Hongkong, Jan. 15.
Through the Central News Agency, Madame Chiang Kai-shek issued a statement to-day expressing astonishment at the nature of the conjectures published in the local press regarding her visit to Hongkong.
"There is neither warrant nor excuse," she says, "for these specula-ions, and there is neither mystery nor significance in the visit."
Madame Chiang, the statement adds, took advantage of the Generalsssimo's tour of the northern front o proceed to Hongkong to secure medical advice and a brief rest. This yoing the case, it concludes, it is hoped that the Colony's traditional hospitality would be extended to her. Keuter.
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