The Paoantul played the role of facing civilians at an air defence] practice at the East Parade Ground yesterday. But the eld was far too small. for the emergency stations to handle the pretended casualties. proerly. Tt was plain that this will be 40 in' case of a real alr raid, and so 18 places are to be located and ignoted as refuge stations to whicl the people of the city are to resort if-enemy planes pass over Canton.
Ing seamen In a corps that will, Kor the duration of the war, help to keep open communications by repairing broken rails, and mending roads that have been torn up.
Individual contributions of $600 apiece will be expected of every Canton "lawyer. Their union has voted that their president and vice~ president are each to gave $2000. In Canton there are about 1,000 lawyers. but some are not in active practice, and it is safe to say that many could not raise $500 if it were a matter of life or death.
Police Superintendent Li Chieh-chi has ordered his amicers to report as to persons on their beats who are married to Japanese women, Such persons will be obliged to sign a statement, binding themselves not to @ivulge to their spouses anything subversive to the interests of China.
Supposing the war spreads to the south, the normal strength of the Canton police department will not be juMMelent, and Superintendent Li-is anticipating this by conscripting store fokees who will be out for drilling and instruction from 5 to 8 every morning. If there be four fokees in shop, one will become a police reservist, and for every additional four employees one must enter the 'Having heard that the Commissioner for Foreign Affairs has declared that the policy of the Government will be one of "hands off" when Chinese decide not to have any reations with the Japanese, the Steve dores' Union yesterday openly ari-ounced that nobody connected with it fs to move Japanese cargoes. Going step beyond this, the union has moved to prevent coolles not holding membership in it from helping the Japanese get their boxes and bales ashore. A. picket corps has been hastily organized for the purpose of enforcing its resolution.
Taking a leat from the book of the stevedores, the Union of Passage boat and "River Steamer Employees yesterday resolved that no Japanese merchandise shall. be, carried on any vessel on which they"work, Thereby Tapanese firms will be stopped from sending anything to the country
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