CHINA AND MUNITIONS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1915, Page 5

CHINA AND MUNITIONS.

GKTTIXG EVEV WITII GERMANS. "When I wa9 in the Far East," said -Mr. W. Yinson Lee (managing director of Onyik and Lee, Ltd., Sydney, and who has returned from a trip to South China), "there was a suggstion that China could do a great deal to assist the Allies by turning out munitions. Several British concerns were considering the matter. It only requires organisation, and the / Chinese would be in the position to do something towards getting even with the Germans for past Teutonic intrigue in the Far East, and for the Kaiser's threat to deal with China after the war for permitting the British and Japanese to titilise neutral Chinese territory to attack Tsing-tau at the beginning'of the war.. To manufacture munitions for the Allies is as much as China can now do without infringing her neutrality. Of course, Chinese in Hongkong and elsewhere have shown their sympathy for the Allies liv liberal contributions'lo the Prince oi Wales' War Fund and the various Red Cross funds, and also by presenting the British with more than half-a-dozen aeroplanes. China is one of the most prolific countries in the world in materials for the manufacture of munitions. There are scores of Chiese vhemists and engineers who received their education and training and have also done practical work in Europe and America. China could render much assistance by manufacturing metal shell case's, shells and other munitions, efficiently and econo""fflilly, and the matter only reauires i