(rom ove ow The Railway and the Military.
The railway ix the all-absorbing topi now that the long brown line of earth: works has crawled serpentlike to our very doors, Work has begun on the new station at this city, ud in a few months we shall hear the scream of the iron horse neigh might he a better metaphor, but it hi stgests the peculiar effect of the pitched whistle of the little German struction engine. At any rate it will suf fice to put to flight the mules and donkeys which have heretofore been our sole motive power to the coast. Within a few days} the rad will be open to Chang-ling. 110; Ji east of the city. It is understood that there will be no German garrison here so Jong as the'Chinese troops maintain order. Two new camps have been located west of the city near the line of the railway for tie express purpose of keeping the peace. It is needless to say that, the citizens of Weihsien are not enthusiastic over this display of militarism at their gates, for means to them many a petty annoyance fromthe soldiers, notwithstanding the strict discipline enforced by Yuan Shih-Kral.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.