The Archive · 1938

The War Area Children's" Relief!

Association, which is under the chairmanship of Madame Chiang Kai-shek, Inas decided to send 250 refuges children to Hongkong.

Mast of those chosen to go to the [Colony are from the war area in the vicinity of Shanghai. Before their departure they will "be inoculated against typhoid and cholera.—Reuter, Tribute Paid Britain A tribute to Great Britains siatsmanship in always Keeping. China's Feterests in sight while developing her town vast interests is paid by Dr. C. C. Wang. Ditector of the Chinese Government Purchasing, Commission, in a fetter to "The Times" today concern: {ng the newspapers leading article of August 27 in which it aftrms. that "Great Britain wil not buy Japanese {iendship with a eyntcal deal China's expense,"

I is by such far-sighted polley, Dr. Wang say, that Great Britain' has consolidated her position and, at the sine time, won many. warm' friends among the, Chinese people, 'Commenting on the statement made to the press recently by Gen, Seldelra Iagaidr Japanese. War' Minster, that hho dia not anticipate the Chiang Kal-hele regime to collapse after the fall Jor Henkew, "The Times" says that ths indicates a retreat fo realism among Japanese leaders, but adds that it will lordly. reassure' the. Japanese. forces in the eld and thole families at home, 'Streting the steady Improvement in Chinese "guerilla organization, the newspaper asserts that. the Japanese maybe right in declaring' that guerillas are only mosquitoes, but declares that there is an ominous note striking feature of the Chinese Customs returns for the first. six months of 1938 was not so much the volume of decline as the capacity to maintain even a fair rate of activity the face of such grave difficulties.

Mr, Quo Tai-chi, the Chinese Ambassador, saw Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary today—Reuter.

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