29 Jul 1942, Chronology of Events Related to Stanley Civilian Internment Camp
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Submitted by brian edgar on Mon, 2014-06-16 17:53
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Wed, 29 Jul 1942
The Ogden Standard Examiner, the Nashua Telegraph and a number of other American papers carry a syndicated report from Vaughn Meissling, a former internee now on his way back to the USA. Filed from Lourenco Marques, the article describes Hong Kong as a 'ghost town' stalked by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse:
Some million Chinese have been starved to such a point that the whole town has a wraith-like appearance... famine, pestilence and destruction of physical and moral values stalk the former British crown colony.
He notes that the Japanese are trying to get people to relocate to south China, and claims half a million have left of their own volition or by complusion - the million still left face a grim struggle to survive.
