It is true that in the local Chinese press scarcely even a hint has appeared of the tremendous Italian defeats in Africa, presumably on the ground that they are but groundless intensive air-raid a poor programme was announced of reiterating "the firm knelt down in the determination of the people to fight 2 airist Communism and sup-
Wüite enquiries. in order to investis rumours, But in that case, all that this pretended indignation about -port the peace -and national reconstruction" campaign which is gate to what extent subversive activi-rumour-mongering means is that the ripam "by the National Government of Ching" ties are being spread among the local Japanese authorities want to keep
All thecusual. important persons populace and to uproot all possible from the Chinese public in the occauses: the cupied areas any kind of news un-It is pointed out that, in the face of were present, including General Tada, of the construction favourable to the: Axis Powers, no commanding the Japanese. army, in Powers and matter whether true or not, to an China, According to the '60,000 persons were present, third. even stricter degree than is done in either Italy or Germany, but I should: not have estimated. them In any case this virtuous indigna-at more than 10,000 whom tion of the Japanese authorities nearly half were school d (against rumour-mongering would aphad: been' marched there. A goodly nightmare to them. pear to be entirely one-sided, For number-of-the others who came from Such rumours, unfounded and absurd the local Chinese papers, which are villages outside the city had obvious-under strict Japanese control, are ly been rounded up: by. the police, permitted quite freely to put out the The enthusiasm displayed was not most libellous and entirely unfound-exactly overwhelming and it may be allow ed reports about foreign firms here. doubted whether many of those who As for instance, that there has been were. not-on.the platform, had any a run on the American bank here idea as to what it was all about. and that the Chinese public is The-city was beflagged with the Y "hastily transferring its deposits from Hsinminhui emblem, which is noth-that bank to the Yokohama Specie g time. ing more or less than the old. five-Worth China with a view to alienate and Federal Reserve banks, with the "stated: when it is realized that it is largely colour flag, whereas the banner of ing the Chinese from the Japanese, by|result that the business of the bank [an industrial city with its immense the Nanking regime was conspicuous means of every sort of absurd rumour, has dropped '1,000 feet low" Or such as that population consisting: mainly of work-by its absence. Leaflets were hand-Japan is going to fight America and again, that the British and American ing.people. There were: those who ed "outs One: of. these:, contained the that the latter will win; tobacco companies are so hard hit questioned whether or not this could strange suggestion to send out a cir-has failed in her Greek cam-by Japanese competition that they are therefore, kindly. be done, and it is safe to assume that cular telegram to the whole countrying to dispose of their business, Germans will never be able to would not have been done but try. advocating the creation of a Hsin-land in England; This kind of stuff appears in Japan-min festival on March 1 every year.
Various kinds of opposition are ese eyes to be quite legitimate, no That-is strange, because the Hsin min being voiced even in Japan to the matter whether it happens to be flag (and society) is not to be found southward policy, which, under groundless rumour or not, circumstances will end in fail patel ordered (yo polled. 650) dor great deal, Lor Scotland's big in-anywhere south of the Yellow River, Japan's mediation in the Thai—Indo-China dispute is an effort on dustrial'éapital has had a succession
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