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RUMOURS OF RESHUFFLE | Malayan War

OF NANKING REGIME

CHUNGKING, July 17 (Central)-Rumours ATO rite that there will be a drastic reshuffle of the personnel of the bogus Nanking government following the return of Wang Ching-wei from Japan, says a Shanghai dispatch.

The Japanese untisorities are said to insist that Wan Keb- min, former "Chairman of the North, China Political ̈ Affairs Commission," and Chen Chung-fu, former "Chultman" of the defunct "Reformed Government in Nanking,” should join the bogus Nanking governinent while a new "Minister of Finance" should be appointed to replace Chow Fu-hal.

They have suggested that Wang Ching wet be "Chairman of the SUNDAY EVENING Nanking Government" only while BROADCAST OF THE B.B.C.

Tax Yield LONDON, July 17 Reuter)

It is estimated that the total yields from war tax in the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States for the current year are respectively $19,000,000 and $4,000,000 said Mr. G. H. Hall, Parliamentary Under Secretary

FINANCE & GENERAL

A CHAIN OF BRITISH AERODROMES STRETCHING FROM BURMA TO BORNEO

"In the last year or so we have ogmpleted a chain of military aérodromes that stretch from the northern frontier to Singapore, and In Burma to the frontiers of China," said the

· new Air Officer.Commanding. RAF. Far East, AIR VICE MARSHAL C. W. H. PULFORD, in his first broadcast talk in Malaya from the Singapore station recently.

for the Colonies, answering a question in the House Commons that yesterday.

both

service

Air Vice Marshal, Pulford cald greatest credit on themselves and

what had impressed him, on their instructors. most in connexion with the air WIDE BANGE DEFENCE defence of the Far East was that! Mr. Hall added that the yield it had become a "family affair air forces are solely for the de- "But do not imagine that thege Chan Kung-po "Mayor of "Shang- from war taxation on rubber ex-

of the Empire's," with. Beltons, fence of Singapore. In the last hal," be appointed "President of ports in 1941 is estimated to be

Australians. New the Executive Yuan," Chow Fu- respectively, Straits

Zealanders, year or so we have completed " Settlements hai be transferred as "Mayor of $519,000, and the Federated Malay forming the various tasks of the stretch from the northern tron- Malaya, Chinese and Indians per- chain of military aerodromes that Shanghai," Klang Kang-hu, "Vice. States, $3,000,000; but sincs those President of the Examination estimates were made, the rates of

tter to Bingapore Island and Yuan," be appointed "Chairman of duty had

Borneo, been doubled in

AN EXAMPLE

and in Burma to the NATIONAL MUSIC OF the Overseas Affairs Commission." territories.

frontiers of China. These tert- "Tor example." he said "I have ALL ALLIES

And Wang Keh min and C1.en

dromes are fully equipped. OF! The question asked for the ap under my command Royal Austra- Chung-fu be made "Minister of

[cers and non-commissioned off- of Malayanlar, Air Force Squadrons working cers and airmen live in comfort- LONDON,

proximate number Reuter-Finance" and "President of Legis-residents earning incomes respec- alongside Royal Air Force Band-able airy quarters designed to July 17 The Sunday evening broadcast by lative Yuan." Both Fu Shth-

tively between the B.B.C of

£578 and £720. rena New Zealand sends a batch the national an-hauch, "Minister of Railways," and

€720

meet the equatorial heat." and £3,400 and

of fully trained pilots here every over thems of British and Allied coun-Chao Yu-suing, “Minister of Agri-

month to help man our squadrons Pulford said that, as with the Air

Continuing, Air £3,400.

Vice Marshal tries is to be discontinued, an- culture and Mining" it is said, will nounced

Mr. Hall replied that no infor- As we expand. Mr. A. Duft Cooper, be transferred to other posts,

Force, so with the Army units in "If I find myself shert of off- Malaya-there are British, Austra matlon was at present avaliable.

cors for certain essential ground 'Man and Indian divisions serving duties, Australla immediately bere.

"Ho you see," he said, "the sends them here. In our techni-defence of Malays and the. Far cal workshops, as..well as R.A.FEast has indeed become an Empira technicians, we have Malay, Ohi-family affair, nese and Indian workmen. Onz aerodromes are guarded by Indian troops

the

Minister of Information, answer- It is and that Wang Ching-Wei ing questions in the House of is trying to defer the reshuffle o Commons yesterday.

ground that Buch drastic Mr. Duff Cooper said: "The in-changes may affect the smooth crease in the number of national working of the bogus government anthems renders it impossible to

do full

justice to them in the have suggested

time allotted I

to the B.B.C. that in future the period previously taken up by na- tional anthems should be devoted | to the national music of nationsį whose

people are now fighting

with us

"A

different riation will be selected each week and perhaps in some cases it may prove possible tu combine two or three."

THE INTERNATIONALE When the Labour member. Mr.

