The Archive · 1937

General Hospital

The China South headquarters of the Army is located in Canton, the first year of activity in. that part of the country proving very eventful, Tu June of 1936 South China was created a (territory and Colonel Victor E. Rolfe appointed Territorial Commander, Representing the International Headquarters, Commissioner A. J. Benwell visited South China and in Hongkong was graciously received by the Governor. of Hongkong, Sit Andrew Caldecott, the official expressing his appreciation of the work. of the Army and his warm sympathy therewith.

In North China the Army has 232 officers, 00 employees, 84 corps and cadet outposts and eight institutions, South China the work Is carried fon by 16 officere and six employees. conclusion, Mr. Mervine ade vances the view that "There can be no end to this vast nareotle tame until there Is an end to extraterritorlality, although there is a remote possibility that the Jupanese author! Mes may see the wisdom of taking Early In 1938, Wt Is recalled, Japan was offering her protection to the silver smugglers North China, explaining that the ex-ort of silver was not contrary to Japanese laws and therefore the Japanese oMiclats were helpless to prevent sliver smuggling, However, they suddenly realized that they wer raining the metal reserves from an area In which. they were spending millions of yen and that a financial collapse in Hopel would prove deadly boomerang to Japanese Inter ests, "Within 24 hours after the order was issued by the Japanese Consular Police, all silver smuggling had come to an end in North China. The same could be done with the narcotic 'The Information Bulletin is put ved three times a month, and' can be obtained at the Council' of International Affairs, T San Tiao Hsiang, Drum Tower, Nanking—Kuo Min,

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