The funeral service of Lord Lothian, ate British amstador tothe mited States, will take place tomorrow at the Washington Cathedral His body will be cremated and. the ashes will go to the Arlington National Cemetery, where they will be placed with full military honours in a vault under the memorial tothe United States battleship Maine. They will remain there until arrangements British Loan London, Dec. 11.
cernment has agreed in principle to The announcement thet the, Gov, give financial assistance to the Chie hose Kovernment will be well Feceived in. this country, the Do: fninions and equally in. the United States, says "The Times" in a leader: today, For obvious reasons this country cannot ussist China on so. generous 3 scale os last week's American advance, but this advance of £10,000,- 000 will be of great value to the Chungking Government both for what the credits can buy and as a sign of British goodwill "The reopening of the Burma Road strengthened the position of General Chiang Kal-shek's administration which has been further improved by the Japanese evacuation of large tacts of Souty China.
The British and American financial assistance will strengthen it still more and it is quite clear that Wang Ching-wei's puppet government
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