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January 30, 1941.

China's

Fortunes

On The Mend

THE war in China has

by

O. M. GREEN

her man-power, especially as it Is known that her industries suddenly entered on

are feeling the want of labour. At the same time, it is clear an extremely interest-

that her. foreign policy la caus- ing phase. After a

ing her no little perplexity, The signature of the Three spring and summer of

Power Pact is not working out almost complete quies

at all as its authors expected, cence, the Chinese have

partly owing to Great Britain's refusal to be crushed by Hitler. taken the offensive in

America's experience All partly owing to several directions and China's fortunes seemed at explicit

their lowest ebb. Yet her through the war has shown that pugnacious reactions. The evá- of Americans from. have scored notable suc-

people remained undaunted, such reports are generally trust. cuation

worthy. The Japanese would be Japan, and many also from

cesses.

ese

former Editor of the "North-China Daily

News," writing in "The Listonor."

and

At the same Even before the Burm 3 well aware of the tremendous China, has made the Japanese- time, there is much to

suoka, the Foreign Minister, suggest that the Japan- had begun to hit back at donment of such a place as

are finding their their enemy with vicious Nanning-even if it were done was recently driven to issue a statement saying that he cannot voluntarily would have all conceive what has induced through China. Aleo its possen America to take such steps as sion opens the way to Lung the situation in the Far East chow, a port through which has not, in any way been from Hongkong the Chinese did changed by the Three Power.

BOOT ON THE OTHER LEG

present position in force. China too great for their strength and are des- perately trying to

In central China around a lot of trade before they lost Pact.

Nanning. They are reported rectify it.

the Lower Yangtse, the

already to have regained Lung-

com-

THE SOUTHWARD MOVEMENT

Another factor is to be con-

Let us look back a little. fighting which began in late chow. In the past twelve months September spreads over so The Chinese General Fate has dealt hardly with huge a field, probably not manding in these operations is widered. The ease with which the Chinese. Just a year less than two hundred miles Pai Chung-hsi, the most brilliant Japan has established herself in BRANKSTON: At Queen Mary Hos. ago they lost Nanning, square, that I can only men- of all the Chinese leaders, He is Indo-China has converted many pital, A. D. Brankston (Archie) key-point near the border of tion two points. One was the fol of his troops, hardy Japanese leaders to what the the late Mrs. Brankston of Shang-Indo-China. This meant the the recapture of a town mountaineers of Kwangsi, the Navy has always preached, passing monument 315 Funcral loss of a valuable road by called Matang on the south province which borders Indo- namely that Japan's destiny lies which they had drawn sup-bank of the Yangtse, the China, men who can march in- on, the sea and in Southern credible distances on the meagre Asia. This certainly begins to plies through the French possession of which should rations. They are probably, the look more attractive than the Army's prolonged and expensive Colony. Then the Japanese enable the Chinese to worry most formidable soldiers' in

failure to crush General Chiang Hongkong Telegraph. pushed up the Yangtse and Japan's shipping up and China.

Kai-shek. There is no lack of seized Ichang at the foot down the river considerably. THE BURMA ROAD close observers who believe that. of the mountain barrier The other is the defeat of a One word about the Burma Japan is planning to pull in her through which the Great Japanese force at Shach- Road. The Japanese claim to horns as far as she can without River passes down the sing. It happens to be the have cut it to pieces with bombs. loss of material interests in la med by, the "tung kong Telegraph famous gorges. This gave most famous wine-growing- The Chinese assert positively China, in order to launch out on that traffic continues regularly new schemes of spoliation..in under the provisions of Lue Telecommunl them an air base within five district in China, but is along it without serious inter- Indo-China and other possible bears the indication "La 1 received in hundred miles of Chung- chiefly interesting because it ruption. In this connectin it regions,

Be that as it may, she cer- the United Press Associations, who re-king, of which they have lies close to Hangchow Bay, is to be remembered that arrant whenty of in part wout previous made merciless use to bomb It was the landing of a Japanese aviators never suc- tainly has excellent reasons for the capital. Then came the Japanese army in Hangchow ceeded in interrupting railway trying to reduce her commit services for more than two or ments in China. It has often A WAR PROBLEM French collapse, the Japan- Bay in October, 1937, which three hours; and that during the been pointed out that she never THE wars in Europe and Asia ese control of northern Indo- turned the Chinese flank at fighting at Shanghat three years ought to have allowed herself to are long affairs and before they China and the closure of the Shanghai and forced them ago they never hit the motor launch out from the five north- are over the face of many things railway into South China; to retreat. Now the boot is road to Nanking, though it was ern provinces, which she easily will be changed; the acceptance

right under their noses and overran in the first two months

of the war. of facts now strange and un- finally, the closing for three on the other leg.

abounds in bridges.

