It was short lived. The personally ambitious Attorney-General, Mr. Menzies, launched a publicity drive for his own advancement. With the eloquent logie that is so often wasted en the man in the street, Mr. Menzies proclaimed the need for real national leadership, the inspiring leadership that Mr. Menzies would be delighted to provide. The man in the street was not impressed.
Mr. Lyons lay low and said nothing, but certain newspapers fired a broadside of articles and cartoons depicting Mr. Menzies as a would-be dictator, and ever since Mr. Menzies has been dashing about the country addressing tea parties and opening bazaars in a desperate effort te assure the public that he didn't say what he meant, or didn't mean what he said. Mr. Lyons took that trick, and quietly waited for the next attack.
Within the Cabinet were men who From Jukao north, however, the Chinese troops are [n command until one gets as far up as Sutsien, where the Japanese troops are in possession of the city again.
The low areas, however, are covered with rich crops practically all of which are for local consumption or for the Shanghai market, Other forms of business and industry are practically at a standstill.
The Taichow hospital, after being closed for several months, was recent-reopened. Dr. Price having to China after his furlough ín America.
COM is closed, considerable Although the American hospital in medical relief work has been going on in one of the vacated missionary homes with a skeleton Chinese staff. It is said that the once flourishing leper clinic is entirely closed and several of the lepers of the area have moved to Ghanghai. This city has sever had an air raid, but outside of the city much destruction has taken place. conscientiously believe that compulsory training is necessary. They included the Minister for Customs, Mr. White. In dealing with them Mr. Lyons adopted different tactics. He took up the attitude that the re-introduction of compulsory training was inconsistent with his pledge, given at the last elections, that conscription would never be introduced while he remained in office.
This rather transparent subterfuge misled many people, and weakened the position of the advocates of compulsory training. While the issue was still temporarily clouded, Mr. Lyons moved swiftly, and announced a reconstruction of the Cabinet:
The new Cabinet had several novel features. Additional portfolios were created, giving increased influence and prestige to the Country Party, which supports the Coalition Government, The Defence portfolio was split, and control of civil aviation placed under separate authority. This was a popular move, but grave suspicion was aroused by the crea-ties of an "Inner Group" of Cabinet Ministers (o geal with matters of high policy.
Port fee Japanese Trade Disposing of Valued Minist Kowan is a flourishing port for Japanese trade. Pigs, chickens, eggs And vegetables are shipped both up and down stream and Japanese commercial steamships are regular callers. the: Baptist hospital in Yanchow, Attempts are being made to reopen
"which has been closed for some time. Repeated attempts to open it have met with difficulty. Still considerable medical work has been going on all the time relieving the suffering of the refugees. This once flourishing city, too, has been reduced to poverty.
Tsinkiangpu has had air raids once and again, but up to date the medical work there is going on unabated. Dr. Bell and family, together with other foreigners, are in residence and the city is still, as Taichow, in Chinese hands.
It is remarkable how the Post Office is able to operate in the northern Kiangsu area. It serves both Chinese and Japanese occupied areas with fair speed and with continual improvement.
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