Questioned about the roads of Shansi, Dr. Wampler said, that the road building programme had completely stopped. Mis interest. in this phase of the province's development was strengthened through the fact that he administered the funds of the American Red Cross in the famine of 1920 when $1,000,000 were expended on 180 miles of road as a, part of the plan for giving employment to the famine stricken popula tion of Shansi. Added to this programme of road building, was another directed by the International Famine Relief Committop at the tame time, was responsible for 60 miles of roads. On the spur, of this, Governor Yen then built 500 miles of roads from the north to south of the province, which have since served as a bulwark for the development of the province, but which are now being sarcastically referred to as more grist for the military enterprises,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.