Lan-tze, the exchange but it is generally sometimes called Taoism, expound agreed that, the chief trouble is ed the philosophy of suppressing the excess imports over exports desire and allowing things to take What level the dollar will their natural course, and also that ultimately reach "more in keeping force Would not

accomplish as with China's general foreign much as gentleness find reason. trade is the subject of painful Five hundred years before Christ. speculation.

Confucius made a very appropriate saying: "Do not do unto others what you do not like others to do unto you." Today there is more need than ever for the world to pul into practice this saying of the great Chinese cage.

S'HAI MARKET

NOMINAL

SHANGHAI May 3 Reuter)-- The exchanges opened this after- noon practically at nominal with Cash rates listed at 3-5 16 d. and 4-1346 U.S..

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mocracy and the Principle of Live

hood. Through these Principles

Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the founder of

CABLES

Five Times Repulsed

JAPANESE ATTACKS ON CHINGAN

CHUNGKING, May 3 (Renter)~~~ A Chinese military spokesman, in the course of a weekly review of

the Chinese Republic, sought to modernize this country and elevate it to a status of complete equality the Sino-Japanese military situs- in the family of nations..

In a nutshel, the Principle of Nationalism a'ms at reviv- Ing our national spir t; the Principle of Democracy advo- catas government of the people by the people and for the people: while the Prinely's of Livel hood stands for.econo- mic development and raising of the standard of ilving of the masses, and providing them with the necessaries of Ble.

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ABRUPT CHANGE abrupt change from

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monarchy to a republic brought about by the 1911 revolution has rulsed peculiar problems because of the people to social reform, the century-old indifference of It was to help bridge this gap that the New Lite Movement Was launched. The Movement which was started by Generalissime and Madame, Chiang Kai-shek In 1934 through a social movement to re- alms at the regeneration of China form the habits of the people.

In fact, the New Life Move- ment emphasizes the import- ance of acting according to the time-honoured virtues of propriety, Justice, interrity and self-consciousness.

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tion, at the Press conference yes- terday afternoon said that the Japanese counter-offensive In the ares west of Nanchang is claimed to have been repulsed.

Although the Japanese rushed reinforcements into that five times, their attempts to cap- ture Chingan and Fengsin falled. Both cities are once more in Chinese hands, he added.

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BELGRADE, May 3 Reuter)-- The reports that Prince Paul, the senior Regent of Yugoslavia, had been on a visit to Rumania and had made a secret appeal for ald to King Carol are "entirely with- out foundation."

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WASHINGTON. May 3 (Reuter)— The Italian Ambassador, Prince. Colonna, conferred for afteen minutes with Mr. Sumner Welles yesterday afternoon, and after- wards went to see President Roosevelt.

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LONDON May 3. (Reuter) In the House of Commons yester- day, Sir John Anderson, the Home Secretary, was questioned with regard to subversive journals and organisations.

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FROM NARVIK Continued from Page 1

Pacification of the whole of Norway is progressing and Nor- wegian troops are being demobi- Used in Western Norway.

TO THE VIOLATORS OF LAW

PARIS, May 3. (Reuter)-Commenting on Mr. Neville Chamber- lain's announcement of the withdrawal of Allied forces from cen- tral Norway, Excelsior writes:

"In itself the setback is not irreparable, but if the Initative has

Resistance is being offered to the Germans in isolated places by all the importance which Mr. Chamberlain attributes to it, the Allies scattered Norwegian units who do mast not in the future, because of their respect for law, leave the not know the situation

Initiative to the violators of law." North of Trondheim the enemy Is quiet.

Populaire emphasises thas, des In the territory north and north-west of Narvik, the ions with Sweden are safeguard pite withdrawal, Allied communica enemy's forces are slowly pushing mum requirernent for self reliance forward against our positions. The ed and the tron ore route remains and self-defence was to keep up attacks are being repulsed by the closed to Hitler. the Fleet to the 5-5-3 ratio of the German defences. Washington treaty

LONDON. May 3

The communique claims that

NOT DESPONDENT LONDON. May 3

public heard the news, nor will prestige which the evacuation must it offset the damage to British have caused throughout the world.

