The Archive · 1939

Senator Borah

Chinese Organizations Angered: by Statement

Chungking, Nov. 28.

The alleged statement by Senator William Borah, of Idaho, advocating that consideration be given to a new tade "treaty "between the United.|Sí&tes and "Japan, has aroused storm of protest from American and Chinese organizations in China.

Six Chinese organizations ychterday-jointly "cabled a" protest to the Senator, while today Dr. Robert E. Brown, of Ann "Arbor, Michigan, a director of the emergency office of the Council on: Medical Missions in China, -in some' plain speaking on the subject. He said:

"Five hundred American doctors and" nurses working in'mission hospitals -in China-end caring for sick warfare, are shocked and inted that Senator Borah and the isolationists desire to preserve Our trade, largely in war material, with a nation causing this inexcusable injustice and suffering, "Shall Americans be Hessians and, for profit, assist in destroying the Chinese people, who are fighting for their lands?"

Dr. Brown has just completed a survey of medical relic work in 15 provinces, including all fronts.

He asks whether Americans will mon Havas message giving details back -their - missionaries, or- repudiate them and "choose the blood money of war profits." jDr.' Brown is a member of the tei german; watt Made Into Jungle Methodist Episcopal Mission, and has boom connected with the Wuhu General Hospital for 20 years.—Reuter. ig nem n,- New, York, Noy, 28.

gays the "NewYork Times," comment-Celery Harvest Tied Up pon gi eguse it demonstrates that the Nazi ion, "is in a sense more: significant By California Strike ous-and its success means that it will be de cepted San Francisco, Nov. 28. The. Filipino Agricultural Assoafnbitions Powers,: This-is the fundamental ciation, clainting a membership of 2,700, poplin aH world is a ie Of the War. It is 4i clear as daylign.*ihat if small nations and affiliated with the Congress for jungle in which even the greatest Industrial Organization, struck in the came nations can live only in a pere! ual state of war."

San Joaquin celery fields yesterday, {paralyzing the $2,000,000 industry at amber the Brit-Hitler lines, Only one thing is lack-the peak of the season: "The workers ish.; in his broadcast ing: tHe' Giscbvéry "of Finnish atroare démandihg a five cent per hour Sunday, night, issued a direct in-cities against Soviet citizens, "If the wage increáse over the present 25 and witation to the German-people to-att present Soviet Government finally 30 cent wage.—United Press. im-their own~self-interest; -says- the decides to tread the path not of.cooperation and peace but of violence and oppression, then the workers of the world will be united but against Japanese General Dies Russia and not with her," the paper ended.—Havas,

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