For the first time since the dawn of history—in Japan—the Japanese have been compelled to ration rice, sugar, eggs, canned vegetables, coal, electric lights, gas, paper. Those who have been puzzled by the row in the Tokyo Foreign Office, will find considerable enlightenment by reading this article, telling of the economic complications of the Abe Cabinet, Other articles in this issue include a summary of developments in Europe, the attempt to induce Roosevelt to mediate, the Russian situation, the neutrality squabble in the U. S. Congress, Latest developments on the Chinese political front, with pictures of the puppets, and also some further Cartoons; alleged Soviet invasion of Sinkiang; The San Min Chu-I Youth Corps, China's New Vitality, an article by C. Y. W. Meng; How a Chinese Troupe Captivated American audiences; China's response to Moral Rearmament, an article by Leatrice Wong; outstanding events on the military and diplomatic fronts; How the Christian churches are fighting for life in Nazi Germany) and Stalinist Russia; The Nude Shows in the Badlands; a former office-boy's impressions of conditions at the front,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.