The & China Clipper's' Voyage The voyage of the '
China Clipper ' across the Pacific is a portent of which we do well to take some note. Isolation always has been, and to a large extent still is, the keYnote of American foreign policy. Geography has always done much to make that possible,- for the 'Atlantic on one side and the Pacific on the other made both Europe and Asia relatively remote. But distance is slowly being annihilated by invention; and even while the China Clipper ' was winging her way on her six-day voyage from California to Manila British and American experts. were engaged at Washington in planning a regular tranSatlantie air• service. All this may mean little at the moment. Passengers by air across the oceans will still be few. But the development of aviation does not stand still. If it did; there would haVe been no China Clipper.' - Great 'Britain ceased to be an island On 'the day when Bleriot flew the Channel. The China Clipper's ' achievement and its consequences may be a matter of even greater concern to the United States 'State 'Depart- ment than to the United States Post Office. There is much to reflect on in the fact 'that only six days separate America from Japan.
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