Interest Aroused as Many British, U.S. and Chinese Officials Arrive Hongkong, May 15.
Considerable interest was aroused diplomatic circles in the Crown Colony by the arrival of a number of important Chinese, British and American officials simultaneous with the arrival here yesterday of Mr. Nelson T. Johnson, American Ambassador to China, who reached Hongkong by air from Chungking.
Mr. Johnson, who is en route home before assuming his new post as United States Minister to Australia, will probably remain here to confer with the new Ambassador to China.
Mr. Clarence E. Gauss, who arrived n Shanghai yesterday morning and who is expected here shortly.
Another American official who arrived in Hongkong wes Brigadier-General Henry Clazgett, Commander-in-Chief of ihe United States Air Force in the Philippines. He arrived by Clipper and reportedly is en route to Chungking.—Briradier-General Daggett refused to give any statement to the press except to say that his visit here was unofficial.
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