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Ollie Sam, Back From 2-Year VisitJrlt;To China, Says Japan Will Not Conquerby!FRif fea‘ betanrIthecarter 1nes act pre ftri ! 1 ginmb-urtJapan, despiteraw materials toght(bailinflicted on Chinese non-combatants by Japanese invaders.These are some of the opinions of Ollie Sam, Yuma Chinese business man, who returned home last week after spending almost two yeans in Hongkong near Canton, his homeland.And one of his questions, briefly stated was:When will t'nited Statesmi-hatntiltrilewrialofofROTARY CLUBfby Japan and their homes in ashes or masses of air-bomb wreckage. Against the wishes of Japanese oveimrds, Sam said. Europeans in the Hongkong settlement endeavored to supply some foodstuffs to these Cantonese, but their efforts were insufficient and hundreds were dying dally- from Starvation.In (Anton. C hi.iese are compelled to bow uiul humble tbnusflvrv to any Japane**c who patHveS' and failure to do so means new torturesbAthe Rai she par a bo bef Bri pas T on*lugWadayat-theionRoymv jotinptme jfrs.inas s.s-indiri- j on. jFtrojengatsigltanthe*dofestLi.Tof hi mwasL.Numerous readings by Young and a talk by Dick Dick*' erson, chairman of the day. on the t telegraph business featured the 1 program at the weekly Rotary J club luncheon meeting held yew-1 terday at Clymers.Dickerson, who i* local Western them.Union manager, passed around I Sim e the occupancy of Canton,streamers of telegraph ticker , J*PaR has closed the doors of the tape. Members read the messages great city and of all of Kwantung which happened to be in front ot ! province to manufactured prod-them. j ucts except those from Jupan.j Clothing, all articles of apparei, Dr. Knotts to Oregon i and alt manufactured goods areDr. R. R. Knotts bade farewell * shipped in exclusively by Japan, to fellow' Rotarians, announcing j This closed-door policy has been he plans to leave soon for Clover- f felt by the once prosperous mer-dale, Ore., where he will spend i canttle area of Victoria, as the the summer, returning in October, j British city of HongkongSecretary otto Tietjen read a knov.n Trade is at a standsletter from the H. H. Donkersiey and constant vigilance by British American Legion post urging club f gffiniara and sailors prevents Jap-members to take part in the Mem- J *neslt; incursions, orial Day parade. J Air raid-*, however men ut*« wawit voyie Smith called at-1 , comtimwco on n*oitentlon to the fact that next Tues-apparent vie- j mop se tories can never conquer China. I Japan?There already is evidence of J The trail of wanton horror Japanese financial difficulties as spread by Japanese forces througn a result of her China campaign, j the aieas held by them, was viviu-The Occidental world knows lit- j iy described by the Yuman. tie of the cruelties and torturesHe told of seeing bodies ofwomen and children, Japaneseair raid victims, rotting in the streets; of rats fattening onhuman cadavers; of ash-eovei-ed areas where once great buildings had stood.The plight of Chinese in Canton, in Kwantung province only 90 miles from British-leased ; Hongkong, was especially stressed» by 8m m.i There, he said, thousands ol j Chin'-re were utterly homeless and j starving, their food supply cut offBY ROY YOUNGENTERTAINED
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Wed, May 24, 1939
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