Tsinanfu, Feb. 28.
The Chinese New Year happily over and business ing its accustomed charm The Tsingtao railway ments are still a cause of able inconvenience. The journey now occupies two days instead of ten hours as formerly and a night has to be spent on the wa} which, to the ordinary traveller, of @ great deal of discom ing in Tsingtao at present is not very safe even under military rule, and looting and robbery with violence is still going on. Traders have difficulties and civil matters are neglected and no one seems responsible.
During this holiday reason the number of visitors to the Christian Institute has been numerous. From the report of the Institute we observe that the total number of visitors for last year way over 250,000 persons. This is less than the previous year, but that is accounted for by the very unsettled condition of affairs in the Province in 1914.
The total number who have passed the turnstile since the opening of the buildings ten years ago exceeds 2,400,000 thus creating a constitu uency of friendly people all over this Province and indeed in many other ports.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.