Evening star., 1932-11-17
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Excerpts From Newspapers of Other Lands

Manchuria Daily News. Dairen.-The
Dairen Shimbun, in a recent issue, re-
produced in full the japanese trans
lation of the progress of the interview
that took place between the late Ma
Chanshan, as governor of Heilung-
kiang and vice commander of the
Heilungkiang army of the Northeastern
Frontier army, and Dr.. Lind Of the
Algemeine Zeitung, Germany. at Tungho
(acroSs the Sungari. opposite Fang
cheng). We understand that before the
original text fell into the Manchukuo
authorities hands it had been photo
the home government and another to
the Leagues Inquiry Commission. 81
Among a long series of 81 queries and
answers, the following will be found Of
interest:
@. What country do you think is in
clined most friendly to China?
A. Russia has rendered most help,
and the most friendly power is the
United States.
@. In what form do you expect the
United States to help China?
A. I expect supply Of funds and mu-
nitions. But for the United States help
China would have been dismembered
before this.
@. What help has America rem
dered China?
A. In the oath of Kwanghsu 1899
the powers threatened to disembowel
China. Then the United States stepped
forth and contended for the open door,
and China owes her existence till today
to the American support.
@. Since the United States does not
care to fight japan, what suitable help
can she give China?
A. Supply of munitions will be ef-
fective, from my experience Of fighting
Japan.
Q. Have you ever asked America for
help? ~. .s
A. Apart from what Nanking govern
mert may know, I understand that,
after Japan has taken Manchukuo in
I'VE years she will invade Soviet Rus
sia and the United States.
q. Have you received monetary gifts
from the United States?
A. Three times. Provided with air
planes and anti-aircraft guns, 1t would
be easy for me to beat Japan.
q. Granting that Japan has occu-
pied Manchuria, in five or six years
time. what might be Japans policy in
Manchuria?
A. The japanese troops will be sta
toned in Manchuria and the Japanese
police system will be established.
Regent Pu-h will be put on the regal
throne like Prince Ri of Chosen.
Then, several Q's, AS, being skipped
over:
@. The Japanese side has been re-
porting about the presence of Russian
corpses and firearms left on the field
after the battles.
A. There was not a Russian soldier.
There were some Russian chauffeurs,
though. As to Russian firearms, there
were tens of thousands of what once
belonged to Semenoff's army and were
seized at Manchouli a few years ago.
The foregoing. as we have intimated,
comprise some of the more salient in
terrogatories and explanations that
passed between the personages men,
toned.
Proposes Employees
Loan to Glasgow.
Evening Times, GlaSgow.-A Glasgow
municipal employe has put forward q
unique scheme for the solution of the
financial problems of Glasgow Corpora
ton.
He has suggested that Treasurer
Mortons committee, known as the
Big Seven" should invite all the EN-
ployes and officials to give loan OF
weeks wages to the corporation at a
nominal rate of interest He suggests
this plan of dealing with the town
council deficit as offering a better
method OF securing equality of sacrifice
from all employees than the proposal to
dismiss workers and to put others on
short time, which has been made in q
number of departments
The scheme is to be considered by
the trade union branch Of which the