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CHINA

By H. D. LIEM

A prominent Chinese journalist working in London

importe cripples her industries aggravated by the banning of and will aggravate the situation. patrol and lorries on the Burma How long can she stand this ter kond. The European War, the rific and continuous drain? collapse of France and the clos

ing of the Burma Road soverely curtailed supplies of lorries, all In spite of a million and and materials for the construc- quarter troops poured into tion of new railways, radio China, Japan actually merely stations, telephone, telegraph, controls strips of land and lines canals, roads and transport ac- of communications, continually cessories. They have also shut harassed by marauding guerli- two of China's three main las. In the vast areas she arteries connecting with the claims to have occupied, outer world; the Burma and the Chineso magistrates atill hold Indo-China Road. The Russian their court, taxes are collected Road is long and slow.. Trans- by Chinese Government officials, port of enormous quantities of and Chinese bank-notes enjoy a tussian supplies aro carried by high premium over the Japan- camels and caravans, because. ese puppet paper money.

so to speak, u 3-ton forry" will To-day, 3,000,000 Chinese consume 1 tons of petrol regular troops are spread on all each way from point to point, fronts, and 6,000,000 in train- while "camels do not out oil." ing. Trained and untrained Third war nim: Democracy irregulars and guerillus number, will be the immediate fruit of nt a modest estimate, some 25 the Chinese people's war against to 30 millions, filling all crevices aggression and tyranny. During in the country and penetrating war-time, China has established deep behind the Japanese lines, her parliament, the People's What China needs are arms, Political Council, with repre- guns, tanks and planes—quickly sentatives drawn from all the and in plenty. When the ice is provinces, including Manchuria. thick enough to skate, a general Owing to severe bombings of offensive will be called to trap Chungking recently and "difi-

IS ALSO FIGHTING FOR

Hongkong Gelegraph. DEMOCRACY

Tuesday, December 10, 1940.

Wyndham St., Hongkong

Telephone: 20015

is used by the "Bangkong Telegraph" to

under the neevisions of the Telecommuni-

bears, the Indication “UP”" is received in

United Press Associations, who to-

or in part without previous

arrangement.

her

war

BY

back-door. of free

peated with more and more assur-

•

resources.

the Japanese forces like a man culties in transport following in a room with fires bursting the closing of the Burma Road out of every corner and the and bannings of petrol and lorries, the People's Congress Second War aim: National called for November 12 to adopt Y her alliance with the Chinese people's allegiance to Reconstruction. Free China, the National Constitution has General Chiang Kai-shek. rich in soil and minerals, is been suspended although pre- THE preňx "Special to the Telegraph" Axis Powers. Japan has Wang's puppet regime has been being intensively developed to paratory work still carries on. indicate news which is strictly copyright thrown off all pretence of specifically set up to make increase her war cations Ordiostice, 1936. Buch news as non-involvement" in the Chinese fight Chinese and pay China will rise, like the phoenix

This is a people's war. Giving tonkone an fhe date of publication by war, and dared the United for the war against themselves, from its ashes, greater and

but cynically disguised under the stronger, not exhausted back democratic rights to the either wholly and for a coblations. States to come on in the Anti-Red Crusade" and "Re- after the war. The nation is people will make them realise Pacific. Whatever be the construction," and to register pledged not to repeat the blun- what they are fighting for and reassurances, the Anti- the protests of the Powers der of the European nations secure their whole-hearted sup OFFENSIVE, AND AFTER Comintern Pact has been re- whenever Japan treads on their after the last war, emerging port. They will be fighting not Although Britain has not stated hashed and the Soviet Union corns in China. In fact, there from it thoroughly exhausted only for land, food and home, is not the remotest hope of with tens of millions unem- but also for spiritual values, the aims beyond the set-placed in a vice with Italy Prince Konoye "breaking China played and unrest

Rights of Men. They will learn ecething evident object of self-preservation, hemming in at the Balkan down to her knees."

within their political and econo- the rudiments of democracy the subjugation of Germany's armed

with rifles by their side. | And forces and the liberation

To-day the Chinese people mic system,

after victory they will have peoples which will automallently Contrary to Tokio's calcula- know what they are fighting for

learnt the responsibilities, of a attend that happening, she has re- tions, American public opinion and what the result of their vic-

good citizen. Contrast - this stiffens up. The joint Pacific tory will be. Under baptism of The people are rising up to with Japan's definite shift in ance that she intends to take the defence talk in Washington is fire, they have been rebuilding the occasion. Great tasks face war towards Fascism and offensive by land, seo and air as being pushed vigorously for a new and greater nation; a them. Industries and mines are tyranny. soon as her suppiles are sufficient ward. Failing a climb down government of, for and by the being opened in Free China. The Chinese people have for that purpose.

there, war on the Chinese main- people; a national economy that Universities and schools spring never regarded themselves at is thought that her weapons land will engulf the Pacific. It will make China belong not to up like mushrooms. Students, war with the Japanese people, may be adequate late next year; will be foolish to ignore China a mere handful of men, but to writers and artists are achiev- but with Japanese military- certainly they will be of such strikus positive factor in the the 450,000,000 Chinese.

ing remarkable results in com fascist imperialism. Anti-war ing power by then that we shall be battles of Asia and the Pacific. What are China's war aima? work, A.R.P., recruiting, propa- ruthlessly suppressed by their bating illiteracy, doing rural sentiments in Japan have been able to deal so effectively with the

The first is that the people must ganda. and keeping up the authorities-and-severe-penalties- enemy_as_lu_make_the-postponement-

be united to resist the enemy morale of the people high. imposed. until victory is won. The united Sixty million refugees are being give the Japanese people that China's victory will. to our own safety.