The Daily Mall, in a strongly entical leader, declares that there has been a gross under-estimate (Reuter) of the ruthless power and en- (Reuter) - German naval forces sunk two while frankly admitting that the ormous resources of the enemy in The Bucharest paper. Currentul, further enemy submarines in the Allies had suffered a reverse, the the Norwegian campaign. in a leading article Pacific Skagerrak and that several air

newspapers declare tha: this must bases in Norway. and Ocear questions, states that " s

not make them despondent but

“BLOW TO PRESTIGE" difficult in the present drcum were unsuccessfully bombed by the steel their determination to in- stances to find any

Commenting on the withdrawal British, policy for

tensify their effort for the suc-trom Aandalsnes the New York satisfying Japanese needs.

cessful prosecuton of the war. Times says the abandonment of There is much criticisms regard-southern Norway 13, by whatever

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The war. has given rise to a fur- the interpretation of the four an clexit virtues, For instarice, pro- priety means discipline, especially WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuter)- In view of the conscription of able Admiral Stark, Chief of Naval bodied men for military service. Operations, informed the United RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Justice has a hew significance In States Chamber of Commerce to While I am still on the subject China's present struggle agaifist day that the present United States of ethics, let me say a few words Japanese aggression: while in-naval strength might not be suff- about region. Throughout China's tegrity is

now interpreted Soon afterwards

cient to protect the country in the the market long history there has been free thrift; arid, self-consciousness es gradually eased to 3-1/8 d. anddom of religious thought, except "the will to victory."

future. He declared that the min!-- 4-17/12 U.S. respectively, owing to for a very brief spasm. The first China's wartime slogan is "those the withdrawals of sellers and foreign religion to make its ap- who have strength lack of confidence.

should give A little busi-pearance in China was Buddhism. their strength, while those who ness was done.

which came from India in the nave money should give money." Gold bars moved to new highs early part of the Christian eraThat was why the offer-gold-to- this afternoon of 37,200.00 as the Today there are. Buddhist temples the-State Movement was so suc- result of business in exchanges scattered. throughout this vast cessful and the campaign for the and nervous speculators. The country.

"Friends of the Wounded" received closing saw the "rate listed at As for Mohammedanism, the such enthusiastic support.. $6,900.00 which was up $250 from first Mohammedan mosque was the afternoon opening.

built in the year 651 A.D. in Can- The market closed early owington, China's southern sea port. to the very heavy trading, which The number of mosques now had taken place.

counted by the thousands and are mostly located in North China... You will be interested to. know that Christianity brought to this country as far back as the year 635 A.D, by the Nestorian missionary Olo- pen. The famous Venetian traveller Marco Polo acrosY Nestorian communities during his travels In China seven çen- turies ago, and particularly noticed the Nestor'an chapels in the city of Ch'nkiang, which is not far from Nan- king.

DEBATE

Continued.. from. Page 1 their policy before and since the German occupation of southern Norway. It is freely admitted even by the critics that the Nor- wegian pre-invasion attide of strict neutrality, coupled with the Allies respect for such neutrality, presented serious obstacles to the quick arrival of an expeditionary force.

was

OPINION SATISFIED At the same time a large body But it was not until the arrival of opinion seems satisfied that, the Jesuits in the sixteenth when the critical moment for century, that Reman Catholic mis- Norway came, the expeditionary sionary enterprise gained a fout- force and especially its transports hold which enabled expansion to so recently made ready for Fints present proportions. land were already dispersed, Whe- ther this is a fact it will probably

JAPAN'S OBJECT Japan's object in invading China is not only to enslave four hundred and fifty million people but also to wipe out Chinese civilization and replace it by Japanese milit- ar 1531.

But in this they will fall ignominonsly, for the Jap- anese themselves are the best anti-Japanese propagandists in the world. Despite all their.. professions of good intentions, they are judged by their at- rocious behaviour. which has horrified the entire world. Whatever the Japanese may do, the determination of our people to carry, on our war to a victorious finish cannot be shaken.

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Denmark

"PURELY FANTASTIC"

LONDON, May 3 Reuter)--It 13 LONDON, May 3 (Reuter)-It is ing the conduct of the war in standards, a "low to Allied pres- learned authoritatively that dur-stated that the withdrawal in Norway but some papers prefer to tige and

a serious setback for ing last night's raid on Stavanger. Norway necessarily involved the wait for a full statement of the Allied strategy." a number of hits were registered in loss of certain war equipment but facts in Parliament next week. many parts of the aerodrome, and the German claim to have cap-

The paper adds that the British several fires started on the land-tured "nestimable quantities of to the Royal Navy, Army and Air to adversity or lose courage and The press units in paying tribute and French people does not bow ing ground and in the adjoining booty" is described as "purely fan-Force in successfully accomplishing determination ander fire. woods, where aircraft were known | tastic." to be concealed..

may be relied upon now to streng

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PARIS. May 3 (Reuter)-AC-| cording to a Rome despatch, it is believed that when the United States Ambassador in Rome, Mr. Phillips called on Count Clano, he was given a reassuring state- ment concerning Italian inten- tions regarding Yugoslavia.

