London, Sept. 30.
The famous financier, Sír Abe Bailey, in a letter to' "The Times" to-day, recalls the national fund which the Lord Mayor of London opened to relieve sufferers in the 1924 Tokyo earthquake and the hundreds ' of thousands of pounds sent to Japan from Britain as a result.
Sir Abe points out the present urgent need for medical equipment in Chinese cities where "thousands of Chinese civilians are being torn to pieces by Japanese bombs and shells,"
The financier, whose leg was recently amputated, says, "This news comes with terrible poignancy to an invalid who has received every attention....Is not this an occasion when the British Commonwealth should come to the aid of the sufferers in China at least to the same extent as i: care to the Japanese in 1924, and under the same traditional leadership,"
Suggesting that aid in this case should be rushed to Chinese ports in the form of anaesthetics and medical stores, first by air then by a fully equipped Red Cross British ip loaded with medical equipment and surgeons, Sir Abe offers to contribute £1,000 to start such a fund.—Reuter;
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