Review of Last Winter's Combat with the 1 epidemic was exalted to the rank of a Hsien The closing of the plague preven-city and a resident magistrate plaction campaign in South Maned in charge. Thougn situated ina churia, after a@ strenuous six wild, turbulent district among the month's work, affords an oppor-mountains it has enjoyed comparatunity of reviewing the measures tive quietness. However, since the/which were devised and operated trouble between the two Kuangs with so much success by the Chinese has come to the front it has and Japanese authorities. During necessitated the lessening of the! the nine months following out garrison and a consequent increase break of the epidemic in Septem-in robberies and kidnapping. ber, 1920, 8,000 deaths were ofiicial-In this recent attack the magis-ly recorded. Shortly after the aptrate was taken by surprise and 16! bearances of isolated cases of having sudicient soldiers successful- pneumonic plague at various points ly to withstand the attack he thereof North Manchuria in the autumn fore disguised himself and escaped of last year, the epidemic advanced with some of the underlings. like wild-fire eastward from Man-Soldiers have since been sent to chub to Jalainor, Tsitsihar and this district, but it is doubtful Harbin. In the Harbin district whether any one will suffer for what alone, 4,000 persons died, and the has occurred, smoke rising from bodies under cremation become a sinister fea Motor Boat ASHORE BELOW ture of the landscape from day to day. A successful stand was made The ator-boat Tung Ming, against the plague at Changchun, which plies between Liuchow and People of the poorer classes, Changon on the Yung River, re-coolies especially, were discovered cently ran ashore when nearing the to be the most dangerous source of city of Yunghsien. The river was infection, and accordingly all of in flood and an accident seemed imthis class travelling south were de-possible. The number one pilot tained at Changchun and Kuang-had been at the wheel and having chengtu for five days, and kept completed his watch he handed his under observation, the houses of post over to the second pilot while detention having accommodation he went to bed. The second pilot for some 2,500 people They re-evidently did not know the river ceived free food and were carefully very well for presently the vessel tended by physicians and staff, ran on a mud bank in the centre while Chinese and Japanese police of the river. kept an eye on possible misunder-The crew worked hard and tried standings. Among the 14.000 odd to lighten the launch by transfer-thus detained, only 39 developed ring the passengers and cargo to plague. other boats, but the river was Attempts by poor travellers to lowering at the rate of one foot an avoid quarantine by leaving hour, and before the cargo could be the train one or two erations be unloaded the launch was stuck fast! fore reaching Changchun were suc-in the mud. All efforts to refloat cessfully dealt with. Many tem-the launch have been in vain and porary hospitals were erected along the company have at last dismantled' the Chinese Eastern Railway and her and left her in the charge of a wrecking gang to wait for the next flood.
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