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OLLIE SAM05(CONTINUID PROM PAGE ONEthe Chinese parts of Hongkong, ami great throngs of natives are constantly in fear.The British - ruled portion of Hongkong. obtained an a ninety-nine year lease in 1842, has a population of more than 2,000,000 persons, many of whom formerly resided in Canton but fled to thebefore the Japaneseinvasion.All means of travel from Canton are controlled by the Japs, and while boat fare from Hongkong, an island, and other nearby populous isles to Canton is only 25 cents, the fare from Canton to Hongkong is $25.irl to st be Itera-i ave-t 64924-tfcNThis difference in price serves to virtually “imprison” in Canton those Chinese who visit that eity from theislands, since at Chinese ratesof pay it takes years to save the from-Canton fare.By this rule, too, Sam saidi Japan hopes to build up the Canton population which it so ruthlessly destroyed.The Yiiftutu said Japanese were especially harsh to those wounded, denying them medl-care and compelling them to suffer their hurts untreated. For a time, medical missionaries sought to treat the hundreds and thousands of injured, but the small supplies soon were used up and, with the exception of occasional replenishment from foreigners in Hongkong, most of the time no relief was available.i1754SONKIt was Sam’s third trip to the Orient from Yuma, and many were the changes that took place while he was there this time.ILeaving Yuma in July, 1937, and arriving there a few weeks later, Sam visited in Canton and other villages of KwantUng.pairs.s§lmoppricesighth-23-tf;jx F.l 233tc IEventually, however, these trips became more perilous, and were finally abandoned by him after the Japanese occupied Canton.Since that time, tales of horror and wanton cruelty were heard by him from the lips of Canton refugees in Hongkong.The slaughter of non-combatants by air raids, and the denial of medical care, has resulted in disease and plague in many areas, and whole villages have died, with none left to even bury the bodies.IYxas,a dies,B Ad* •enue.;t2-3tplt;•But. Sam »uiid. ‘'Japan will take nothing from China. Japan cannot gain. The time is not far off when the tables will he turned. Japan is using her capital. Soon the time will come when Japan can no longer support a war and will have to withdraw.”high work ly in Som-24-tfccc IG it!ai1*Sam has been a resident of Yuma for a quarter of a century.ibinet , 952•lmocWith his father Charley Sam, he was in business first as the ' Son” of Charley Sam, conducting a wholesale and retail grocery.ii:e In-re by r cot*price*.3rd e 626-*2mopSome time ago the name of this store was changed to the YumaGrocery.His recent trip to his homeland, he said, might be his last. At least, until China is again free, Sam may remain here.*if“But China will be free.”‘he insisted.■ Ply*e 246. 22-4tpIng toJunst SunAnd his opinion is backed up byr hundreds of years of history.For no nation in the world has conquered and subdued China.England imports matches from Japan and Russia at a price. Ill*
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Yuma Sun
Yuma, Arizona, US
Wed, May 24, 1939
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