'The upper river continues to take its tol) of the ships, The latest ix the China Merchants' Kiang Ching—one of the best of the large ships on the run. It will be remembered Though not attacking the Singapore base as virulently as when the Project was first announced, the vernacular papers are still unanimous in expressing the belief that the base is aimed primarily JJapan and consequently denounce it as a disturbing factor in Pacific relations.
With the purpose of discovering whether this view was truly representative, Reuter's correspondent interviewed several leading personalities and discussed with them the question frankly, promising to reveal no names,
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