Meantime, peace and order were being rapidly restored to the Chungshan district again under Japanese occupation, Chinese reports reaching here said Motorbus service between Shekki and Macao was scheduled to be resumed today, they said.
Indications pointed to a long Japanese occupation of the Chungshan district his time, as the Japanese forces began building permanent defences at Tsinshan, Heungchow, and Sancho Island, according to Chinese reports. Last year, the Japanese troops withdrew from Chungshan after a brief occupation "out of respect to the birthplace of the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen" and "with the confidence that the awakened people of Chungshan -will desists from future anti-Japanese actions.'
When Chungshan again became a guerilla base, Japanese naval and army forces returned—Dome:
Apr. 6, Improvement of Anglo-Soviet trade relations was the subject raise by M, ivan Maisky, the Soviet Ambassador in London, at his recent meeting with. Lord Halifax, the Foreign Secretary, says Heuter's diplomatic correspondent.
In Russian quarters it is contended the Allies would benefit directly through better trade with the Soviet Union, also indirectly, because clauses in the Soviet mutual assistance pacts with Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia provide the Baltic states with transit facilities through Russia. Thus Britain could obtain Baltic supplies, as well as Russian, via Murmansk or Black Sea ports.
Whether Russian transport would be able to make such routes feasible is considered very doubtful, but the suggestion forms part of the Russian argument in favour of resuming normal trade relations with the Western Powers.—Reuter.
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