Chungking, Feb, 18.
The motor road joining China and Burma is expected to be complete in three months, ac-. cording to Chinese official cir cles, The main route followed Will be a continuation of a road in Yunnan from Yunnanfu to 'Tall. From there, the rood will go via Likiang and westward eross the gorges of the Salween and Mekong Rivers to Burma. 'The present caravan trail, from 'Tali to Burma, which is a shorter route through' difficult terrain, is also being improved, It is interesting to note that this is the trail by which President Theo-ore Roosevelt entered China en route to Szechuen. He was on an expedition in which he killed tone of the first specimens seer of the rare Giant Panda.—Reuter. stating that direct participation by Soviet Russia in Sino-Japanese hostlities would at this juncture "do more harm than good to China."
Participation by Russia, they argue, would cause Ger ind Ttaly. to Intervene on Japan's side finder the Anti-Comintern Pact. Tt would also, they assert, alienate the sympathy at present shown to China by the United States and Great Britain The attitude of the Chinese Com-' munist lenders is viewed with considerable misgivings here. A few months ago there was a good deal of table about "a movement to the Left" on the part of the Chinese Government..-Much less of this is heard today—Reuter.
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