1941-09-01 — Page 7

September 1, 1941.

Monday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

By Ernie Bushmiller

NANCY

BOY! IT'S GREAT TO BE A WINNER AND NOT A MARK

ON ME!

OH, MR. SLUGGO --- I THINK YOU'RE A WONDERFUL

BOXER !

YOU'RE MY

·HERO, SO I WANT TO GIVE

YOU A

PRESENT

IT'S A TOY FIGHTER!

U. S. Communists All-Out For British Middle Classes

The National Committee of the Communist Party of the United States after an all-day meeting "some- where in New York City," recently changed the party line again to make it fit rapidly changing international affairs.

Of special interest in the cominit- tee's publicity release were two star- Uling declarations of new policy:

"Defend America by giving full aid to the Soviet Union, Great Bri- toin and all nations who fight against Jitter!"

"Preserve and extend the economic standards und democratic berties of the American people

the

workers, farmers, and middle classes! Stop monopoly war profiteering!"

Monthly

Bomber

Donations

AHEM!

Saturday morning's collections for the Heretofore—that is, since the Ber-Bomber Fund Included a number of

of In-Moscow

donations. Many

these fact-monthly non-nggression Amerleans Communists had opposed donors have now been giving regularly each month for over a year. The Fund Add to Britain and hadn't bothered has reached a total of $2,500,407,70, the much about the welfare of the following being the latest lias of dona American "middle classes."

Alone

HQR.A. Swear Box

Service Pay)

Party spokesmen zuil that 145 de- Mr 11. W. Fraser (Auxillary Fire legates attended the policy con-In loving memory of "Grannie" ference, representing every state, voting unanimously for the New party line. However, the place of the party meeting was kept secret.

Hitler The Enemy

.

10.00

from F. II.

10

of

10

Miss Naylor

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32.38

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In loving memory

Woods (D. & N.)

V's par Victory

freeund donation) Kowtoon Ciy "Lap Sap"

donation)....

In loving memury

Sticking to the Communist arguin ment that the war was brought on of the in- by capitalist statesmen perialist powers the committee's statement agreed that Hitler's plan Was to "enslave the peoples of the world."

"There can be no peace for the

peoples of the world without the complete destruction of Hitler and Hitlerism." the statement sald. "illtler Fascism stands exposed us the greatest and main enemy of the peoples of the world."

The new parly line identifies "the greatest menace to the American people" as "the Hoovers, Lindberghs, | Wheelers and Norman Thomises,

the Coughlins and Hearts-the

spokesmen of the most reactionary circles of the bourgeoise."

£200,000,000 Deal To Buy City Of London

The City Corporation may pay £200,000,000 to secure municipali

Lenore Winfield

Mother

meinory of our beloved Mother

Aileen and Doris Woods

A.

K. Dimondi (in loving memory of Maudo

Filz-Stubbi Woods who passed away on Sept. Supreme Court Bomu (seventeenth

1. 1040)

donation)

Min

P. S. S. Chicken Feed twerk-

ly donation)

30

30

15.50

The following monthly donations to t Bomber Fund were also received 03 Saturday!

Mr O. E. Bertin Mr Stuart Longfield "N. BL"

Mr Kong I Sun J.

Mrs E., Grant

Mr R. C. Jones

Mir W. Hewitt ....

Mrs M. S. Fortescue

Miss S, M. Swift

Mra Annie Shorp

Misses Alleen.& Doris Woods

W. HE. C.

$500 100

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SOMETHING FOR ADOLF-One of the most destructive implements of war is this British 2,000-pound bomb, especially dosigned to pierce the hoaviest armour. It is shown just before it was placed in the bomb rack of the plane in the background, for use against

Germans.

Credit Freezing Makes Economic Situation Of S'hai More Acute

By ROBERT P. MARTIN

SHANGHAI, Aug. 12 (UP).—Four years of war have placed Shang- hai in an abnormal economic situation, which the freezing of Chinese and Japanese credits and continuance of the war apparently will make in- creasingly acute.

