Art Show in New York Opening New. York, June 18. The Chinese children's art show opened here today at the Chinese Art Club.
Paintings and drawings by 300 Chinese children in all parts of the United States were exhibited. The [paintings and drawings showed that the children closely followed events in the Orient and were strongly conscious of the war situation in China.
Dr. Hu Shih. Chinese Ambassador io the United States, is the honorary chairman of the committee sponsoring the show.
Mrs, Theodore Roosevelt, Bishop Paul Yupin, leading Chinese Catholic, and Pearl Buck famous writer on China. are members of the Committee.—United Press.
Despite the repeated requests of the British Consul-General to hand him over for enquiry, the Japanese are still detaining Mr. G. A. Smith, a Briton, who was arrested on Saturday afternoon after an argument with a Chinese policeman.
The food situation continues to cause concern, Mr. A. E. Tipper, Chairman of the British Municipal Council, informs Reuter that while there is an enormous supply of rice and flour available, Japanese launch patrols in the river have effectively cut off vege-fable, meat and fish supplies—Reu-
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