that they foresaw communica- Hongkong's importance as an inter-Hon by air between the nations national airport is greatly enhanced ordering the Pacile Ocean.
The by arrangements whereby Clipper GINA.C, were lucky in being able|ships will land there linking the to secure Hongkong as a landing United States and China by alt. The round for their planes Measure for Peace The Importance of aviation to China was shown by the fact that $20,000,000 had. been subscribed by the National Government for avia-ton equipment and maintenance, In the few years that China had inter ested herself in aviation, she had already. completed the preliminary step. in communication" with the American Continent by air. Americ said Mr, Wang, had always been an exponent of peace, and China was also a peace-loving country, and it was to be hoped that in addition to decreasing the distance between the two countries, the now alr service would also provide a greater opport= Unity for them to work together in the cause of peace, Mr. Julean Arnold said that the flight that he ever made was from San Francisco to Los Angeles, ina plane which had accommodation for two passengers. He called the horse and buggy" days, lating that with the advent of the railway, the American continent was considerably " reduced size; and the aeroplane had reduced it stilt further to but three or four times the size of a pin head On February 22, 1704, the Empress of China left New York bound for Hongkong Clipper is at present mak~ ing a leisurely flight "across "the: Pacific to act as feeder between Manila, and Hongkong for the regular trans-Pacific service, and in the near future it is expected that Empl ying boats, operated by Imperial Airways, swill also share in the ser~ vice, Indicative of important aviation developments affecting the Colony. the *North-China Herald" understands that still another air service has been granted permission to use "Hongkong asa. terminus This is the Burasia aviation corpora tion and plans have been formulated to link Peiping with Hongkong via Taiyuan, Chengchow, Hankow Changsha and Canton, this traversing another section of China and connect {ng with international air routes.
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