A new aviation scheme has been submitted by the "Young General," Gen, Chang Hsiao-liring, who is the son of Marshal Chang Tso-lin and Commander-in-Chief of the 8rd Fengtien Army, ax well as Direefor-General of the Aeronautical Bureau for the Three Eastern Pro-winees, in a Memorial which he hax presented to the Central Government. The scheme is to link up the whole of China by an air mail, passenger and transport service, Gen. Chang thinks that the initia tive' should be taken in the Three Eastern Provinces, and that excell-lent landing stages could be found Shanghai, Hsuchow, Tientsin, Shanhaikuan and Harbin. He sug: gests that as a start the frst three stations should be supplied with between 10 and 20 machines and the Inst two with half-a-dozen euch, 'Apart from the Mukden-Newchwang Aerial Service, of which Gen. Chang is chief and which is said to be showing good results after 18 months' working, the history of aviation in China has proved utter failure, In 1920 we were definitely prot ed an air mail and passenger service between Shanghai and Peking. Aeroplanes flew from Tientsin to Tsinanfu for three or four days and then no more was heard of them. Government estublishe Department under Goi K, Ting Kina, a Shai office being under a local Chinese journalist, and n lot of money was wasted. A large piece of Jand was purchased in the Hungjao district, Janda huge aerodrome, which has never been used for its' real object, was built. So far ax we have been fable to leora, the scheme has beer dropped.
ither service was started bee tween Tientsin and Peking, with the Peking station at Nanyuan, the headquarters of Marshal Feng' Yuhsiang, who is said to have com: mandeered the machines during the recent Fengtien-Chihli war. The rates on this line were s0 expensive that not many people ever used it, specially as the Peking landing station at Nanyuan was about. 15 miles away from the Capital and it necessitated an hour in a motor-car to reach the southern city of Peking.
For some years, during the sum: fights have taken place between Peking and Peituiho and have been well patronized, but towards the end of Inst year, owing to hostilities, this service too was suspended. There is a suggestion that it may be resumed this year, Canton tried to establish under the direction of Mr [Eugene Chen, but it came to nothing but waste of money as every attempt made to fly was interfered with by the militia,
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