London, July 7.
The anniversary of the Sino-Japanese war today was marked by special articles in several newspapers dwelling on the unprecedented Chinese national will to resist which, it was agreed, was the most remarkable feature of the war.
At noon today Mr. Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador, conducted a memorial service at the Embassy, during which three minutes' silence was observed in honour of the Chinese war dead.
Every member of the Chinese community attended.
With another stream of donations, the Lord Mayor's Fund now ap-Proaches £130,000, including over £1,000 from British doctors alone, Funds Rolling In The organizers draw attention to the steadiness with which contribu tions are rolling in every week. They attribute this to a widening ap preciation of China's need.
Leading provincial cities, such a. Manchester and Birmingham, are actively ce-operating.
It is añnounced that Australia sending a unit to China in October including a portable hospital with wards, an operating theatre, X-ray equipment, motor ambulances and a staff of trained nurses.
An Indian, Dr. Madan Atal, wil! shortly take the first Indian medical unit to China, consisting of several noter ambulances and dressing stations. Over 100 young Indian doctors have already volunteered to accompany the unit—Reuter.
A Chinese lorry driver who was arrested by the Japanese when a hand grenade was found in his lorry.
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