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GODS OF

CHINA

KWAN KUNG

OR

KWAN YUE

He is the patron deity of litera- ture and the God of War.

It might be asked, "How can so peaceful a people as *the Chinese have a God of War as the patron saint of literature?" Kwan Kung, however, is not sup- posed to be 'a cruel tyrant, de- lighting in battle and killing: hel is the god who can avert war and protect the people from horrors.

Its

January 25, 1941.

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[F wo hadn't known it before, we should have learnt it

from the Chinese the weaker

or less organised army must use guerilla mothods.. And the more rigidly disciplined, the troops against it, the greater is the success of these surprise at- tneks, for discipline carried to

We

Vernon

Bartlett

says

Must Be

could be achieved by the least. military-looking people. It is not purely a Secret Service job,. although their co-operation would be effectivo and essential. “It is, in the first place, a job for a small committee of ordinary men and women with a good knowledge of Europe and

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excess destroys that initiative, opponents of Hitler by liberal- large grant of money-men and that self-reliance, you most minded, middle-class citizens women who know languages, need in moments of surprise. whose admiration for the. Nazis business methods and ways of Could you, in the pages of is turning to frightened disgust. staging an expedition or telling history, And record of another. Roughly two hundred million a story to the greatest possible war between two Great Powers people (including unoccupied detriment to Nizi nerves." in which one had anything like France, Hungary and Rumania)

the advantages in guerilla war must now obey Hitler. That is fare that Great Britain pos- to say, the great,majority of his неячен over Germany at the subjects wants to see his down- Anyone with an idea to help in the present moment?

fall. They will not be such fools war of nerves would be invited to send it in to this committee. Halk as to whisper to their neighbours a dozen competent clerks could sort about revolt until the British out the many nonsensical proposals At the last free elections in can convince them there is an from the few sensible ones. It is Germany in November, 1932

tragic and absurd that such ideas alternative.

should-ns at present-go

to over- -Hitler polled less than the Socialists and the Communists But once they have that con- worked civil servants with less train- ing and enthusiasm for digging the combined. Many of these So. viction the war will be drawing "meat" out of a document than a cub

its close. The way of reporter. cialists and Communists may near since have been converted, and escape will be shown from a many have been killed or incur- stalemate in which most great to put such ideas as are practical in- cerated. But their places have cities of Europe may be das- to operation through selected Brilish ralding squadrons. It should use been taken in the ranks of the troyed.

E. P. Montgomery has out-of Hitlerisus from Germany or the those invaluable people, the victims lined a scheme for a small army ather occupied territories. Not one of picked men to carry the war refugee over here is useless-even into enemy territory. So little those few whose loyalty to our cause is being done. along these lines, may be doubted could be helpful in identifying objects in air reconnais- and so much must be done if sancé photos of their own home we are to win the war. And towns.

Private Life

Of A Private .

The Right to Grouse

་

He is supposed to be the youth who, in a fit of temper, slew a

Further extracts from the local official who wished to take diary of a journalist who is a girl as concubine against her now a soldier. will. Having avoided capture, he knelt down by the side of a stream to wash his face when his

The conunlice should not only plan

can be done. The same high spirit They should all be card Indexed; of adventure that took such instead, most of them are condemned

to Inactivity in Internment camps, strange craft to Dunkirk would

Many of them would willingly be supply us with all the men we active in the sante way

I know need.

squadrons of British raiders. dozens who would risk being dropped back in their own country” at night

exile.

one who surrendered.

are

Men who, with a little money to do whatever damage they could and a hand grenade or two, to the Nazis who drove them into A few might be spics-co coukl do much damage to the few-but each spy who reported to Germans and much good to the the Gestapo agent would scratch his millions who want to hear of head and wonder how many of these British adventure and initiative. refugees were still at large for every- We want tip-and-run raids.

Some such raids may already OLD dusk. A sky of wet fluve been carried out, but we

Some day our Government will slate: a world of red mud, are told nothing of them al-

the German General realise we cannot win the war with- The raiders had kept us waiting though appearance suddenly changed. at the outpost. There had been Stuff must know if they have out war aims. But even the adoption of an aggressive British policy would His complexion became very rissoles for dinner. It was go-occurred. We want the Ger- arouse the hopes of millions who may man public to hear of them, never have been to Britain, but who ruddy, and he was absolutely uning to rain again.

Wo need to bount about prefer what they have heard of our recognisable.

way of living to what they know of them, to get people in

the Nazl way. We might do so much, cupied territories whispering and are doing so little, to encourage about them, to worry the Ges- them tra their own little acts of tapo agents out of their wits. sabotage. We have not yet learnt It is not purely an army job, of the rotten Nazi structure is to that the way to shake the foundations and probably the best work keep the Gestapo guessing.

Wandering into a village inn, he met Lau Bei and Chang Fei. He told these two that he was a wandering fugitive because he had killed a powerful man of his country who was oppressing poor people.

