"LOSS OF BRITISH PRESTIGE”

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22519, 29 September 1938, Page 12

"LOSS OF BRITISH PRESTIGE”

FAILURE TO ADVANCE LOAN TO CHINA

FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES THOUGHT LIKELY

Commenting on the apathy of Great Britain and America toward the war between China and Japan in an address on a trip to the East, given to the Canterbury Aero Club last evening, Mr C. W. Evans said that the failure of Britain to advance a loan to China was not only resulting in a loss of British prestige in the Far East, but was also likely to have other far-reaching consequences, particularly after the fall of Canton, v liich seemed to be inevitable. t “Japan will never take China, nut will be a continual menace to tear own security,” said Mr Evans. B>‘ spoke . chiefly about var-■racked Southern China and described the indiscriminate bombings of Canton, with their consequent horrors and suffering. Admiration for the Chinese soldiers and their wonderful patriotism and courage was expressed by Mr Evans, who said that the brutality of the Japanese was shown by their ruthless bombings of civilians, 'in spite of repeated denials that they bombed other than military objectives. The Japanese policy of terrorising the Chinese was having the effect, he said, of welding the Chinese nation together and strengthening a new-found realisation of nationality.