South Airican Mandatory Territories Where "Economic Facts"
One of the tragedies of the Sino-Japanese hostilities has been the serious blow dealt at Chinese scholastic institutions, especially Shanghai and Nanking. Apart from the primary purposes of education, a great deal of research Was being made into China's economic problems Dut there has been serious interruption owing to the wide dispersal of these colleages which are now temporarily based in, places hundreds. of miles from their original location, One of these institutions is the University of Nanking which has done such excellent service in agricultural research through its Department of Agricultural Economics under the guidance of Dr. J. Lossing Buck. Probably no college in China has contributed so much to the knowledge of agriculture as the University of Nanking and fis bulletins, published regularly in the days prior to hostilities, not only analyzed and expounded China's problems to the benefit of the Country but acquired international recognition 03 fouree' books emanating from a trusted authority. It is pleasing to know that although this Department of the. University i now temporarily Toeated in Chengtu, the valuable publication "Beonomle Facts" is still being issued in mimeographed form and is performing the same service as before. The latest issues deals with the seasonal variation of prices for farm products and the profitability of storage—a problem of rear Importance to the Chinese farmer. points out that prices paid to farmers are often Yower at harvest time than later. At harvest, pressing debts have to be repaid and produce is forced on the market in order to obtain the necessary cash. Also, to store produce and sell Tater involves the Wkelihood of deterioration, risks of fire and flood and the use of capital, trid therefore the costs of storage must be met by a corresponding increase in prices from tone harvest to another. The purpose of the Study in the latest issue is to measure the Seasonal. variation of prices so that the profitability of storage and the losses incurred 2 By having to sell at harvest time can be determined.
The Newer Strategy What In Parenthesis prophesied early in the geretesess & Besseneseeus routlties would ecu hes gpparentiy happened, For Reuter repre from Hankow that on. the northern Tanga Frost the Aghting has developed Imto's sort of rosy waterwork, with fare forces cath side operating behind' the front lines of the either, while various units are reported completsiy eat off from the rst of their Beier it wi be remembered that In Paren-thous commenting on some of the communiques Mouedi by boty sides,""consstently claiming Hiveleen" remarked that i this continued the cantendefs "would pass through each ethers saar be tacing back to back, OF course tines and be inthearied Jape, and it was for MEuant' tee one' moment that tie various com saagete would ake: the hint seriously wich mand ghow that there are. stranger things 19 SES aterig than It wots of in all te philosophy Gee No other hand Wei si. on a par with much neces of what Is happening." Japan ts busy Beating China to her knees aut of a deep-rooted affection for the Chinese, who if they knew the fag would probably remark: "No doubt it is wise to dissemble your love, but why do you kick me down stairs?" or at least something to that effect. China is. being driven towards Communism to save it from that dire political doctrine, Yet another singular military feat Is Fecorded on the part of the Chinese who are Feported in. two instances to have surrounded bodies of Japanese troops on three skies. It would not be diflleult to compile a long list of fuch contrarieties, but all to no purpose, for it is of no avail at this juncture to seek to im= press upon the parties concerned how much Getter off they would be if they would only remain at peace with one another. Tt is to be hoped that the contending armies will discover nother novel piece of strategy, for if they Could only realise the benefits to the world at' forge, they weald indulge in a_simultancous Felreat, peace would be Brought about and the Writers of military text books would have new Gevelopments on which to ponder.
School for Brides Mr, Okibet Sugimoto, from Japan, is planning to open a school for Chinese brides in Nanking, under the shadow of Purple Mountain and the tomb of the founder of modern China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen. This school, according to the report, Will enable Chinese girl aspirants to study Japanese etiquette, cooking, music, and the Japanese language, and thereby qualify a worthy mates, But mates for whom? No Chinese will need a wife who understands Japanese etiquette, cooking, music, and the Japanese Yanguage, when these accomplishments may have been acquired at the expense of Chinese feliquette, cooking, music, and the Chinese Tanguaie. The qualifications therefore seem to be designed for the wives of Japanese—which fives, rise to the thought that Mr. Sugimoto may have been over gloomy in his interpretation of Prince Konoye's warning that the war in China will be long-drawn-out, No one be-Hoves that Prince Konoye intended to convey fan intimation that Japanese soldiers here must be prepared to settle down and raise families in this country, combining this laudable object With the eradication of the Chiang Kai-shek' Fegime. The war may be long, but it is to be hoped that it will not be long enough for that, A Hideous Proposal The rapidity with which the Spanish in-Jsurgenis are marching towards the Mediter~ Fanean coast of Spain must rouse gloomy forebodings in the hearts of those who sympathize with the Republicans, Unless the loyal {froops in Catalonia can stem: the rebels' ad-there is every possibility of that falling into the hands of General Franco's armies. As was recently [pointed out in thig journal the Catalonians have Probably more at stake that the inhabitants of Bay other section of Spain, and their subjusa-{ion would mean the end, once and for an, of fall. the separation movements which have originated in their midst. The present move-tment is reported to have aroused the gravest anxiety concerning the fate of the 50,000 fanarehists, communists and syndicalists, who, is reported, have already been condemned {to death in advance by the rebels in the event of their securing complete victory. It is incon-ess, $0.40 ven cory ceivable that in this day and age anything like 's0 huge a massacre can be contemplated by fany civilized beings. The civil war in Spain, Jdeveloping throughout two years from what, was hoped would be " short and sharp coup eat into one of the most savage wars which have ever been perpetrated in history, has been horrible enough in many of its features, but nothing would be worse than the rounding of of this period of wanton slaughter by a Iholocaust such as has been suggested. It can not be believed that General Franco contem-lates any such thing. If he does, and if indeed murder on such a wholesale scale is carried out the effect upon world opinion will be disastrous for him, -It is true that dictators have up to the present been able to defy such opinion, but that' does not mean they will be able' to feontinue to do so with impunity, The time Will come when the whole universe will rebel at all brutality which has been and ie being demonstrated and that moment will come all the quicker If any such hideous scheme as the slaughter of 50,000 men, because of their political beliefs, is ever carried into effect.
