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Londlon, Apr.
An extended Empire flying-boot service to South Africa will com~ mence this week.
At the outbreak of the war, Empire services to Africa were reduced to a once-weekly return dight Durban, and a once-weekly return now been decided to ext the Kisumu service, and thus restore flying-boat services to South Atrie to. pre-war frequency.
Today, the Imperial Airways, nel the British Airways are merged int one organization: he British Over-whose control all Empire services come,—Reuter, U.S. Aircraft Makers May Sell Abroad Washington, Mar. 31.
Mr. Louis Johnson, Assistant Secretary of War, yesterday sent letters io 175 aviation corporations authorizing them to begin negotiations for the sale of 800 pianes, which sreciat, ro me "HOB.
London, Mar. 31.
"Some commentators have inter preted it as the indication of a change im British policy in the Far East: stich is not the ease," declares the Diplomatic Correspondent of the "Sunday Times." referring to critie~ fsm of the speech by Sir Robert Craigie, British Ambassador to Japan.
a Japan-British Society luncheon Tokyo on March 28.
"1 am assured that no departure in British policy is contemplated." me say. While Great Britain is anxious to develop friendlier relations with pan, British policy. remains ax it has. be Parliament on several occasions. not, justified the assumption that the desire for an improvement of relations between Great Britain and Japan cane fulfilled only at the expense of any other country, in_ particular China.
not #0. Great Britain tinttes to Fecognize only une Chinese Fovernment that of General Chiang, the United States Army originally nad ordered, to foreign buyers.
Tos Angeles witharave its diplomat recognition The British Gover French have placed orders for General Chiang Kai-shek's Gover: Uiss200.00000 worth of Douala: ment, nor will i giv Lockheed one Curtis Wright planes totalling 3500 light bombers and pursuit planes. The orders will keep the factories ruining full time for Mr. Wang Ching-wel's Government, says the political correspondent of This, however, does not mean that two years, it was said—United Press.
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