Berlin, Dec. 10.
The interest of German business circles in the economic development of China was again manifested by lectures organized here yesterday by the Society for the Study of China, Herr Lehmann who was for many years a technical adviser to the Chi-hose Government, stressed the importance of the motor traffic development in contemporary China and gave an interesting account of the Chinese Government's road-building—plans, The lecturer declared that. whereas the total length of roads in China today was over 18,000 kilometres, it would within a relatively short time amount to 50,000.
In a detailed exposition of the fuel in China, Herr Vogtenberget auch of the Otto Wolff Company, stressed that the cooperation of Germans and Chinese in this domain had produced excellent results.
The Chinese Ambassador, Mr. Chen Chieh, and several prominent German personalities were among the Siamese Prince to
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