Fried, Scrambled, Broiled, Poached..,. And Yet Alive Nearing Success With the Voluntary War Contribution Fund within £1,000 of the amount of £50,000 required for an immediate gift to His Majesty's Government from loyal Britons of China, the success of H. E. the Ambassador's radio appeal 20'Iaat Is assured. 'The money has from all classes of the. British com and, while some names are still missing from the lists, it is hoped. that their owners Will no longer' delay in doing their bit. Surely all' ranks of the 2nd Battalion The East Surrey Regiment in Shanghai, can signify their disappointment that they are not actually at Jarips with the enemy. by coming forward with splendid a gift ax $48,595.68, those who may never be called upon to Oxht for their country should likewise do. their" share. When realized! approximately. $3,000,000 have been ra comparatively small com:
mity: in Just a lite over @ month, Britons in a may well be satisfied with their effort are stil) paid in Chinese explains why the dollar lists which have been plished, were always loner than the steri the circumstances the effort of the British community in China compares very curably With those whids Mongkonz and Singapore, been favoured with the exchange those other places enjoy the result in sterling would have been far more imposing. Neverthe: less the fort must not slop at providing this initial ill, The whole idea of the fund is that subscribers should give monthly what they pos-canes and Spithires that Shanghai, when every contribution is taken into consideration is in a position to supply the Government with Approximately twelve such aeroplanes, accept-statement that the gift of Mr. Garfield Macclesfield NIP... of £100,000 will provide sixteen such machines, to replace those Tost over the Channel on Thursday is correct. AL the risk of boring readers it must be pointed out that this splendid initial effort by Britons in China cannot be regarded as the end. The Voluntary War Contribution Fund embraces the idea of Britons now proceeding they can each month." The idea rioing home monthly, representing o the British Government all that Britons in China can afford to give, is some-thine which should. commend. itself to their loyally, for it is about the most militant gesture probably ever be able a splendid thing it it lo lune every wat_'might not sound forge in view of the numbers. of such craft which are required, but it has to be remem-ered that most of the community. ig dollar wd that If the effort which has now de, had been made in circumstances, 3,000,000. would have presented £50,000" but more nearly Those Arrests The release of mose of the Britons and cipline of loyalty, we of country and of ili in victory is all that is necessary to move ive whatever support they can to their Government, and that compulsion is not and will not become necessary. It isa matter for pride that Britons have responded so splendidly {o the appeal, and for greater pride when they show that this initial effort will not be allowed to stack, Japanese who have been detained in Japan and Britain hax done much to ease the tension between the two countries. Those who are still being held in Britain can confidently. await the waist them, with in Knowledge that if it proves. insutficient, they will be restored to freedom, AS was briefly Tevealed in a Reuter message Published yesterday, action against the Japanese Britain who have aroused the suspicions of the authorities hasbeen the same as action Biltzkieg Not. Wet MincsteeeDers Lost TRAP, Drop Tons of, Bombs, Nan Censorship of Neutral: Report= ation posts in Libya, Ht by, Raiders Helsin teases One, Jananeee pitta Powers for Quezon Beaten Sportsman. Dies ly Allowances tes A Fine Result The information was made available on Saturday morning that, anticipated by. this im its issue of that day, the £30,000, as an immediate gift to ILAE. Govern-in connection with the Voluntary War Contribution Fund, had been reached. That figure does not include the contribution of Sir Victor Sassoon, and of one ollier subscriber both of which will have to be realized before it is Known exactly how large the initial gift will be. It may be said judging from informa-ton a= to the cost of such machines as Murritaken against other nationalities, including one British Member of Parliament,' and a former eraplosce of the American embassy in Lon don. 'There has been no discrimination, unless has been in favour of the subjects' of the Far Eastern Island Empire. It can be deduced from the Reuter mesaye referred to that the British Government actually held its hand a considerable time in dealing with the Japanese who have since been rounded up, presumably with the hope of not worsening Anglo-Japanese relations. If this be the case, what follows? The arrest of Britons in Japan on charges of espionage, charges which those who are acquainted with the victims describe as ridicnlous, might be taken to indicate that the Zenment believed that such arrests inthe Interesty of Japan's security without damage to Anglo-Japanese relations, -unless—which is incredible—there was the deliberate intention to sabotage those relations. Such an assumption might well eve the British Government of any hesitation in dealing-with Japanese in Britain in the in-forests of the security of their own country. Britain is threatened with invasion by the conqueror of the rest of Europe, the possessor one of the most powerful military machines the world has ever seen, Britain has seen her neighbours go down one by one, undermined from within, Britain has every reason to view with suspicion every person whose sympathies and possible sations may influence adversely the cause of national defence, Japan, however, is not under the threat of invasion. Technical! Japan is not even at war. None of the argue ments which can be produced for drastic action in Britain can be put forward with the same Justice on behalf of Japan, The cases are not parallel and indeed have little or no relation fo each other.
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