Emmanuel Shiowell, asked If the bad suddenly become

Minister embarrassed

MA CHAO-CHUN ON RELIEF IN KWANGTUNG

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NO COLOURING MATTER NO INJURIOUS INGREDIENTS

MALE STUDENTS ONLY

UNIQUE CONFERENCE

PUPPET OFFICIALS ARRESTED

CHUNGKING, July 17 (Central) the Many puppet officials of

"All these men have, of their v-called Food Control Committee

own free will, left their homes th under the bogus Ministry of In- "I also find that the Malayan their native lands to serve where dustry and Commerce in Nanking, Governments have organised and duty calls them, and duty has

reported to have been ar pay for a lying training school, sent them to Malaya. It Is A Hanover, N. H. Because of its rested by the Japanese for pro- from which cadets go either to convincing answer to Nazi pro masculinity Dartmouth College

our Middle East paganda Canada or to

which claims that dis- came into a $500,000 endowment The Committee is shipping an flying schools, organised under unity exista among the pouple of fund. The late Emil Bommer, rice into the International Settle- The reports we have received from average of about 1,000 shih of the Empire Air Training Scheme. our Empire"

Brooklyn, NY.. manufacturer, invaded the conference on adminis A most cordial atmosphere per- Concluding, Air Vice Marshal his will stated that the $500,000tration and peace preservation held ¡ment everyday.

Canada of these cadets reflect the Pulford said: "From my very trust fund be used for the educa June 26-29 at Heikuanssu. (temple). brief contact with the peopletion of male students only and between 260 Chinese and Tibetan this island it is obvious that they that it cannot be used for the representatives from the districts are willing to take their full share "so-called dead languager" or for of the responsibility of defending the, maintenance of competitive southwest Kansu

of Blahe, Lintan and Wont t their country should active war athletics.

Relief in Kwangtung was de-teering. scribed by Mr. Ma Chao, chun member of the Kuomutang Cen.. tral Executive Committee and con currently Vice-Minister of Social Welfare, who recently went to the province to take charge of emer

Bency relief there in a interview.

Kwangtang

Mr. Ma said that be brought to

NC$1,000,000 appro priated by the National Rellef Com. by the suggestion mission for distribution to the re

national anthem

fugees. The money was distributed follows: Toishan $280,000; played on Sunday evenings. Mr. Sunwui, $80.000; Chaoyang, $70,- Duff Cooper replied that no sud-000; Yeungkong, Tinpak and Hopo, den decision had been taken TO $60,000 the matter

each; Hoiping, $120,000; Hoffung and Lokfung, $50.000 each; Answering the Labour member. Walyoung and Po On. $40,000 each; Rev. R. W Sorenzen, Mr. Duff Hohong, $30,000; Cheka, $20,000: Couper Baid that the period would Suikal, $10,000, and other certainly include the national song i 530,000, for Russia.

that another (the "Internationale"! should be as

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Aside from the distribution of Coopers money, more tangible form of House of Com-relier has been instituted, accord the playing of na-ing to Mr. Ma who revealed that tional anthems by the B.B.C., the a number of factories for spinning Jetter announced that the nation- and weaving. making soaps and next Sunday other dally necessaries have been

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British Night

Air Attacks

Sunwut, and Tolahan for the re- fugess in order to help them to earn their own living.

Mr. Ma highly praised the efforts of the overseas Chinese in con- tributing to the rellef of their native places. He disclosed that over $1,000,000 has been received trom them so far, and this money is well taken care of and will be

LONDON, Jub 17 (Reuter) used appropriately. Over 2,000 tons of bombs were: dropped in the Ruhr area beteen

June 16 and July 10.

Further example showing the weight of British night attacks are of

the dropping of 1,000 tons bombs on Cologne and over 500 tons on Bremen during the same period.

CHINA TO ENFORCE NEW LAND POLICY

As a preliminary step toward the Photographs proving that Muns-enforcement of the policy of ter, the German town recently equalisation of land ownership, the bombed on successive nights, con- Ministry of Interior inaugurated tained

military objectives have today a Land Values Office with been brought back by RA.F. re- Mr. Li Chinglin, chief of the Land connaissance aeroplanes. German Department of the Ministry, as, propaganda described Munster as director concurrently..

a "Cathedral town with no in- dustry except breweries."

Sub-offices will soon be set up throughout Free China

PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF

According to the Principle of Photographs showing the effect People's Livelihood, (Min Sheng of the first night of the R.A.F. raid Chu I laid down by the late Dr were shown to the press yester Sun Yat-sen, every landowner is day. They prove that the bombing required to declare the value of his was entirely concentrated on the land to the government and the aerodrome and all aerodrome, government will levy a land tax

adcordingly. buildings had been burnt out and the adjoining barracks were badly However, he assesses the knocked about.

value of his land too low, the The Dortmund-Ems Canal, aur government may buy back the land rounding part of the aerodrome, the declared value (Central

and a big railway junction also suffered.

"The photographe show clearly to the export that there is prac-j tically no damage on the realden- tial district," aala an official of

News).

KANSU DROUGHT BROKEN

LANCHÓW, July 17 (Central)~

the Ministry of Economic Warfare. Autumn sowing in Kansu ha "On military targets, the bomb teen made possible by the timely ing was pretty accurate and effec- beavy rainfall tivo."

throughout the province, on Monday. "According

to the meteorological station."

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