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ADVENTUROUS TRIP BY WOMAN
ACROSS CENTRAL ASIA BY CARAVAN
RICE AND BARLEY WASHED DOWN BY KETTLES OF TEA
(By Ella Maillart)
the
adven-
accidental death was reported in PRESIDENTIAL MUSIC Notice To Contributers.
Republicans nearly revived a All communications intended for our issues of yesterday, took place
favourite as their publication should be addressed to at the Roman Catholic Cemetery the Editor, and be accompanied by (yesterday when fuli naval honours former jazz the Writer's Name and Address were accorded. The Rev. Father Dational theme song for the pre- not necessarily for insertion, but E. Teruzzi officiated at the gravesidential campaign of Gov. Landon After discarding a "We want as a guarantee of good faith.
Lieut. Comdr. M. I. W. Sweny,! Secretary to the Commodore, ap-Landon" chant they investigated
A Ella Maillart ran away to in his country at all. On peared as his representative. The the possibilities of The Crimson the age of nineteen Miss,to come and see what is going on
which as a were and the Blue" - men from deceased's ship under the charge of Lieut. J. F. Kansas University song, had 'ob-sea and sailed a 3-ton cutter to other hand, the Nanking Govern- Corsica with one companion. Inment, by giving no visas for these from vious appropriateness. Smith. Mourners attended
They decided this was too dull. 1932-33 she made the journey to far-away territories, prevents any HMS. Defender, H.M.S. Dainty!
Then "I Can't Give You Anything Russian Turkestan which provided accidents happening to and H.M.S. Grimsby.
tan Solo" She tells here of an 8 security cannot be guaranteed. The firing party consisted of but Love, Baby," was seriously the material for her book "Turkies-torous European travellers whose I had then to find something months' journey with Peter Flem- Brt the temptingly catchy tune ing across China and southern lelse. To the south of this same where the big The Puzzle Of Spainen from the deceased man's ship, considered.
EMS. Dainty, while the gun car-i riage crew came from HMS to which the world fell about!
Gobi Desert stretches at the foot to Kashmir. The international complica Diana. Escorts were supplied three years ago was thought to Turkestan, through the Himalayas Mongolia, beyond
have.dangerous verbal associa-
In 1930 I got in touch for the of high mountains, there is the old tions arising from the Spanish from H.M.S. Decos.
first time with the East when I imperial road which joins the revolt are beginning to make It is understood that a
was travelling around the. Black ancient Silk Road. But for th Sea and in the wildest valleys of last four years nobody has gone the High Caucasus. I then decid-further on than the Lop Nor re- might have provided the opposite ed to do everything I could to see gion at the south-east border of I had nearly decided just to iside with too valuable ammunition.more of Asia, and two years later Chinese Turkestan.
In consequence "Oh: Susannah," I started again. I had no official
in the '49 gold rush, visa on my passport; during six wander around the Upper Yang-- rst sing was brought out to new words months I roved across Soviet Tur-Itsekiang when in Peiping I met a with references to "regimented kestan, visiting the Kirgises who Swedish geologist, Erik Norin. bunk" and "the dear old Constitu-live in the Celestial Mountains on who for many years had been the Chinese border. My plan then travelling in Central Asia, well off was to cross to China as far as the beaten track.
course.
case
the
naval tions.
LAID TO REST Funeral Of Mr. Chow Chi Nam
Perhaps the Kines
""Dream awhile.
Scheme awhile"
Kokonor Territory
themselves felt, and there is no doubt that Europe and thenquiry into the circumstances sur- world at large are anxiously rounding the deceased's death will
be held to-day. the watching the situation. most likely outcome of which is a stalemate, in the sense that the final success of either fac-i tion will lead to further com- plications. As far as the poli- tical outcome of the struggle is concerned, there is no moderate
Government The funeral took place this tion" If the
Chow "Chi-pam
Peiping by caravan roads; I want- wins we may expect a Soviet morning of Mr.
Your Daily Smile!
On the map of Asia, near the ed to be as much as possible with State in Spain as the inevitable who passed away at his refidence result; if the insurgents gain at No. 6, Leighton Hill Road on
Gold in the ocean waters is said the nomads, not only to under sources of the Yellow River in the the day a Fascist or military Saturday night.
the lake and territory of Kokonor. The deceased, who was 76 years to be worth twenty-eight thousand stand them better, but because I Tibetan Mountains, you will find dictatorship is more than likely.
Well, anyway, the envy their simple life.
But having reached this Russo-Norin told me he had to go there matter of age, was a brother of the Hon. billion dollars. In either
Chinese border I had to come back to get back to China. These are affects the rest of Europe most Sir Shou-son Chow and was sub-world has one great fiquid asset.
jagainst my will, because civil wars uninhabited regions where nobody keenly, because the ultimate manager of the Bank of East
where, he added.. result of the revolution is Asia, in addition to being a direc-
Jimmy: Ect why do you keep were raging in Chinese Turkestan goes and
Didn't tell and foreigners could not enter the when he beard about my plan to bound to have its influence on tor of the China Emporium Ltd.
of the
At last, in 1985, I found link up with my tracks of three The funeral was largely attend-calling me Charlie?
you my name was Jimmy"
official control Elsie: "Of course; how stupid of country.
Peiping after having years the future grouping
Fascismed by relatives and friends, the Powers in Europe.
spent two months in Manchonkuo ought to have prevented me from for a French newspaper. Again reaching Turkestan. and dictatorships are anathema procession pausing at the Yat Pit me! But I keep on thinking this myself in to the capitalist countries, re Ting. Kennedy Town, where a Wednesday night."
I told what I had learnt to X presented broadly by England large number of people gathered:
considered the possibility of cross- ing Central Asia, but it seemed friend, Feter Fleming, who had and France, the Scandinavian to pay their last respects. countries, Belgium and Hol-j
nearly impossible. If you look at just arrived in Peiping and who to come back to land; Germany and Italy, on
a map of Asia you will see that wanted also to reach Chinese Turkestan at the Europe inland, but via Urumchi. the other hand, especially the last named, are obviously more interested to have another
In the dressing room of the wain border of the Union of the Soviet We needed at least six months be- the Sent had been boring everyone Socialist Republics there is to the fore we could leave China by the Fascist State in Europe as
the travelling with caravans. with tales of the great deeds be bad north of Mongolia a big caravan western frontier, because we were
MISS SYBIL WONG LAID TO REST
Funeral At Pokfulam Cemetery
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"Do you think a genius ever makes a good hasband?"
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"Well, now,” said an Englishman Swedish explorer, Sven Hedin, and would take us a year if the Hima- at last, "suppose you tell as some also by the Citroen Expedition.
"I
moral support, if nothing else. in that eventual alignment of the two opposing political forces of Europe which must
The funeral of the late Miss thing you can't do, and I'll under-
take to do it myself." inevitably eventuate from the
"Thank ye," replied the Scot. bubbling cauldron which is Sybil Wong Shuk-huen, who died Europe to-day. History makes at the French Hospital on Sun-canna pay ma railroad fare."
in day. took place at the Chinese) strange bedfellows, even these days; and there is some Permanent Cemetery at Pokfulum The chief the yesterday afternoon. thing richly comical in spectacle of Soviet Russia, from mourners were the brothers and sheer necessity, aligning her-sisters.
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the Chinese tradition alliance was held. this
From there, the coffin cumstance of being almost welcomed, from was borne to the cemetery, fol- political expediency, by Britain lowed by a lorry carrying numer- This "first gentleman," 30 'tolous beautiful wreaths. speak, of Europe, has consis- The deceased was a sister of tently elevated a delicate nose Mr. Wong Ching-yau.
at the spectacle of the bad boy!
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Soviet State, which would in
its very essence be hostile to since the trouble started (so the idea of a Fascist or mili- far as we are aware); and, tary dictatorship, and therefore looked at from the light of pure out of sympathy with the Duce reason. discarding the elements and his works.
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A rigid de- non-interference
The stage seems set, there have been policy on Italy's part fore, for another of those har to have at least made some rowing political struggles which show of neutrality, assuming call for a showdown sooner or that she was really quite un- later.
France may, in her concerned about the whole busi- scramble for security, seek an ness. So that her failure to do all-embracing declaration of so appears to have considerable. neutrality; but the. chances significance.
Germany is, as usual, an un- that she will get it are hand- somely more favourable than known quantity. those of a snowball in the claration of nether regions-at any rate so has been made by the British How far as Italy is concerned. It is Ambassador in London.
represents the directly to Italy's advantage to much that: support the insurgents, and official opinion of the Wilhelm- the Duce would be a fool-strasse, or whether the Chan- consider himself which he most certainly is not cellor will -not to take the opportunity to bound by it, still remain to be do so while he can. Indeed, seen. In these days, unfortun
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Foreigners Turned Back
But foreigners who tried to fol- low this road have all been sent
laya passes were already closed by the first winter snows.
Risk Of Being Gaoled When we had studied this un- back towards the coast or kept known route, Peter Fleming and I under arrest for one or two years decided to try this journey, which fast at Urmchi, because the Governor would be as long as it looked un- of this practically independent certain; we were running the risk
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'BELIEVE IT OR NOT" by Robert L. Ripley
A LOOK-DECIDED
TOQUITWORKIN
ORDER TO WRITE 13 OPERAS
TOM HUMBROSE
THE SMALLEST ROSE THAT GROWS
3 INCHES TALL GROWS IN A THIMBLE AND-
THE BLOSSOM 15 SO TINY THATA
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NO MORE-HO LESS. HE SUCCEEDED IN WRITING EXACTLY 13 OPERAS OF THE HIGHEST CALIBRE.
AND NEVER -- "THEN WENT BACK TO THE KITCHEN AND NEVER WROTE ANOTHER LINE IN HIS LIFE.
IRVING E. WELLER
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