Mr, Gauss was cheerfully _noncommittal. "He implied that he would }rather wait until he has been here Some time before he makes any state~ ments. He therefore confined him-Self to a brief statement that he was glad to be back in China again—he has been here before on Consular service—and to renew old friendships. He was met at the ship by several officials of the American Consulate, notably Mr. Monne! B. Davis, the ering" Consul-General, who sharily will Jeave for Singapore. When asked when he would be leaving Mr. Davis replied that he did not know. He murmured, semi-confidentially, that he had been saying he would leave in April, because he could not think of better time.
February 15.
Mail destined for Paris will be de-Aivered there on February 22, nine days after leaving Shanghai.
Caplain Cecil Sellers, pilot of the plane, interviewed by Reuter, declared that he had had a perfect Aight all the way from Shanghai, He added that he did not anticipate any difficulty on the hop to Hanoi.
The CN.AC. plane forming the "connecting link" in the air service between Shanghai and Burope will, for the present, carry mail only.
is hoped that the time-table will be reduced to 6% days when the CNAC, purchases planes capable of flying the Shanghai-Hanoi section in less than a day.—Reuter, Mr. Gauss arrived alone, His wife and son, he explained, would fellow him in' the s. President Coolidge next month. He has come here from Paris by way of America, spending a 2 week in
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