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THE CHINA MAIL, AUGUST 14, 1939.

PUBLIC BUS COMPANY NOW OPERATING SERVICE ON YUNNAN-BURMA ROAD

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THE YUNNANFU-BURMA Highway was thrown open to public traffic last week following the settlement of a strike by some 10,000 Chinese labourers near the Burmese border. Some 50 buses of the Yunnan-Burma Highway Bus Com- pany are now operating along a stretch of 1,146 kilo- metres between Kunming, capital of Yunnan Pro- vince, and Lashio, Burmese border-town.

INFLATION

FEAR IN EUROPE

London, Yesterday,

The main reason behind the unexpected. "appeasement" talks between Germany and the peace- front recently was the ghost of inflation which is now definitely threatening to engulf the whole of Europe as a result of the limit- less armament expenditure in all countries. -

City experts fear a 30 per cent. devaluation of the dollar and the pound sterling, a 40 por cent. devaluation of the French franc and a 1,000-2,000 per cent. devaluation of the restricted cur- rencies in Central Europe, Includ- ing the German mark.--Our Own Correspondent.

JAPANESE POPULATION OF SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day. Latest statistics Issued by the Ja- panese Consular Police show that the

Japanese population of Shanghai now totals over fifty-four thousand, as thousand before

against only twenty

the outbreak of Sino-Japanese hos- tilities.

Overnight accommodation, food, and other travelling facilities, have been undertaken by the China Travel Ser- vice, which has esablished restaur- ants, lodging houses and ticket-offices at the main stations along the route.

The journey between the Kunming and Lashio occupies six days, pas- sengers spending five nights in lodg- ing-houses, and a through ticket costs. $57.35 (Chinese National Currency).

Passengers will be charged 50 cents per meal and $1.50 for a night's lodg- ing, including meals. Only 12 pounds of luggage will be allowed free to each passenger.

EVERY DAY

A bus leaves Kunming every morn-. ing at 9 a.m. and Lashio at 7.30 a.m. Passengers are transferred to other buses along the route. Buses travel only during the day.

Time tables, travelling rates

and other particulars can be obtained from the local office of the Chinese Travel Service, Queen's Road Central.

SOFIA CHANGES ITS TONE

Sofia, To-day. Newspapers which for some days past have carried bitter articles regarding the allegTM ed concentration of large bodies of troops in Turkey's 4,500 European territory, Thrace, Further indication that the Japan- have adopted a new tone in ese intend to stay in Shanghai inde- the past 24 hours. finitely

They now refer to the fact that terests intend erecting a 2,000-room, there are no outstanding questions be- seven storey hotel at the so-called tween the two countries and that Civil Centre at Klangwan, just north since they fought together in the

Included in the figure are Koreans and 2,500 Formosans.

"THE GAY DIVORCEE" tely is that Japanese banking in-

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THE CHURCHILL CAMPAIGN

LONDON, YESTERDAY.

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JERUSALEM BOMB EXPLOSION

Jerusalem, To-day.

of Shanghai, where the Chinese built Great War they have always been new civic buildings before the hos-friendly. tilities started in an attempt to draw A Turkish communique declaring the centre of interest away from the that the manoeuvres are not directed International Settlement. Trans-against Bulgaria is believed to have Ocean.

caused the change in tone. The in- vitation to the Bulgarian Military At- tache to attend the manoeuvres also had an appeasing effect.

WANTED 'PERKS'

Chan Chan, 45, master of sampan No. B691V, appeared before Mr.. E.

A bomb exploding in the centre of Himsworth this morning charged with Jerusalem yesterday evening injured the two men and two women.

insur-

THE CAMPAIGN FOR PUSHING MR. CHURCHILL INTO THE CAB- INET HAS MADE NO PROGRESS, AND IT IS OPENLY SAID NÓW

The headquarters of Arab THAT MR. CHURCHILL WOULD gents was discovered during a search NOT ENTER A CHAMBERLAIN of the village of Elmekhelbi, in Trans- CABINET AND THAT MR. CHAM- Jordania, One of the leaders BERLAIN WOULD NOT HAVE HIM. arrested.-Trans-Ocean.

Inquiries as to the attitude abroad!

to rumours of his likely appointment as First Lord of the Admiralty, has produced the conclusion that step would interpreted as meaning that Britain had definitely decided to place herself on a war footing-Our Own Correspondent.

LITTER" GOES WITH MOTHER

Eight puppies with its mother, an Alsatian bitch, were removed for ob- servation to Matauchung yesterday.

The Alsatian bit a Chinese, Wong Buk, who was treated at the Kowloon Hospital,

was

HORTHY BACK IN BUDAPEST

Budapest, To-day. The Hungarian Regent, Admira! Nikolaus von Horthy, arrived back in Budapest yesterday forenoon.

theft from the R.F.A. Olcades.

vessel

JAPANESE ARMY

Defendant was employed. on DELEGATES LEAVE

the

was seen

vessel on Saturday and carrying away certain articles to his sampan when the work was complet- ed...

A fine of $50 or six weeks' hard labour was imposed.

CORRECTION

Under the plctures of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Harding pub- lished in the "Sunday Herald" yes- terday, it was stated, in error, that Mr. Harding is the local manager of the NAAFL The local manager is Mr. Kloss. - Admiral Horthy and his wife have spent the last few days travelling The officei through distant Oberland and the ter- will be closes ritory of the Carpatho-Ukraine.- to-morrow, Trans-Ocean,

sumption of O

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rench Consulate general public

Reuter.

TOKYO FOR TIENTSIN

Tokyo, To-day. The four Japanese military repre- sentatives from Tientsin at the round- table Anglo-Japanese conference left.' for Tientsin by air at 8 o'clock this morning-Reuter.

SWEDISH ARMY AIR CRASH

Swee

Stockholm, To-day

crew of three was killed when a

Army plane

yesterday

during