“UNABLE TO FIGHT”
JAPS. SCORN BRITAIN ADVICE OFFERED CHINESE CAPTURE 0F AUSTRALIA CALL TO ORIENTALS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Aug. 2. 2.50 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 1. The Shanghai correspondent of The Times says that Japanese army officers are continuing to foster the anti-British feeling, telling the Chinese that the Tokio negotiations are proof of Britain’s inability to fight and that Australia is theirs for the taking of the Orientals' unite. A Pekin message states that two British, women missionaries were forced to strip for examination- at Ka-ifeng in the presence of Japanese or Korean women. They were accompanied by .another British missionary and a Dane who was trying to reach Pel;in from Siam. Air American woman, Mrs. Wilhoit, was partly stripped and searched while boarding a liner at Tsingtao.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20006, 3 August 1939, Page 7
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131“UNABLE TO FIGHT” Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20006, 3 August 1939, Page 7
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