Captain Chichester, the airman who is attempting to fly from England to Australia, arrived: here from Rangoon early to-day: and Heft again at 7 a.m. for Singapore.
Colourful Japanese geisha wilh not dance beside Washington's cherry trees by the banks of the Potomac this spring.
The plans of the Washington Chamber of Commerce which provided for 4 visit by a -group of! geisha for this purpose will not be carried through.
An announcement by Mr. Charles L. K, Cooke, ceremonial official who was in charge of the project, simply stated that the scheme had been. abandoned. He gave no details or reasons for the decision.
American missionaries in Japan had cabled their opposition to the idea, declaring that Japanese geisha were "immoral" and likely, to tempt and harm Japanese boys.
The matter passed from the hands of the State Department to the Department of Labour. It is beved that the Chamber's deci may have been animated by a desire to eliminate a problem which was rapidly, becoming embarrassing to the Government—United Press.
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