They are stuffed with the things she needs-coal, thinkable will have become com- months of the Burma Road. Greatest triumph of all was

etc. While there is no doubt about iron, cotton,

The Re monplace. In Asia already the It is true that the Chinese the Chinese recapture of Nan-

a what happened at Nanning next to Manchuria, her own figures of the dead and wounded had three times sharply de- ning on October 29, after

and have for the

shorten their the south and west, easily de- Europe the corresponding figures they tried to extend their Japanese say they gave up Nan- tions that the Japanese are most part a natural frontier on

ning voluntarily as their occupa- preparing to in thelr hundreds of grip.

But this could not tion of Northern Indo-China had alarmingly long lines elsewhere. fended, the Yellow River. China compensate them for the made it useless to them. But The Chinese report that the ex- could never have evicted her, Both totals will grow and loss of their last direct com- this is highly improbable. The treme south of China is practi- Instead, the Japanese Generals in their impersonal, colourless

withdrawn from Blas Bay near all over China by insane ambi- columns will be the names of munications with the sea. Chinese official reports are quite cally clear of them. They have allowed themselves to be led on Hongkong. They are believed tions of conquest and illusory -people-acknowledged-to-be-great) among us; the names of young-

to be getting-out of Swatow-dreams-of-a-new-order-in-East- one hundred and seventy-five Asia', and now the problem is sters whose 'unlived lives

miles north of Hongkong. They to trim the cloth of their tat- fell before the dull bruta-

are reported to be reducing the tered garment to a more weur- lism of bombs; the names

garrison in Shanghai. And the able pattern. of the aged whose sky. lighted passing must be fraught with frustration that an allotted span had not exceeded the age of carnage.

have climbed over the million feated the Japanese when week's hard fighting. The there are also distinct indica- ground,

mark since August, 1936. In

thousands.

In point of fact the world faces a drastic curtailment of white peoples which will be particularly pointed

because of the drain on males and the accentuation of unbalance pro- duced by the first World

War.

PRIVATE LIFE OF A PRIVATE:

Getting Into HOT WATER

From the diary of a journalist who is now a soldier.

Chinese think that they are also CHINA IS CONFIDENT considering a withdrawal from

Ichang, the place I mentioned a But will. that be easy? The moment ago..

Chinese have already a regular That part of China which the army of two-and-a-half millions. Japanese have invaded is two Their estimated available man- The Yorkshireman says, "Eh, I'm thousand miles long and in power is twenty-three millions. places eight hundred to one They also have at least one

starved!"

The Good Boy from Godalming

These ravages will take generations CET ready for a bath," said uses the first naughty word of his thousand miles deep. Scattered million guerrillas. The guerril Army career, and adds, "I'm boited." over this, they are estimated to las are indifferently armed, it is to remedy. The position in Asia

the Sergeant. "Get your

few true, but they are no agile that A thick sleam rises, impregnated have one million men, will scarcely be so neute because life towels and your soap.

with the smell of a dozen kinds of enough to hold down so huge a it la impossible to pin them has always been prolife and famines "Don't let me catch nobody soap, from the good old biting red territory, of which fully three- down to pitched battle, and they to which millions have succumbed

No carbolle

to the scented stuff that Alm quarters behind and between are invaluable in harrying the have had little permanent effect; trying to duck out of it, or women have suffered equally with help me I'll come and get him she is

There is a sound of slapping. Then the Japanese lines is still com- Japanese from behind, cutting men and concubinage has always if he's in the middle of a shoe-Inevitably-somebody starts to sing. pletely

Chinese off their supplies--most, of the been a means to balance a dispropor-shine, shave or a haircut, and It is the did, from Widnes, with Government's control.

I don't Although the Battle of Gritain has run him into the cooler so fast his everlasting "Trees.

a heavy toll of civilians it is his feet won't touch the ground! know why a man burals Into song "Coine on hert Get out of it as soon as he gets into warm water. The Ingleton Grocer lels out a few will suffer Towels under your urinet Cleanll bars of "On likley Moor Baht 'At,"

tionate number of females.

taken

under the

THE PRICE OF AGGRESSION

guerrillas, by the way, dre armed with Japanese weapons and they are making a 'mess of the Japanese communica-'-

Besides her armies in China, tions.

of all the beny early saw ness is next to godliness, and there and the Tall Boy from Sunderland Japan has to keep some three Wherever the Japanese may

ments to

France

nio from ally. T

young unity among

.nt

"Get cracking! Is the water hot? ont"

his Army coming to?"

