The Archive · 1938

Chungking Chinese Ask Passages to Hongkong Air Lines Fully Booked More Planes Needed

Chungking, June 6. Nervous over the war situation, hundreds of well-to-do Chinese are demanding air passages for Hongkong.

As a result the Eurasia Corporation has decided to double its tive Authority, on March 4, that members of all ce-operative societies cease to purchase Japanese goods during the present Far Eastern conflict.

Mr. G. H. Riddle, defending the attitude of the Ca-operative Wholesale Society, said that they had to take a wide view of trading relations, both nationally and internationally.

"Why did the delegates not raise the same issue with regard to Germany and Italy?" Mr. Riddle asked He said that only forty out of 1200 societies had made representa-tons on the subject and that some of the societies, who were most em-photic in their demands in the matter, had actually been buying Japanese goods.

The Congress, with few dissent fients, passed a resolution instructing the societies to refuse to buy goods s proceeding with war offering to submit their grievances to independent arbitration.—Reuter. schedule between Hankow ' and Hongkong, making ten round trips a week instead of five as before.

Planes of the China National Aviation Corporation are also fully booked up.

Machines of this concern recently House Sends Recovery Bill Into Conference Washington, July 6.

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