To-par's letter from "Advance Mokanshan merits the attention of all interested in the resort, and that now, before recollections fade. Otherwise the winter may slip away and nothing be attempted until next season is upon us, when it will be too late. As indeed happened last year in respect of the complaints of the 1921 season which were many though less so than this year. Our correspondent is a little hard on the railway management, we think. We heard nothing of the launches actually breaking down, as frequently happened in 1921, although they may have done so. And certainly the chair service is much improved as also the rest house at Sanchiaopu, and the changing of trains at Kenshangmén agreeably speeded up. On the other hand, passage on the canal ought not to be so frequently interrupted by high water, and often for days together, as is now the case. The whole point of complaint is this Is the canal a public highway or is it not? If it is—and be it remembered that motor launches will become more and more
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