"at every place, the train was flagged by soldiers who came on. the train. At one station we saw!
most interesting interlude: soldier who could not have been more than 15 years old, walked over!
a Chinese vendor' and helped] himself to food and cigarettes. He then pulled out a sniall note which he handel te the vendor. The latter kicked up an awful row but the soldiers force! him not only to} take it but to give him some change. Upon inquiry, 1 found that the note! was not worth 10 cents and that all-all, the soldier had taken much more' than that from the vendor.
"Travelling from Peking to Tientsin or the other way round, is quite an onleal ant I should not ask any friend of mine to take the trip is absolutely necessary. are very unfriendly Speakers on the Insubordination in the Schools: Ancient Learning Condemned
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