World Events Explained.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 234, 2 October 1937, Page 3 (Supplement)

World Events Explained.

By ARPAD SZIGETVARY.

The Chinese air force i« inferior in numbers of aeroplanes to Japan'*, but the Chinese are much better aviator*. It must be realised that China can still build up her air forces with machines from overseas. In Spain the same sort of thing- happened. For a while the rebel air force was definitely superior in numbers. Then the Loyalists began to receive large numltcra of no>t only aeroplanes, but aviators from abroad, tlio aeroplanes, incidentally, being better machines than those belonging to the rebel*. The result in that the rival air forces of Spain are now about evenly matched as far as tlie number of 'planes is concerned, with Loyalist aviators probably the better fighters. What happened in Spain may possibly happen in China.

proportion* the drug traffic has readied in the area* of China occupied by the Japanese. At a meeting of the League of Nations Opium Committee it was stated that in China the attempt to cut down production of opium had met with Burprising siicccba. In Manchuria and the province* under Japanese control the situation was very different, however. In Manchuria the area legally under poppy cultivation in 1937 showed an increase of 17 per cent over 1030. The anticipated revenue from Oovcrnmcnt sales in Manchuria in 1037 wa« estimated a« over 28 per cent jrrcater than in 1030. It was claimed that where Japanese Influence advanced in the Far East the evil dru<? traffic went with it. The occupation of Northern Chahar