Gen, Chiang Kai-shek Establishes Precedent It is reported from Nanking that special department has been exeated to deal with the question of transportation and the control of military trains. With the sad need for economy and efficient administration it has been realized by the Nationalist authorities that the frequent commandeering of, trains by military leaders has been an unwise procedure, and now the regulations stipulate that the railway authorities are to refuse all such requests unless they come through the proper channels, Subsequent to the announcement some dayt ago, reports have it that Gen, Chiang Kai-shek sent a cheque for $608.16 to the Shanghai-Nanking Railway Administration on Fri-ay, in payment of the special train which took him and his party to Nanking a week ago, According to the Kuo Wen News Agency, it is also said that Mr. Li Chung-kung, Vice-Minister of Communications, bought his own ticket from Nanking 0 Shanghai on Friday.
It is to be hoped that the above examples are to be the rule rather than the exception and that the day of "free idea" on the railways is ove.
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