For more than three years the will, energy, ingenuity and sacri- organised into Chinese Indus- opportunity The co-ordination of our air arm with fand and sea forces will have Chinese people have suffered fice of China's millions have trial Co-operative units with govern themselves, China cor-

to emerge

and on worked wonders. Military tac production put on achieved that perfection essential and withstood Japanese

have been

a guerilla tainly does not look forward to to a stewesslut invasion of the conslaught. They have shown their tics

effectively basis to escape capture. annexations; she wants only tinent by next year while the nurm-fibre. Twice China's capitals, adapted to China's strategical

We are, however, facing two the territories taken away from Operating from bers of our aircraft will be such that Nanking and Hankow, have geography.

stubborn and gigantic problems her, to be let alone to restore diversions can be kept up at different been captured. Yet each time Chungking, the war capital, we points, along the huge coastline now victory eluded Japan and still can choose the grounds on which in spite of stupendous effort: her house in order for there is

Red Cross and relief; communi- more than plenty to do. under German domination so as to recedes. Convinced of the final we want the enemy to fight us cations and transport. Large free, democratic

and peace- split the defensive forces. Probably victory, China's will to resist China's size and Japan's econo; quantities of quinine, vaccines, loving: China, side by side with parachute troops landed under the has immensurably increased mic weakness have been welded serum, annesthetics,

into the formula, "buy time with

medical democratic Japan, will be the protection of this air force will arst with time..

Time

supplies and surgical Instru- stabilising forces of peace in secure the safety of a port at which

wears Japan To-day, the military situation space."

ments and hospitals are wanted, the Pacific as a positive contri- is a stalemate. Japanese forces down, but increases China's re- Transport in Free China being bution towards

1 permanent can neither remain with com- sources.

dependent almost exclusively on world peace when aggression. for nor withdraw without loss Japan is spending at least roads, the situation has been has been uprooted and crushed.. of face. Increased battering £1,000,000 a day. Her economic failed to break the deadlock, structure is top-heavy, her gold Japanese peace offers are re reserves depleted considerably, FUNNY SIDE UP garded as thickly augar-coated cost of living rising and nationa Krent part in warfare it will be poison. The puppet Wong debt piling up. The claim o. necessary to devise better protection Ching-wei failed to divert the war materials over raw material

of an offensive of no vital concern

reinforcements can arrive, while the preponderance of our navol strength will assure the retention of this area from sea attack or cover the with- drawal of the troops while another attack is being made elsewhere.

Since aircraft now play such a

for the troups from bombing and machine-gunning than exists at present. Nevertheless the best pro- lection against such attack les in beating the enemy in the air and that is why Britain is placing such emphasis on the need for more and more aeroplanes of all types.

Incidentally it is because Germany herself is convinced that we do in- tend to take the offensive as soon as we are in a position to do so that

the Luftwaffe is trying desperately to stem our production at home while saving its own machines by refrain- ing from daylight raids.

Our unhappy 'friends' in Great Britnin

are taking terrife punish- ment and the test will be in their ability to continue to take Il-for Reveral more months without finchlag. It would be untimely to go further into the trinis that await them while we sit here on the edge

Feuchtwanger, Dressed

As Woman, Eludes Nazis

Lion Feuchtwanger, the German writer, landed recently in New York from an American ship. He looked pale and tired and had a strange story to tell.

He was in France when the the world. Certainly we shall have Nazis arrived, was arrested and concentration.

to instal on international army of interned. in occupation for several years while we camp and was given up for lost. prevent the growing generation from

being taught that there is no such Late in July, Feuchtwanger and thing as God of love; that all Jews 200 other prisoners were taking a re hateful; that Slavs were made bath in a river near Nimes when a to slave for the Herron class; and car drove up and-". American that the entire cultural and practical friend" signalled to him. aspirations of a nation can be suc- cessfully represented by one man-a dictator,

of our little volcano without being The load of hate that Hitler has

nirerati.

Wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, Feuchtwanger jumped into the car and as it drove away changed into

uble to do more than pray for them already dug for German shoulders to women's clothes which the American and to buy them

carry is a legacy that only time had brought for him.. Neutral observers oro stili, saying and that not a generation or two of East France for six weeks he man-

14 few that the grit of the civilians in the British Isles

Isles has shown itself in the superb and unflinching morale of all, After the wor we shall come to the vexed question of what to do with the Germans. A lot will depend on the reactions of the Germans them- selves; whether they feel they have had enough of Hitlerism or whether they will feel on urge to conquer

peace will lighten. That hate bus

After hiding in a town in South-

its uses now in that it spurs the de-aged to get aboard ship, fenders of freedom to go on because He revealed that Heinrich Mann there is no road back. It will have and Franz Werfel have also excoped Ito further uses in the not too distant and are bound for New York.

future when tid Gorman.. people Feuchtwanger's helpers were

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themselves will curso the day when number of Americans who have they yielded their destinies to the formed a "Scarlet Pimpernel" style of Ignoble and treacherous dire who life-saving chain for assisting political now represents them.

refugees from France.

A

By Abner Dean

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