Chenglu, June 12.
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find. chatior_ of the. teahouse. "No Subject fs too great or too rival for discussion. Domestic worries, music fess affairs and. national problems fre. reviewed and solutions" arrived at in the teahouse and all the while the atmosphere of Teisurely comfort prevaiis—just tobe there and. sip ulla tea ina gently reclining. bamboo chair where class, caste, sex and fashion all_mingle together but pathing predominates oF interferes with the leisure and. Dappy chatter Df the teahouse: even the seat the story-telter is given but mild Famines, drought, foods and crop failure ave little "known or their hardships felt. In "enquiring about crop failures on the "Cheng plain {his information was. readily. given. 'A youth said that "In the memory of his grandfather now 10 years old The ancestral farm had never known failure, regularly it" had produced its two crops yearly with" usually Vegetables or tobacco In addition, surely. asthe flood gates at Kuan-Shan. were opened. every" springtime just a0 surely. were the waters of ihe "avigation ditches ample to Supply' the needs of the rice and wheat feds" saeeeinte, ce, ate Ferchadity bs athos a Britain Urged to ike othe Ge Sdn Refuse Demands Shanghai, July 1.
Groat Britain must not give into Japan's request for blockadkog Burma' and her answer to Japan will be the "last test" of her triend~ ship with China, "If she surrenders to Japan she will suffer the loss of dignity and lay down her arms in the Far East, but it will not affect China, The withdrawal of women and children from Hongkong may Indicate that she wilt turn down the Japanese request, but there must be 3 prompt elariAcation of the altua-'These are the opinions expressed by the "Chinese "American Daily one of the most popular yese dailies here in a long edi-1 entitled "Hongkong Withdraws mn" Tt is. stated that tension in the Colony will de~ olde the future policy of Great Britain, for it is not merely a matter of safely of Hongkong itself but concerns British Interests in the Par East and future destiny of the tish empire, The withdrawal at least Indicates that Britain will not, give in lightly. Hongkong is the first de> fence line of Great Britain in the Far East andi if she capitulates in face of threat, the results will be intoler fable, the paper believes.
Final Test "Speaking from the viewpoint of Sino-British relations, the Hongkong incident is also the last test of friend ship of the two countries, To put it more plainly, the question of when ther or not Great Britain will cultivate Jasling friendship with China will depend on the British reply to Japan," it is explained. France has lost Chinese friendship by closing trae through Indo-China, but Britain also surrenders, the Chinese will be even more indignant than they were during the French act of conciliation. Although they have repeatedly "excused the British in the past" during ""diMeulties" undergone by the latter, they will not do so this time, the paper asserts, Concluding, the paper expresses the hope that Great Britain will turn down the Japanese request, os the evacuation "indicates, saying that although the situation in. Hongkong tuan become worse, the situation in the Far East as a whole will be more stabilized. Refusal in this case is the only way to uphold British Tue Chekiang-Kiangsi Railway will be extended 300 kilometres from {in south Kiangsi, states a report fo the "Shun Pao." The extension, which is to be started some. time in July, is expected to be com= pleted by the end of this year, It is stated, 'The line will pass through Kinghsi, Nanfenghsien, Kwangchanghsien, (on the Fu Ho River) Ningtu, down' to Kanchow, the paper re" ports, Bee 2th ole tay cant Sra wal nati fag ote sary" helpfulness is manifest. Maiy bar-ties. are giving way or broken completely, New deals and new Hifeand fort of the race. China ational aspirations. are uniting the
ihe west is responding to the Seeds of the present, National crisis
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