T asked him what view was now. taken in Nanking about British policy. He said:
"Well, we understand perfectly well the attitude of the British Government, especially its readiness to readjust the relations between the two countries according to present-been like during the first half of this month is told in the following paragraph from the "North-China Daily It states that a foreigner who had occasion to go to Tangku on business at the time, mentioned took no less than nine hours to do the journey by rail from Tientsin, owing to the blockage by military trains. He did not attempt to return by rail, but an offer in the United States Flying Corps star Hsinho who happened to be in Tangku at the time, offered to take him back to Tientsin by acroplane. The offer was glailly cepted, and from the time the plane hopped off at Hsinho until it arrived at Tientsin, the trip occupied 18 minutes.
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