•

*

remarking to a

a fair assumption that the manpower

grealest losses. the need of a greatly increased birth-fore compulsory."

Con the Elephant and retallates with a couple of bursts of hundred thousand men in Man- try to shorten their lines, the rate and offered financial induce-

churin, and at least as many, Chinese will be at them like Castle asked if the water was hot, the Volga Boat Song.. larger familles. followed sult and Italy soon took up "I the water hot?" said the Ser-

probably some thousands. more, horneta, As in well known, the cry. Under the Nazi regime the geant, with dreadful scorn. "Yes.

Then the Sergeant raises his voice, in Korea, Formosa and Japan there is nothing more diMcult. The howitzer roars against financial prize was not sufficient and the water is hot.

the itself. Her losses in the war, in warfare than a rearguard the Germans, almost

"And I'm going to wash your little ponguns: TC- moved the

"Outside! Out of it! You great killed, died of disease and dis- action, and the Japanese would en-back, I am, and rub you with cau couraged

thede ruddy Cologne, and dust your babica! I have to chase you in, and abled, are estimated by neutral have to fight not one but fifty of and bullied the little tummy with violet powder. then I have to chase you out! Como observers at about three- these without enough men to lawfully wed Into furnishing

concentrate efficiently at any aters for the State.

is now What Is this Japan is

As the noise subaldes, I hear him quarters of a million,

Here is another Important point against the swarms of looking askance. her own popula-

corporal: tion and is seeking an averago family The bath-house is long and severe, "It's funny to see the change. fact. The Japanese Ministry of Chinese attackers. of five. Britain's birthrate was the scoured by fatigue-men to a anked When they first come, they're like Welfare recently drow serious Blemarck, I believe, once sald serious concern of the Government a purity,

shy little girls. They stand just like attention to the fact that out of that there were a hundred ways few years ago when attention was It is made up of cubicles. In each the bird in that picture 'September two million seven hundred thou- of getting into England, but drawn to the decline in population cubicle there is a shower, with an in- Morn

at their case, and youths between the age of only one of getting out. I do But Government never took the mat dleator marked "Cold-Tepid-Hot- "But now, they're ter to the point of intrusion Into the Or."

They forget how they use to need fifteen and twenty-five when not for a moment imagine that family life.

Turn it to "Cold," --and, sure privacy.

medically examined, only twen- the Japanese even begin to Evacuation of masses of populo- enough, cold water comes out. Turn "They eat in one room, sleep inty-seven per cent, passed the think of getting out of China.

in one raam, and tions tions, the

the enforced separation of it to "Tepld," and cold water still one room, bath

tests, owing to the low standard Nor do the Chinese, who frank- hustands and wives fighting in dis- comes out Try "Hot" and the rope don't give a domn. tant lands and the prospects of of the shower goes off like Old Re- "There's one thing to be said for of living in Japan. Yet they admit that they have still a long war give these problems ailable, the Great Geyser, in an awful it, this life. It broadens your out- Japanese Military Propaganda long struggle and possibly many keener note. It is possible that the explosion of boiling water and super- look. It knocks some of the ruddy Department is urging the people disappointments yet to face. "test tube" baby may again makes hent steam.

nonsense out of you.

to make, still greater sacrifices But they are perfectly confident, its bow on the platform of pubfle Somewhere between "Hot" and "It makes the rookies get together consideration. Experiments on human Tepid" there is a point at which nice as man to man. It'll do them and to cut down their eating, and more and more foreignera particularly of rice, their staple igree with them, that sooner or beings have shown that the theory warm water can be got. But Unix is world of good, can be put into practice and remain a delicate thing to achieve,

Inter, the Japanese, who plunged "Come off come on, come ON! diet. safe. To all but exceptional people Getting at it is ke balancing a D'you want cellulold ducks to play With these figures before one, Into China so easily, will realise the idea is repugnant and unnatural, teather on the end of your nose--you with? but war has a way of breaking down can't do it unless you are born with "Get out of them showers, you may well conclude that tt to get out again is a very these prejudices,

Japan is feeling the strain on different matter. mission, and get dressed!"

the knack: