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Johnny Apollo
EDWARD ARNOLD·LLOYD NOLAN CHARLEY GRAPEWIN - LIONEL ATWILL
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WILLIAM BOYD)
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HONGKONG TELEGRAPHE
Wu Teh-chen
In Rangoon
BURMA ROAD A LINK
January 17, 1941.
Burmese Mission Calls On Chungking Leaders
CHUNGKING, Jun. 17 (Central News). The Burmese Government Mission spent a busy day yesterday calling on various Chinese Government leaders. Formal talks regarding the settlement of the communication problems between China and Burma are expected to be initiated to-day.
com-
Accompanied by Sir Archibald, Burma, including trade bnd Clark Kerr, the British Ambassador, munications. Mr U-ba Thon is re- Mr Tegert H. Craw and three other turning this week-end to Burena..
members of the Mission called on Dr. 11. II. Kung, Vice-Presklent of the Executive Yuan.
Rescued Filipinos ·
OF FRIENDSHIP RANGOON, Jan 10 (Reuter). "China regards the Durma fond s one of her lifelines and looks on the re-opening of the Road as another gesture of Sina-British friendship. wish to point out that keeping the Road open will help to bring vletory for China and peace and stability to the Far East," said Gencent Wu Te- chen in a statement here to-day.
General Wi added: "Because Burma and China
next are
door neighbours, security and peace In They pald separate visits to Dr. Burma Is important to China while Wong Chung-hui, Minister of Foreign China's development means a great Affairs, Mr Chang Kla-nguu, Minister deal to Burma.”
of Communications, and Dr Wong
MANILA, Jan. 17 (UP)--The General Wu disclosed that they | Wen-huo, Minister of
loen] agents of the Japanese stemmer had succeeded in establishing strong¦ Affairs. economic bases in the northwest and The Burmese officials were enter- Kamo Maru, disclosed that that vessel, southwest
provinces und were tained at dinner last night by Dr. 1s arriving here next Sunday with da developing the neutral resources of Wang Chung-hul. More than twenty that region.
Chinese and foreign officials were by German raiders in the Pacific Ife hoped that the Yunnan-Burma present including Sir Archibald Clark during recent months. Railway would soon be completed in Kerr, Mr Hsu Mo, Vice-Minister of order to develop the potential trade Foreign Affairs, Mr Chang Kia-ngau, between China and Burma.
Mr Peng Hsueh-pel, Vice-Minister of Communications.
NEWSMAN LOOKS!
AT THAILAND Japanese Influence Grows
CHUNGKING, Jan. 13 (Central News). The key fact about Thailand is that it is a revolutionary state with a great mass of peasants and with a tremendous illiteracy. declared Mr Theordore White, Chungking corres- pendent of "Time," who has return
ed here from
om a four-month tour of Indo-Chino,
in, Thailand, Singapore, the
Netherlands East Indles and Manila, in Indu-China Mr White, who was in when the Japanese marched into that that country, found
although Thai- and insists upon democracy
being the goal of its
The in- revolution, duelice of the democracies is waning in Thailand-a country ruled by a few exlucated people at the top.
There are two groups in the Thaiị government he said; a pro-Japanese | pro-democracies group.) group and However, the pro-British and {TO- American clique has but #1 · smali voice in governmental affairs while! British influence, strong in the past, is fast disappearing.
Armed Forces
According to Mr White, the Thai- landers are not a military people) although that country has an army of between 125,800 and 150,000 out of a population of 14,000,000, an oir force of 300 planes (mostly Ameri- can-made), and a "doubtful" naval. farve which includes four sub-i
urines.
Mr White said that the Japanese urged the Thailanders to take back two pieces of territory from Indo- China after the French capitulation to the Germans. He said that there is a group in the That government who could be used to resist Japan's southward advance. He added that Thailand now finds herself in the same position as Poland in 1938 when the Czechoslovakian crisis flared up)
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Tells Danger Of
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Personnel Taking Part CHUNGKING, Jan.'17 (Reator). Members of the Burn Misalon consist ut Mr Tegart H. Craw, Coun- sellor to the Governor of Burma; Mr U-ba Than, Minister of Commerce
SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 and Industry: Mr J. F. II. Nicholson, Chlef Public Works officer of the The Secretary of War, Colonel Henry Federated Shun states; Mr D. B. Stimson testifying before the House Pelch, Commercial Secretary, who in Foreign Affairs Committee, said that acting as secretary of the Minston. the United States would be in "very The mission is expected to remain great danger of an air invasion should in Chungking about ten days dis- the British navy be destroyed cussing problems affecting, China and should it surrender."
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Produced by HOWARD BENEDICT, Directed by JACK HIVELY. Featuring "The Saint' created by LESLIE CHARTERİS, Screen play by Lyon too! and Frank Ferton.
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"THE ROARING TWENTIES “
JAMES CAGNEY - PRISCILLA LANE - HUMPHREY BOGART A Warner Bros. Super-Production
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