Savage has the Finance Minister, Mr. Walter Nash, to remain "until a final settlement The burden of the "News-Chronicle's" comment is that it is a "de-Plorable fact" that although the sympathies of Democratic countries are whole-heartedly with the Chinese people in their struggle -agai Japanese domination, the Democr: cies are making it possible for aggression to proceed.
The writer recognizes it is not easy to cut Japan's trade and life-line decisively, in a single stroke, but declares that two things can be done immediately, namely 1. The Democracies should ban imports from Japan "which can be just as easily, if a trifle more expensively, be bought elsewhere;" and, 2. They.should make every effort io re-direct the channels of their trade.
Discussing the present relations between Japan and Britain, the "Manchester Guardian" says it is course unimaginable that the Bri Government, "even this British Government," should agree to any of the Japanese terms or to do anything else which might help their occupation of China.
After Binding that "our timorous shrinking in the Far East rather Spoils the picture of our resolute front in the West," the writer suggests that 'a firm British' lead might sway the votes of Congress in the deliberations on neutrality and Sena-for Key Pittman resolution tomorrow, in a way which it is impossible for President Roosevelt to do alone—Reuter. man Army to Organize New Unit Special "Speed Corps"
Military Preparations Noted Throughout Reich Summer Manceuvres to Augment Standing Army Berlin, July 13. A new military unit has of military observers in. the.past.few weeks, it was disclosed last night.
Despite the normal appearance, however, extensive. damage was wreaked by the violent winds and heavy rain. A.trip to Bubbling Well Cemetery where six giant trees—many of them over 30 years old—lay in utter confusion, their roots drying in the afternoon sun, and.to the Vu Yuen Road district, where deep floods covered the roadway from the Public School for Girls to almost as far as St. George's, bore mute testimony to the fury of the storm.
Throughout Wednesday evening and yesterday morning the damage was being repaired. Gangs of coolies were speeded to isolated points as the winds died. down and the city's wounds were healed. Repairs were still being conducted late last night, as the damage was so extensive. One of the places which received the full fury of the typhoon was the Race course. Here the sports pavilions, many of them. damaged badly leaned drunkenly as coolies worked to repair roofs and walls. On the baseball ground debris was scattered far and wide from the pavilion in front of the stand, which had been demolished by the: wind. As at Nanking Road, however, where the flooding on Monday had been extensive, there was, no sign of water,
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