A traveller who has just arrived i Shavglini from Peking vid Hankow, fen the following details anent of the above railway. the bridge over the Yellow River is not open for traffic although is com; Passengers have still eros river by bout. train each way per day, and the to Hankow is made in four stage tein loaves Peking at 7 a.m, and runs Shantefu, which ranchod at 5.25 p The night is spent in a Chinese inn, The ing Shuntefu is loft at 6,30, ally ye to spend the night in a Uhinese inn. Leaving Sinyanghsien at ken windows and without light takes three hours to cover tim 35 or 40 kilometres to the bank of the Yellow River. Here there is no landing or platform, but passenger got of ent ant have their Tuggage conveyed by barrow to the river's bath. The erasing is made in_an open boat and takes one and a-half or two hours unter favourable conditions—ai number of hours if conditions wre un favourable, From the south bank of the river to the nearest station there is a walk of about three miles. A train leaves this station—Yungtselision—at noon, so there is little time to spare us itis scarcely possible tu reach the station before 11.30 'a.m, the train from this point to Chén-chow is also a construction team with very poor secomil-class nccommodlation. Chérichow is renched at 0.45 and a good train Teaves that place at 130 p.m, reaching Chumatien at 7.45 p.m. Here there are emi-foreign inns. On the fourth day Chumati is left at 7.05 a.m., and th®] least, so thousands of refugees cannot] journey is completed at Hankow at 6.15 will by day be distinguished by n red flag p.m. Trains do not ran at all at night, There are no buffet cars or refreshment rooms. Chinese food can be procured at all the stations. Bodding and foreign food must be taken. The second-class carriages are not cushioned, and th first-class carriages are merely cushioned with American leather. Both ara fairly well warmed, A knowleilge of French or Chinese is almost essential as the con-actors speak little or no English. The Yellow River bridge is not likely to be opened for traffic until the middle of
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