Word: campaigning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that Britain would not tolerate Japanese military operations in the area around the strategic, highly-fortified British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, 100 miles below Canton, Chinese military heads decided not to fortify the city, left it defended by untrained provincial troops. Japanese commanders decided on the South China campaign only after Britain's capitulation at Munich convinced them that Britain had no stomach for a dispute in the Far East, Chiang insisted. In fact, Japanese troops were this week within half a mile of the borders of Hong Kong, inside which they accidentally popped a few shells...
...would naturally fall the trade position in China once held by Britain-unless Britain was soon able to match the U. S. S. R.'s friendly handouts. Britain could help China mightily with loans and shipments of munitions through British Burma, which would bulwark Chiang's southern campaign...
...incomplete check late last night of actual contributions made in the first day showed a total of nearly $500 in cash, $200 in pledges, and a considerable amount in checks. With the campaign not yet in high gear, leaders predicted that the goal of $10,000 would be reached...
...Cross is taking an interest in the safety campaign, inaugurated by Charles M. Dole of New York, president of the newly-formed National Ski Patrol Dr. L. M. Thompson of the Washington headquarters will sit in at the convention of the National Ski Association at Milwaukee today. He is scheduled to report on nationally organized skiing safety plans...
That this delay is not as formidable in scope as England's may be due to the fact that the United States has not as yet intensified its campaign for increased defense. If proper attention is not given to seeing that armament is completed on schedule, a serious disorganization may occur. Such confusion and unpreparedness can do nothing but harm to the country. As long as the United States has rightly or wrongly set upon the course of vigorous rearmament, it should see in England's position a warning of the dangers of falling behind in production for defense...