Chinese Consul-General here, today said that "London and Chungking Ihave become the first line of the strongholds in which the fate of all peoples beliovieg in liberty and self-government "are inextricably'
"Addressing the 20th annual con mencement: of the school of nursing at the Chinese General Hospital, he added, "With so many nations erased from the map during the course of last year, the remaining smaller nations' zow have no opportunity to) Basic inthe pleasant doubt of their neutrality and harmlessness to save them from "With who military adventure stalemated in China, Japan's attention has turned to the South Seas, where the Anglo-American - commercial bracelet around dhe world fi cluded Singapore and the Philippines as the: clasps holding it together.
"On the strength of these clasps, Individually as well as collectively, hangs the future of the dominant position of Britain ard the United States Whroughout the world, "In bolstering the strength of this Anglo-American link, China definitely has a principal part to play. Pro-poredness may yet afford the peoples iving In the South Seas a very faint ray of hope that ravages will not visie their part of the world.
"However, either pessimists or] optimists must, in the present eircumstances, give way to the realistic, "The stark, relentless realities of International chaos are staring us in the face. There can be no running away from them. Stand up to Yhem and we shall survive. Surrender Work on Yunnan-Burma'
Railway to Be Resumed Chungking, Mar. 22. The Chinese Government has definitely decided to resume construction on. the' Yunnan-
Burma Railway. It is further Tearned that part of the funds fo finance the construction of the railway, will be raised through the issue of gold Through special _arrangements with the United State Government, it is reported that Washington has granted permission for China to float US.
$10,000,000 worth of bonds in the United States for the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Official Reports on Burma Road Chungking, Mar, 21, Upon completion of an inspection of the entire Burma Road, the conditions are detailed In 'a report submitted by Hsiung Hengling, who two months ago, after inspecting the Yunnan side of the road, cressed the Burma border and visited Lashio and Rangoon and just returned to Kunming, 'At Is stated that the fog season prevails at present at Mengting, on the Sino-Burmese border, but' the malaria situation is said riot to be as serious as it used to be—Reuter.
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