The Man from Leicester had an unseratchable itch between

the

shoulders under his pack, and was writhing like a Hawalian dancer.

Somebody was talking about coffee, hot coffee, and eggs, lightly-bolled CKAS. Another dreamer murmured of grilled steak.

Sharp streaks of rain began to fall at that moment. The horizon looked like Siberia. And we begon grumble.

About Food

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Chang Feis and Lau Bei were both men with ideals, and the outcome of the meeting was that the three swore an oath to give peace to the people by fighting bit o' string on one o' mine. I did!

The Man from, Leicester said: Then beans! Know what? I got n

A great

Jong bit u stephant re-

the oppressors. They then com. The Lad from the menced recruiting in the district plied: "Wot d'you expect to get on

and set out to make war on the string beans? A skein a' silk?" Yellow Turbans.

Kwan-Kung-proved himself_ar extremely brave man, and also

In a

of voice utter gloom the Man frem Bolton

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muttered: "Bisculta. them biscuits!" Something else said, "Divi biscuits.

Another voice out of the gathering

"What I can't stick," said the Lad from the Elephant, "is fatigues."

faithful to the two blood dusk sald: " my old woman give brothers, for on one occasion,me a bit o' pudden like that bit o' when captured with two of Lau pudden we had yesterday, I'd chuck Bei's wives and having been at 'er." allotted a common sleeping apart ment with them, he preserved both the ladies' reputation and his own by standing all night at the door of the room with a lighted candle.

The Bedfordshire boy said: "The other day I scrubbed out the) cookhouse till my back pretty near broke, and then when I stood up to mop ny face, the Corporal said: 'Don't stand there wavin' that bit o calico. I've got a nice little job for you if you're tired... and he gave me two sucks o' spuds to peel. Cook- house fatigues!"

The romance of Kwan Kung, Lau Bei and Chang Fei, who are sometimes known as the. Three Brothers, though they were not

And P.T. the Lad from united except by their oath, is "Ah," said written in full in the story of the Elephant. "But it's P.T. that gets Three Kingdoms-a very widely-me. Sergeant tells me to do a back

read Chinese book.

Kwan Kung remained faithful to his oath until death, and in the Ming Dynasty was created by the Emperor Wan Lee a Faithful and Loyal Great Ti. He thus became a god, and has ever since received worship as Kwan Kung, or Wu Tei, the God of War.

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You got some 'opes,' I says, VE Says! Keep yer legs lift and go over backwards or I'll chuse yer round this fold till them 'uts look like 'en houses. Roll So I rolls."

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"But

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A Durham man said: "Battle dress makes my knees teh."

Spit

and polish!" grunted the Lad from the Elephant: while the Man from Bolton said: "Shine tha boots till Sergeant enn shale in 'em."

"An if e cools Isself, you're for ft." added the Man from Lefeester. "Know what I'd like?"

"A trotter on a skewer," sakt the Man from Bolton."

"Six rashers and three eggs." "New lakd: and some home-made tou."

"A nice soft bed. Army! Gahl" "Well, what's the use of grousing?" said the robust voice of the York- shireman.

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So long as I can't hear you, curse me from hell to breakfast!

"Grumble about the grub, and the drills, and the fatigues, and the whole damn lot!

Sarni "I grumble myself. The grumbles. The Sarrit-Major grurn-

Krumbles Everybody grouses and blinds and blasts. Woll?

bles.

We're entitled to.

and

That's what we're. Aghting for, Geordie the right to grouse if you' feel like it!

"Okay, Corp," said the Lnd from the Elephant.

Che SNAPSHOT GUILD

CHOOSING THE BEST VIEW

Here, the back view is most effective. Btudy your subject, and select tho best view for each shot.

MOST pictures-especially these toward the camera, and be fe likely

of people-show a straight to appear somewhat self-conscious front view. But this is not always or "camera conscious." Poso him in beat. Often a diagonal or "quarter profile, or at a 45-degree angle to lng" view, a nido viaw, or ovon in the, camera, and the offect of self. samo cases a back glow, will yield consciousness is reduced.

The picture of the small boy with a more effective picture.

In a picture of a building, for ex- his goit bag is a fine example of a ample, a front view is rarely bost. wlsbly-chosen boek Tlow. The story Stand to one sido-shoot "on the is perfectly told-but if he had elagonal" and you will generally boon walking toward the camera, It obtain a more satisfactory picture. might not have bosa. Chances aro Many landscape pictures include he would have grinada at the pho a road or path, to lead the oya into tographer; and certainly that air of the plcture. Some snapshooters determination would have been.. stand right in the middle of the road lost.

Keep this in mind. Study your the worst possible spot. Move to subject and choose the best low 'ono side and shoot. Then the road for each shot. When in doubt, tako

will lead in from the corner of the more than one shot. That's Date: scene and the picture will be Im-practies, and it Insures more good

pictures. provod.

John van Guilder

·Take a picture of a person facing

to tako such a picture—and this is

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