Trade between Shanghai and the hinterland is more difficult than trade between many foreign countries

ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRES The following is a list of subscriptions received to diale for credit of the British Fund for Relief of Distress in China. flangkong and South China Branch, for barrier. Japanese, import commodity controls in the Orthopaedic, Centres in Free China:

Previously acknowledged. $106,706,10: past year, combined with the increased circulation of tbeing half provveds of raffle et Club's military yen and new Nanking dollars, have further dis- Supper, Dance on 20/5/41), $30; Mr NË Mani, 810; Mir Kwok, Lain-po, 80; Milocated the economic structure. Kwong Tze-an $15, Dr T. 3. Tua, s Through Messrs F. Fongkey & Co., $147.80. Total $107,080,20,

because military demarcation lines form a formidable Toy

Kowloon Tong Garden City Associnilon

EMERGENCY REFUGEE COUNCIL. The S. C. M. Post has received.

itefugee Counci:

of the city

ownership of the citadel of Captial.fare Couneli acknowledges the fallowing administered Greater Shanghai Shanghai because they had no desire

Exports Help To Pay For The War War

Starvation Destroys One-Third of Shansi

One-third to one-half the population of southeastern Shanst Province, China, has been wiped out in the last few weeks by starvation and pestilence, according to a cable received in New York by United China Relief from George A. Hogg, American rellef worker in Shansi.

•

Hogg's report, forwarded by the China Defence League in Hongkong, of which Mme Sun Yat-sen is. president, said that "acorched earth tactles" hnd accounted for most of the deaths, He failed to indicate the number of victims, but Shamisi Province's population is 10,681,000.

22.11.

"Livestock has been killed; and produce destroyed, so that the population has been left without food," the report said.

Epidemic Followed Epidemic rupidly followed the devastation of all the south-eastern section of the province, with the result that the health conditions have become "monstrous," it was reported.

Describing the stricken Broa through which he had made a trip

to evaluate rellot needs, Hogg said:

Shaw Tells The World

What's what

George Bernard Shaw announced

"In almost every village and town on his 80th birthday recently that ho there were large numbers of emplyfts writing a new book on politics. and burned-out houses, felds were

untended, liyo stock gone,

More Than Half Ill

Show said he would call it "Every- body's Political What's What."

"Everywhere there was a chance the A.B.C. of politics," he said. "My "I've discovered that nobody knows

to make anything like a detailed

survey it was found that more than book will be an elementary textbook half the total population had recently on the subject. been seriously with typhold, typhus, relaping fever and Influenza plus two equals four-not seven

"It will explain simply that epidemics which awept the area in eight, as some people seem to think "It now seems clear that Russin la

P

the wake of the with an appeal}

The report ended

two

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It was

1

to the American Committee in Ald going to win the war for us, of Chinese Co-operatives and the mad of Hitler to attack Russia. China Aid Council two American relict groups

"Somebody asked me the other day which, through the what we were going to do to Hitler United China Relief Campaigns are when Germany is beaten.

co-ordinating their appeal for medi- cat and material aid for devastated areas.

Britons Held In Morocco

Food Shortage Serious

Britions in Morocco are now being Interned by the French authorities.

Up to now, except for a restricted arca outside Casablanca, they have been allowed to

free...

The food altuation in Morocco is becoming as critical as in France.

Sugar and butter are almost un-.

"I repiled by saying that the ques- tion was: 'What is Russia going to do to him?""

Asked what Russin would do to Hitler, Shaw answered: "I have not. the slightest idea.

"I am much more interested in what Britain and Amerlea are going to do about Russia when it's all Over,"

Test Of A Good Little Hun

obtainable. Beef is obtaimable only gained by Hitler many Germans Proof that In spite of the victories

once a week.

besides

As a result mutton and the native refuse to accept the Nazi yoke is afforded by the recent publication couscous are almost the unvaried of new Nazi decrees which have been diet, even in the big hotels.

There are- various signs;

designed as part of a system to put the Internment of Britons in Morocco,

pressure on "unloyal" Germans. of Vichy's growing collaboration with Detalls of the scheme are:- the Nazis.

Germans Parade

Every German family shall get Parades of German troops take what is described DE "education place dally in towns In

help" for the third and subsequent the un-children. This "help" will be paid occupied zones.

At Sete, the Mediterranean port by local commissions in every com- near the Spanish frontier, hundreds munity, the same commissions being of German and Polish wagons are authorised to refuse payment in the

following cases:— constantly in waiting to take goods

Germany,

to

1. If the family has anti-social These goods are imports from the habits; French colonies.

ditary diseases;

Uniformed Germans are now seen 2. If the chlid suffers from here- everywhere In the streets of the town, which

under is completely

3. I the child is racially unclean; their control.

4. If the child refuses to obey As a result of new decrees France the orders of the Nazi party; and is now officially one of the most 5. It the parents-especially the active anti-Jewish countries- in father refuse to serve the interests of the Reich and the German nation. Alrendy more than 15,000 French; This means that practically only and foreign Jews are stated to have those parents who are members of concen- the. Nazi party will receive the much tration camps.

advertised "education help.”

