CHINA TO-DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 91, 18 April 1941, Page 9

CHINA TO-DAY.

RESISTANCE VITAL. "The effect of tlie war on the educational) economic, military and political life of China." was described in an address by Miss Xessie Mop.erieff, a member of the staff of the national Y.W.C.A. in China, who is in Xew Zealand on furlough, at a reception in the Y.W.C.A. assembly hall last night. The guests wore members of the association and representative citizens. They were received by Mrs. M. Rudd, president, nml Airs. T. Derrick, first vice-president. The contrast .between life in the occupied and free areas was clearly drawn by the speaker, who us-ed a map to aid her description of currency and transport difficulties in the various province?. The organisation of education was particularly difficult, she said, students being 'forced, to take part in Japanese demonstrations and parades. A feeling of uncertainty and insecurity was also being aroused by the Japanese by arreste and frequent searching of the people at the city gates. Nevertheless, guerilla fighting was still going on in occupied China, and resistance below the surface was still vital.

Miss Moncrieff vouchsafed the interesting information that in the province of Yunnan, the first English newspaper had been published by students. A charming feature of the occasion was * display of dolls of all the countries in ■which the Y.W.C.A. had been established.