Wu Lien-teh in Shanghai to Attend Council Meeting Dr, Wu Lien-teh (director of the Manchurian Plague Prevention Service), Dr. Lim Ko-song (newly lected " president of National Medical Association of China) and Dr. W. S. New (president of the Shanghai Medical Society), arrived in Shanghai on the evening of July 7, having travelled overland from Peking by a circuitous route; first by the Kin-Han Line as far as Chengchow, then across the Lung-Hai Lino to Hsuchow, thence by the 'Tsin-Pu Line to Nanking and, final-from there to Shanghai. The whole journey took exactly' three days, three nights and one hour. Drs. Wu and Lim are attending the Council meeting of the National Medical Association. According to Dr. Wu, the journey was quite tire ing because of the heat and dust, especially when passing through Honan.
Considering the short period that has elapsed since the resumption of the service, the schedule was quite ood, practically all the trains arriving' and leaving punctually, Dr, Wu's party noticed the most destruction along the Kin-Han Railway, where the Chang-Ho Bridge had' been destroyed by retreating troops but, everywhere, temporary repairs had been effected in the shortest possible time. On the Dutch train officer of the Dutch Marines in Pe-
King) who worked twelve hours a day and cheerfully accepted his $60 monthly salary, as did every high official, including chief engineers fand doctors, under Marshal Feng. Vu-hsiang's regime, These reduced aries were rendered necessary a temporary measure through th shortage of government funds.
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