Crossword Puzzle

There are millions of idle to put new obstacles in the path of dollars in Shanghai, but inves- business intercourse, Shanghailanders

Toy soldiers and miniature the torg Are extremely reluctant are facing new and tremendous dif- fallowing donation to the Emergency although in Japanese-occupied culties, with the spectre of possible war equipment direct from the been arrested and sent to

| Japanese occupation

war zone are the latest craze Sympathisers (114th Contribution) $10. areas outside foreign conces-always in the background. The Itongkang Refugee and Social Wel: sions and in

the Nanking-

with children. The Japanese have not occupied donations received during August If the deal goes through the City Students of Lingnan Univaralty for tak-

Children in Britain are having ing over garden crops. $2741 Kwong municipality there are hundreds to antagonize third powers. Another Brandon wise be publicity Sang Hong, $500; Mr D. J. Buttonjec, of factories still in ruins which reason was that Shanghai provided a to go without their toys so that Britain to puss into publle owner-120; 0.C. c/o 5. C. A. Post, $5; Mr and ship.

Mrs. D. Comernic #5: Sympathiser c/o could be repaired and operated. convenient trade outlet and a theatre they may be exported to help S, C. M. Post four weekly donations)

für "squeeze" and currency manipu- Like all other municipalities, the 140, H., $25; Mrs Y. H. Foon, 323.50;

The war cut a new line of demar-lations. If Anglo-American freezing pay for the war, In London, City Corporation is viewing rebuild-Mrs L. W. H. Ponn, 820: Foreign Auxiliary cation right through the International orders eliminate these advantages, the world's largest makers of (contribution towards office salary. Settlement. The industrially impor- the Japanese may move in unless toy soldiers, who use about 500 ing plans from every aspært,

tant castern district of the settlement they are prevented by threats of The rateable valué of “the square | August:

is now Japanese-occupied and for-Anglo-American retaliation.

tons of lead to make upwurda mile" is about £8,300,000. This Fifty "Bowl of Rice” lickets, Mr Leong cigners' rights there are curtailed. means a capital site value of some-chamber of Commerce:

Fut: 400 pieces of firewood, Sandakan

Hongkew and Yangtzepoo

of 12,600,000 items a year, are freightage on International Settlement

Anglo-American freezing thing like £220,000,000.

firewood. Mesars Jardine,. Malliesen und

pollee and ended at a single blow Shanghai's now working entirely upon ex- Co.: 40 Bowl at Rice tickets Mire hose they pay

to taxes

Shanghat privileged position as

free interna-port orders, and many of these GOO of firewood. Fire- So complicated and involved are ad Sanctaken; eightage on al municipality, but in most respects tonal exchange market based on the are for India. the vested interests concerned in

frewood, Mesars Jardine, Matheson and they are Japanese-controlled areas, free convertibility of Anglo-Saxon City ownership that the Corporation Co.; one "Bowl of Rice" ficket. A Friend, In the eastern district ol the settle- currencies against Chinese dollars. The United States is buying flye may vole for outright purchase toj PILISONERS OF WAR FUND

ment, the Japanese control and man-Japanese and Inpanese-sponsored for six times as many British toy The S. C. M. Post has received the complete its scheme

new?

following donation to the British Pri-

age a number of expropriated private currencies have all been inconverti- soldiers as did before the war, London.

soners of War Fund "in memory of our Chinese industries and continue to ble for a long time except into Chi-and children there arc showing beloved Mother," from Alleen and Darls

run their own public utility enter-nese dollars. Woods; 15.

special interest in the Empire troops SOUP KITCHENS

prises in spite of franchises possessed The American freezing regulations fighting in the Near East. The S. G. M. Post has received the by foreign companies,

for

Opportunity Missed

Once before-after the Great Fire

$12.50; Mr W. H. LI, 92.

Donations in kind during the month of

wood

following donation to the Soup Kitchens In 1000-the City Corporation missed | Appeal Fund "in memory of our beloved Its opportunity.

Mother," from Alleen and Dorts Woods; $5.

REFUGEES CAMP RCIOOL

Sle Christopher Wren drew up The Director of Medical Services grate plans for a beautiful city with broad | fully acknowledges the receipt of a straight streets.

generous gift of $250 from an anonymous danor, who has kindly undertaken to give the initial equipment of, and to main- tain for one year, an additional Kinder.

Camp School.

