The Archive · 1941

Chungking: Greets Overseas Chinese

Shanghai, June 2.

'Chungking is' welcoming, overseas Chinese, asking them to go to' the Interlor't@. help their mother countr every. possible way, and to™ this end particular attention has been given to those overseas Chinese who have returned to China but whg'are jetranded in either Shanghat or Hong, 'Kong. This is revealed in the leading' Chinese dailies here which have published an itinerary, an official release, as a guide to overseas Chinese. wha wish to go to Chungking-controlled Tt is' stated that Chingking has been paying so much attention to overseas Chinese, that officials Fave been sent fo various foreign countries to persuade them to return to, China: with the result that many of them have, already returned. Many of them came from Panama, Owing to communication: dimeulties between Hongkong and Shanghai and the Chungking-controlled interior, they have not been able to go to free China, Omeials in charge of over seas" Chinese affairs have therefore seen fit to publish an (inerary., Regulations Strict 'Those in' Hongkong' are' asked. to go by way of Kwangchow Wan which, they can reach in 20 hours. From Kwangchow Wan they can proceed to Liuchow im Kwangs! vin Suchi, Lien-'Kiang, and Yiling. This will take about 12 days. From Liuchow thes can go to either Kweichow or Chungking in five or sik days by tram or car. Travelling expenses. amount $1,200, "From Liuchow they can also go to Kunming by train, 1 Is warned that they may be subjected to searches while landing at Kwangchow Wan where Japanese detectives are said to be working There are many overioas Chinese stations where the travellers can make" inquiries. In Kwangsi strict "ltizen certificate" regulations are enforced and those overseas Chinesn whol Rave not made arrangements with overseas Chinese organizations Before-and may be either impr. soned or foreed ta go to military camps, it s announced, Travellers must therefore carry papers indicat ing their occupation to avoid such troubles, Film Stars Broadcast New York, May 29.

Three famed American moving pic ure stars on Tuesday night participated in a nationwide radio broad-east on behalf of the United China Rellet_Campaigr letter from ame Chiang Kal-sik, wite of the Goncelitino, xtehaing. greetings fo" Ameria Shildven was tend by Mss Claudette Colbert Tyrone Power, ating at Imnuer of esremontes introduced Mss Shirley Temple who' extended greets ings them American slaves. tse thlacen of China, in reply fo Madame our Chinese children visited the film sia at the rao" brondeasting alo and thanked the stars for thet the Chine Mell compaige Unused Press Chinese Mission Back Rangoon. June 1.

'The Chinese military "mission hus returned here en route to China after three months' tour of Burma, India Jand Malaya. 5 From the day the mission arrived at Lashio on the Burma-China border, the" mission tras traversed about 2.000.000 square miles of Empire country, The mission, it is understood. came at the Invitation of the Governments concerned to inspect. military est: ablishment in these countries. member of the mission stated yesterday that they are carrying with them profound impression of their visit" ind added that they were greatly impressed by the vast resources of India and her enormous manpower.

Im Burma the mission visited defence outposts. tu' India they were conducted through the North-west Frontier at the Khyber Pass, and Malaya they met the new Australian and Indian, reinforcements and inspected defence arrangements. Reuter.

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