Mokanshan, July 21.
There are not nearly as many visitors at Mokanshan this year: several bungalows are still empty, and the hotels have few guests.
There is a general: feeling that the mountain has been badly neglected this season; paths are -overgrown, and the surface of them is all loose' stones, making them dangerous for small—children and old people. People are asking why this work of cleaning up has not been done before the visitors came up, as has been the.case in former years, and wondering why a tax should be paid, if it is not for the upkeep of the place. The general look of Mokanshan this year is disappointing; untidy paths, stacks of old building material thrown about, weeds and scraps of paper,. make the older residents feel that the place is not the summer resort it was. This is a great pity, as, with that improved transport service, the mountain should be made more attractive, not less.
There are more shops open this year, the American Drug Ca. are opening a shop to-day and chickens, eggs, etc., are easier to get than was the case last year. This may be due to the fact that there are fewer people here, Flics are bad this season, and residents would be grateful for some sort of sanitary inspection, as it. seems not unlikely that there may be dumps of refuse that might be cleared away. Last year there was inspection, but so far this year there has been none.
Residents are grateful that the milk inspection has been started, through the kindness of a doctor who is undertaking this task, for the good of the children up here. There has been: marked improvement during the past week in the milk.
Tur "Eastern. Times" states that the Living Buddha, in Tibet, is contemplating the cancellation of his independence. The report states that he favours reunification and is sending a delegate to Peking to meet President Li Yuan-hung and offer him many gifts.
Wuitst the daily train was on its way to Peitaiho on Tuesday last, reports the "N. C. Daily Mail," two officers, (sic) and six soldiers, of Wu _Pei-fu's forces boarded the train at Tao-toute. They were promptly ejected by the foreign train guards. little way past the station the train stopped, and on inquiry it was, found that the armed soldiers had forced the signalman to put his signals against the train. After some choice hot-weather phrases had been hurled at the signalman, the train' proceeded on its way.
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