The Boat Race The information reaching Shanghai about the respective merits of the Oxford and Cambridge crews, who are due to race on Saturday next, hasbeen unusually skimpy this year, and it ig therefore dificult at this distance to make comparisons of value. At the beginning of the training season, however, it was understood that Oxford possessed, if anything, too great a wealth of talent, while Cambridge had not appeared to have got over the decline which begun last year. This year Cambridge adopted the Oxford practice of keeping two in training up to the time of the race—the university crew and the Goldie crew. This practice had long been advocated at Cambridge, where many a likely youngster, not strom enough for inclusion in the "varsity boat during hig first year, used to lose his form and pick up habits which could only with dimiculty be eradicated, through rowing' in his college boat during his first year. Tt was believed that such youngster, given good company in his first year, would develop into a first class oar in his second, and this belief seems to have been borne out in the experience of Oxford. From the descriptions appearing in newspapers from Home, Cambridge have a fast crew and their boat moves well between strokes, Unfortunately there is little to be learnt from' comparing the times "taken by" the two craws in full course rials, conditions at the time the trial having so big an influence, But Cambridge has done consistently good "times from getting on to the tideway, and seem on the whole to be a better and stronger boat than Inst year. The Oxford coaches had the humiliation on March 3 during a trial row between the University crow and the Isis crew of seeing the latter—the second erow—Walle away from the former, Isis was given" a length's start and it was expected that the university crew would soon make that up. THe opposite happened, however, for, after the first Durst, when the Wwarsity ete gained on the other, Isis rowed away and finished the course three lengths to the good, having gained, as will boo seen, two lengths on the representative eight, No change was made in the order of rowing in the varsity eight on account of this, which proves confidence in their ultimate superiority, The result showed that Oxford possesses {wo crows of first class calibre, which does not argue well for Cambridge's chances, Who is Next uSignae Murata tg. now bean created, a thanks t) a number of members of the Senate marshal of the Tialian Empire, and in returning
for that promotion, he ie reported to have used the sentence-—"This new appotaiment increases my responsibility for a third great and victorious Campaign of the Empire in which shall Tead You" The sentence is fully reported by Reuter, find confirmed by a somewhat ailferent version tlven by the United ress, though up to the pre-fent there has been no offelal confirmation:
believed that. the Feferenco "was to" the uecessful conclusion of the Ethioptan eampaln dnd the vilorles of the Nationalist troops. Spain. here. wil naturally' be some' speculation '8 what ie the Uhid victorious campaign which 11'Duce means." isnot easy to discover from what has happened in the. past exactly what Signor Mustolin has in mina. "hat such Hatement should be made while endeavours are icing made to improve Anglotillan relation-Ships makes {t impossible to believe that he fe Contemplating action, in the. Mediterranean fnimieat to Great Britain, though i this uliimately proves to be the case, then Mr. Anthony Eden's foreign policy will be vindicated by the vent, and hit. Chamberlain's will have proved be'wrong. On the other hand practically any other action' homey contemplate In Europe would tarry with i the danger of widespread war, is quite possible that 11 Duco was speaking for ome consumption, for there are, rulers, in Europe who india ide sabrecratiing of 10 Small assistance in dealing with infernal matters. That the slatement, if confirmed officially, wil have a disturbing effect in the capitals of cher Fates" seems to be inevitable. "His description St the condition of Wallan armaments makes Interesting reading, though it will probably be I'matter for satisfaction "in other countries, Sgeinst whom Signor Mussolint may ultimately dkeide t fend his nation, that they also are bY means in a state of Unpreparedness,
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