ry Mails Special Service Between Kunming, Chungking Chungking, Dec. 5.
"Special diplomatic trucks" are now run regularly between Kunming and Chungking, by the Chinese Foreign Office, for the transportation of diplomatic mails and other matters.
The first trip from Kunming to Chungking has already been successfully-accomplished, bringing up posted luggage, postal and other matters for the various embassies here.
At'present, the British, American, French, Soviet, German, Italian and Belgian Embassies and the Netherlands Legation are maintaining offices here, while the American and Soviet Ambassadors are now in He writes:
"It is thought that Herr von Ribbentrop will be hard to please if he is not content with the reply given by M. Georges Bonnet, French: Foreign Minister, to Mr. Neville Chamberlain during their recent conversations, "On that occasion, M. Bonnet laid stress upon the fact that the treaty obliged France to give assistance to Russia only if Russia is the an unprovoked aggression.
"Much, therefore, would depend on the French interpretation of the word unprovoked,' and, since those closest in touch with M. Bonnet believe be looks on any French intrusion in Central and Eastern Europe as henceforth neither desirable nor possible, one long-standing difference between France and Germany stands every chance of being cleared up."
Rome Advises France The Rome correspondent of "The Times in an interesting review of Italian press comment, points out that Fascist spokesmen say that Great Britain has shown prudence and a keen sense of realities in wishing to make friends with totalitarian Powers. If France wants to survive as a Power, they say, she must do the seme, but on the terms offered her.—
Reuter.
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