Eight days from Berlin, the ale record established by Herr Gablenz and hhis four colleagues in the giant Junkers aeroplane which arrived Hungjao aerodrome on Thursday after oon, is a magnificent achievement as a fight, but its greatest value lies the demonstration of communica-ons possibilities between Eurpor Jand China, Following a course across India, the' airmen would possibi have reduced the time of fight they had taken the original course across Russia and Sinkiang, but this Was considered inadvisable owing to the disturbed conditions in North West China where the former hopes of a Shanghai-Berlin service were Wrecked by the threat of one of the local generals to seize the Lufthansa plane. This ight beats the London-'Singapore service and might be set as an example for speeding up this service which has already received a stimulus from the recent extraordinary efforts of the Royal Dutch Air Lines, "Such commercial ventures must herald the day when Shanghai will be in the International network of air services for the link with Singapore, fast growing one of the greatest junctions in the world, is very short and its inauguration 18 largely a matter of political consid~ erations easy of adjustment, Tt cer-alnly presents few technical dimeulies,
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