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New Delhi, Jan, 17. having been delayed by sir Embassy at Peiping, who Teached Gilgit on January @ after an adventurous. overland journey from the ancient capital of China, arrived here to-day.
Travelling in the Viceroy's own Jacroplane, which Lord Willingdon had ordered 10 Gilgit as soon as the news Teached him that Sir Eric had arrived there, Sir Erle arrived at Rawalpindi early to-day. and, after short rest, continued his journey to a New Delhi, Interviewed on is arrival, Sir Erie said he might have proceeded to England from Urumehi by the Siberian Railway, butt he was anxious India He declared that he had not been fable to use motor trucks beyond Kashgar where the only meant of transport were pack animals. Ite had hdl "a good journey from Kashgar until he reached Gilgit, despite the extreme cold at Pamirs where the temperat added that he flew from it in the Viceroy's Avro plane at height of 15,000. ft. and had a wonderful view of Nanga Parbat and other peaks of the Karakoram range Western Himalayas, would have taken pack sixteen days to cover, he dhe had accomplished in hours by ting from Gilgit to Rawalpindi." Moreover, the Pass was Lapassable owing to being choked by thousands of feet of snow.
it Erie expects to remain here until the middle of next mont cept for a short visit to Bombay to meet Lady Telehinan, who will arrive from England on January 24.
He is preparing a report dealing, Inter alia, with questions relating to the future of Anglo-Indian trade in Sinkiang.—Reuter.
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