Comradeship with China
The Prime Minister's timely reference on Tuesday to struggle being waged by "the patient masses of China" one of many indications that the Government is giving effect to our sense of sympathy and unity of purpose wi that great people. Another, of an importance which n no emphasis, is the mission of Sir Otto Niemeyer to Chung to discuss financial and economic assistance to China, a in which he is joined, significantly; by a representative of United States Treasury. Yet another is concentration attention on plans for improving the means of access to China The Burma Road is open, and continued attacks by Japin bombers have not seriously impeded traffic on it. But er if there were no interruption at all the capacity of, the r would not be equal to the demands made on it by China need of munitions. Not only railway connexion to the sou to Lashio in Burma, but a railway parallel with the throughout, is required urgently, and with an unlimited suppl of coolie labour available its construction, which is already progress, from Rangoon to Kunming, Will be completed soon than might be expected. Any help we ,can give China in will be as profitable to ourselves as to her. The new Japan attacks suggest_that japan is striving to " liquidate the China incident " in order to free her hands for adventures that woula affect us seriously elsewhere. On the widest view China war and Russia's war and our war are the same, and Amerc2 is concerned in them as much as anyone.
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