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...shek's personal tour through Northern China was to buy with elaborate bribes the loyalty of Mongolian princes in Chahar. Chahar would be important to Japan not only as a future base for the invasion of Northern China, but also as a prime point on the strategic caravan route to outer Mongolia and Russia. The brief & bloody capture of this little corner of disputed territory last week was an obvious Japanese threat to Mongol chieftains to mind their manners. Nanking's complaisance was a fair admission that China's Nationalist Government was resigned to the eventual loss...
...Keys will leave for India Dec.20 to make arrangements for the expedition. The entire group will assemble at Srinagar, in the vale of Cashmir, April 15 and begin the 330-mile caravan journey on the famous Turkestan-Cashmir route, the highest road in the world. Twenty-five native drivers will accompany the 100 horses and 20 yaks which will carry six tons of food and equipment to the base camp site...
...base came will be a short distance of the famous Turkestan-Cashmir caravan route, the highest road in the world regularly traversed by man. This road has three passes at about 18,000 feet and three other passes at more than 18,000 feet, and for a hundred and fifty miles is marked by the skeletons of man and animals who have attempted to cross the lofty heights...
Forced to carry most of its food supply and a good deal of equipment, amounting in all to about six tons, the group will take a native staff of 25 caravan drivers for the 100 horses and 20 yaks. In Tibet they will find only a few mountain sheep, some edible wild asses, and perhaps some fish...
Francis S. Onderdonk, ardent anti-Nazi and extreme pacifist, will bring his "Peace Caravan" to Phillips Brooks House at 8 o'clock tonight, presenting his talking motion picture entitled the "Next War", as well as three short silent films...