Chungking, May 31.
Commenting on the Japanese estimate that 59,000 Japanese have been killed in the Sino-Japanese war, a spokesman of the Chinese National Military Council today stated:
"Probably that figure represented the number of Japanese killed in the Nanchang and North Hupeh fighting alone."
"On the basis of figures given by General Itagaki, Minister of War, in a report to the Diet concerning the number of families of soldiers receiving relief from the Government," he added, "it is estimated that the number of Japanese killed in the war probably totalled 280000 for the Period up to the end of last year."
Reuter, Colin Buchanan Scholarship Under the terms of the Colin Buchanan Scholarship Fund provision is made for the award of one scholarship annually, The scholarship is tenable for one year and consists of the remission of tuition fees for the period.
The object of the scholarships, as stated by the donors, is "to keep alive the memory of one whom the subscribers held in high esteem, Colin Buchanan, who, during the many years he was in the service of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, the greater portion of which he was Marine Superintendent, by his kind-heartedness and genial disposition endeared himself to most of the. shipping community.
This year the scholarship has been awarded to Helen Atemassoff, a pupil of the Public School for Girls—Yu Yuen Road. The Trustees of the Fund are the Chairman of the Municipal Council, the Secretary, and the Superintendent of Educa!
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