8. FC. A.

the

Health Declines

no have

an

orders

had been anticipated here for months,

According to high-informed quar-

Young India is keenly Interested As a result of the above-mentioned ters, U. S. Treasury Secretary Henry in 1941 lines like the Indian Infan- restrictions, the settlement and the Morgenthau and T. V. Soong, Bank try in service dress, Royal Indian French concession are now in artificially isolated position, although freezing

an of China chairman, used the threat

a special moun- of Service Corps, and to heross Shanghal spec- tain battery, with guns, gunners, foreigners there have enjoyed greater ulators, resulting in large-scale repa- mules and mounted officers, 6s well security of life and property than triation of Chinese capital from the as old favourites like Hodson's Horse, But Wren's plan was pushed on

elsewhere. However, there is United States and large-scale recon- the Gurkha Rifes, Sikhs, Skinner's one side because of the City's 'rush #arten class for 30 children in the Mor- to rebuild, and because of the fusis-Fison Hill

enermous congestion in population, version of United States dollar hold- Horse and the Bikanir Camel Corps. resulting In the decline of public ings into yuan, The latter move-

Modern mechanical warfare is re- tence on the maintenonce of their The S. C. M. Post has received the health, increase in criminally and ments accounted for the firmness of flected in the strong demand for the rights by owners of the land.

following donation to the Society for the mushroom growth of new small-scale the yuan's exchange value in the past latest models of tanks, aeroplanes, That is why the City is still inter-memory of "Dig Boy, from Alicon and Prevention of Cruelty to Animals In

Industries.

seven months.

Bren-gun corriers, barrage balloon sected with narrow twisting alley- Daris Woods; $5.

The greatest effect of war on

units, Army lorries and motor Ways

DONATIONS WAITING

cyclists, Shanghol was the change in the direc Donations for the following Organisation of Shanghai's trade. Shanghal to be hoped that the Corporations await collection at the office of the tion will not be side-tracked this. C. M. Post:

has now become virtually completely Lord Mayor's Fund for time.

the Rellet of Air Victims BW.OF: dependent on commercial intercourse Equally it is to be hoped that the soners of war Roller Fund; Food Kit- vlously it had depended on a con- Emergency Refugee Council: British-Pri- with foreign countries whereas pre- deal will not put extortionate mil-chens Fund, St Vincent de Paul: S.P.CA. Hons into the puckets of ground land-

tinuous, and ample supply from the Interior of cheap food, colton and other raw materials, including coal. War devastation, curtailed produc- tion, and Japanese diversion have: dried up this source.

It

lords

Ford Optimistic

Of Future

Noted Editor To Retire

Shanghai in the past two years was forced to import from abroad all its rice, most of its cotton, and half of

Will Live 25 More Years,

Says Quezon

Many children in India stlit prefer the traditional' cowboys and Red Indiano, Zulus and Tegoland war- riors.

filets him for the second time and toki a story of what one of his doc- toms in New York, Dr Güller, told him when asked how much longer President Quezon, in an unhe could live In view of his lifness scheduled radio talk recently, said he then,

its coal supplies, and in the same expected to live 25 more years. He "Dr Güller said," the President period it exported abroad. Industrial spoke by remote control from Mala-stated, "I had 25 more years of ille products, formerly marketed in the conan over station KZRM on the if I had the will to live. In fact, 1 Interior. Numerous corporations radio programme of the Chesterton think," he continued, "I will live editor of "The earned the biggest profts in their Evidence Guild which dramatised another 29 years before I go to the

foreign 1019, leaving : ungis someon

the Philippines fight against tuber- great beyondTLANT *This arose from

culosis.

Mr Geoffrey Dawson plans to retire as editor of "The Times" Henry Ford, celebrating his 78th of London this month. birthday recently, is reported to He is to be succeeded by Barring have said that he believes that after ton Ward, Assistant Editor since. Pro the war there will come an era "fill-October, 1027, ed with opportunity for. everybody Mr Dawson was who can refrain from looking back-Times" from 1912 to

after a quarrel with Lord Northclif depreciation, which cheapened Shang- ward and who will go forward.“

The President's remarks were a The Chesterton Evidence Guna hal labour, so enormously that local surprise to radio fans. When in which holds, weekly, broadcasts on If competition" remains active.

He forecasts that industry w His long-time uditorship of the

almost anywhere. Thus, the masses have him say a few words during made up of studnets and alumni of famous aid Thunderer has been found their living standard lowered the anti-tuberculosis campaign pro- the Ateneo de Manila. President search for new

and that a notably Independent on occasion and while a few made profits..

gramme, the chief executive gract- Quezon congratulated members of New Difficulties tremendous exparalon in aviation he often has been recognised as on

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