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BERLIN, May 3

(Reuter)-A

the withdrawals.

They

In this connection it is pointed The Times says the "in the then their organisation for the out that it was extremely difficul|light of Mr. Chamberlain's state-war and steel themselves for the to land supplies of heavy gunsment, the part in the strategic greater task that lies ahead. and war material.

scheme intended for the force now The New York Herald-Tribune withdrawn has become clearer states that the German hold over Theirs was a daring movement but their conquest will be an uneasy the situation demanded audacity, one on which they to have exhause and tactical failure does not prove energies that might be more useful that the attempt was not justi- to them elsewhere. fted."

STRATEGIC VICTORY

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control of

the

"EVER READY"

are

and the "British colonial amateur-

cesses in the cause of charity, the at their moorings were successfully British and French battle fleets

sending theism in the Norwegian operations." Many other points of strategy in 1824 in collaboration with his money to the nation's cause, Even Kowloon Cricket Club, are launch- { attacked with bombs and machine-

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swing Operations of this magnitude must inevitably be attended, by some losses and it is regretted that the crews of six aircraft are miss-

into its eastern basin..

The London correspondent of the Part of our task is to be pre- the alleged "British habit of re- Popolo di Rome while describing pared with an adequate force to meet Hitler in any quarter he may garding military expeditions Eg a

ARM FLEET AIR

Continued From Parę 1" This is testified by the results of the Spiritual Mobilization Move-

ward, Naval aircraft had been sup- ment whose object is to enable the

Kigh Command communiqueporting our forces on land against.

Referring to the

ROME, May 3 ((Reuter)—Sensa- people

Germans

destruction tional use was made by the news- to distinguish

states that between

entered a vastly superior air force working

wrought on the German Fleet, the papers here of the unfavourable from shore bases Aadalanes at 1 pm. yesterday. PROTESTANT MISSION

right and wrong, between patrio-

paper says "at a time of growing disclosures in Mr. Chamberlain's tism and treason.

At Viernes three large hangars anxiety in southern and south- Any Japanese be one of the major questions with the

Protestant mission came later movement, even in Chinese dis-

"ORDERS ARE

were destroyed and other bulidings

speech yesterday. arzival of Dr. Robert guise, will fall because the masses

on the aerodrome damaged. Two victory in itself that we are able drawn about the German strength eastern Europe, it is a strategic which the Government will be

Exaggerated conclusion ORDERS" called upon to answer on Tues-Morrison in 1807, To Dr. Morri

of the people know the real mean-

grounded enemy bombing aircraft! son belongs the honour of making ing of Japanese domination, and day.

Following their recent stage suc-were destroyed and nine seaplanes Mediterranean by a Chinese translation of the Bible actually give their "strength" and and tactics are the subjects of lively discussion among Members Catholic and Protestant missions, tate to volunteer for such tasks Chinese assistants, Today, both women near the front do not hest- of Parliament. Upor. the answers have not only established churches as highway destruction and con- the Government will furnish all over the country, but helped struction of defences. Tuesday will depend whether the discussion will be confined to naval and military matters, or whether the Cabinet Itself will be attacked on its war policy.

The majority

I should like to point out that members, still believe that there is: philosophy and religion have peace. But such is not the case, an effective answer to all these found China a fertile field, which as the rank and file have to suffer questions. Others are not so satis-may, be traced to our traditional because of the ravages of war, The fied and have their offensive pre-Spirit of toleranca. When asked present disturbed state of affairs pared for any moment when they by one of his disciples what word may be traced to the invasion of think they are justified in laun- may govern a man's conduct Manchuria.or the Three North- ching.it.

throughout his life. Confucius eastern Provinces of China by The Opposition remains

answered. "tolerance." Thus, toler-Japan eight years and a half ago served. They are not expected to ance has been the guiding spirit. We in China" are confident that do anything to aggravate the not only of our personal but also Japan, the disturber of peace and position pending the Government national life throughout the ages. order in the Far East, will even- explanation.

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Ministerial

Fe-

It probable that the Com- mons' debate will be over two days.

The House of Lord will discuss the situation on Wednesday.

ATHENS RESERVES

CALLED UP

to promote the welfare of the Chi- nese masses by maintaining num- erous colleges. schools. orphanages and hospitals.

The impact of Western cgi- ture, with its materini'atic · outlook, has a beneficial effect on Chinese culture, which is neither purely spiritual nor materialistic.

RAVAGES OF WAR Today. Labour Day, should be celebrated by workers throughout the world in an atmosphere of

tually be brought to book for the wrongs committed by her milt- arists

It is axiomatk that peace is in. divialble and that there can be no permanent peace in the world un-

In attempting to build up a Mo-less Japanese aggression is check- dern China, Chinese thinkers and ed. By resisting the Japanese in- lenders have tried to adapt old Vasion, China la not only preserv- traditions to modern requirements ing her own independence and ATHENS, May 3 Reuter)--Ten The late Dr. Sun

civilization but also helping to res Yat-sen classes of reserve officers will be formulated his political doctrinestore world peace and order, called "up.ror, a month's training and embodied them in the form They will be called in four series. of the Three People's Principles the first of which must report on even before the establishment of PARIS, May 3 Reuter)-To- May 16. The

highest rank of the Republic, The Three People's day's war communique reports non-commissioned officers are Principles are the Principle of there was some artillery fire dur- included in the call up.

Nationalism, the Principle of De- ing the early part of last night.

ing out on a more ambitious scale. gun fire, Rehearsals are now in fu for a complete three-act "comedy the plece chosen being "Orders are Orders" the screamingly funny military diversion, by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong.

The performances wilt be held

ing.

choose to challenge us.

sort of sporting adventure" The solution to this problem willing they get the less discouraged realises that "the bigger the lick- call for the most determined efforts

and may demand many changes are they and are ever ready to before it is accomplished.

begin again.”.

Since the invasion of Norway on Friday and Saturday. May 24 ships have been exposed to repeat and 25, at 9.15 p.m. Beats may be ed enemy bombing attacks. Ne

STOCKHOLM DISAPPOINTEÐ A DISAPPOINTMENT booked through members at the loss other than those, already an-

The Daily Telegraph says that

-STOCKHOLM, May 3 (Reuter}--- Club or Messrs. S. Moutrie & Co., nounced, have been incurred, while, fallure for the present as Mr. There is an undercurrent of dis- where plans are now open. The at least, 20 enemy aircraft have Neville Chamberlain has put it, to appointment, tinged with bitter- proceeds of the performances will been shot down and others dam- recapture Trondheim is a dis-ress in some of the morning papers' be sent to the Overseas League aged by anti-aircraft gunare of the appointment: it is not the British Comment on the Allica withdrawa? " Tobacco Fund.

Fleet.

way to minimise matter,

in Norway. National experience in many a The Dagen Bnyheter declares long war has taught us to respond that "If Trondheim could not be to checks with renewed and in-taken from the south, we may tensifed efforts. So ends the first | suppose" that it will be still more phase of the campaign in Scan-icult to take it from the north." dinavia,

The Svensha Dagbladet writes

Belgian Tribute To British Press: Honest Realism

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LONDON, May 3 {{Beuter)—Brussels papers admit that the Germans have obtained important accesses in Norway, but · whereas some of them suggest that these are decisive, others take a more objective view,

Many papers pay tribute to the British press for its honest realism and polat out that the British public supports ill-tidings better than any other,

The "Nation Belge” says that German losses at sea are un- doubtedly heavier than those of the Allies,

The "Meuse" says: "It is not the Reich. They seem to cost 500 able that the German attacks In tons of oil daily without counting the North Sea are becoming rare about 40 transports sunk in the and raids on Bri ish bases are ex- short interval, constituting ceptional This proves that the serious loss of tonnage, arms. pro- Scandinavian efforts are heavy for visions and men,"

We falled to capture Trondheim, that "despite the victory at Narvik the Germans failed to" conque, and the past successes of the sub- Norway and lost their ore supplies marines against German troop from Narvik There are other transports in the Kattegat and phases to follow.

the Skagerrak, the British Fleet The News-Chronicle declares that has been unable to prevent a re- the abandonment of our effort to gular transport of German troops. challenge. Germany's hold in the

NOT DISCOURAGING south is a damgerous reverse, call- ing, for re-assessment of both our OTTAWA, May 3 (Reater) The leadership and the scale and tempo Montreal Gazette states: "Far of the national effort.

from being discouraging the Pre- The Daily Herald declares that miers announcement should alle- the satisfaction was the keynote of vate feelings of disquietude which Mr. Chamberlain's speech will not earlier reports from Norway soften the shock with which the created.”"

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