The Archive · 1940

Machines Attacked

The attackers first sighted seven large end small machines on the runway of the acrodrome attached 10 the factory. After destroying ese rounded machines, the bombers Fained their loads upon the factory fand set it on fire.

"The Chinese were apparently taken "surprise as no resistance was offered. "in the meantime, further north, "Japanese fighter "formations Jencouintered Chinese aerial convoy of ten planes of a point above the Sintsin " aerodrome 20 miles. south: west of Chenglu, capital of Szechuan province. After disposing of the these days. That the Chinero {ional currency should have yone recently as a result. of the United States oan was to be expected, but. that the FAUB. notes. should -appre= Jelate still more, until they are nearly Jat a premium of 25 per cent. ayainst National currency is most pecu-'Nor have the financial pundita able to offer any reasonable tion of this stale of aff is quite unwarranted economic "and finareiat situation in North China, The only explanation that "appears to be anything like satisfactory is the rumour th the signing of the Theee-Power pact, so have been ying 10 the FRB, currency arti-

Gelinite confirmation of any step. having been taken, 'Whether the rumour is true or not. the Japanese do not, anyhow, appear: to have lost interest in' the Chinese National currency. In recent weeks the "Chinese employees of "many Eritish "and American firms, © and specially of the banks, have been ordered to attend at the Bureau Public Safety, where in the presence of Japanese" gendarmes they were Jauestioned. One of the main objects pears to be, to obtain the names for Chinese customers who have deposits in the foreign banks, specially such deposit happens to. the "illegal" National currency. is-known that some of these depos!- tors have been made to hand over their deposit receipts. And, in "any cease, it is significant that recently. there has been quite a (Chinese depositors who tri the Danks to cancel their deposit receipts, no matter if they have 10 forego the interest, and to pay them out in FRB. notes, at any rate exchange AS the "banks are net likely to" do this and thus be left

ency, those. depositors who have arge wad of National' f: anded over their deposit receipts oF Fave made a statement of their hol ings of National currency, are likely to lose their money, seeing that the National currency hasbeen maba; Mesal" for over a year now, Anti-Foreign Movement Begins at Amoy Amoys Oct. 21 Kolangsu, International settlement of Amoy, which was the object of when a despatch of the Ianding party precipitated Tondings by British, French and American sailors on November 5 of last year again loomed as a por sible centre of international attention yesterday asa movement for the xeprocession of foreign privileges Is. al-eyed to have gained" momentum mons 70,000 Chinese residents of island, 'The agitation, urging the Nanking Government {o' seek retrocession of the settlement, was set off by the impending evacuation of American sidents from the Far East Leaders of the movement cone tended that this occasion should be seized to retrocede privileges oblain= end by the British in. the Nanking Treaty—Dom

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