Tientsin, Jan. 18.
Through the mediation of the Chihlt "Provincial Deplutment of Industry, the strike of minfers employed by the Kailan Mines was called off yesterday.—Kuo Min, Hankow and Ichang. The num-lace|ber of British sailings on the Upper River is not held ards sufficient to justify armed beyond Tehang, at normal per-lods, though on the other hand American vessels are at present carrying armed guards from the 28. and Fourth Marines right through from Shanghai to (Chungking.
A few hours' steaming below chang, rolling hill scenery offers a foretaste of "the Gorges' superbly varied. grandeur, anda welcome Teliet from the " eternal flat monotony of the Lower River. The landscape, as yet more charming. than raggedly impressive, has the delicate appeal of the Chinese florists' minia-{ere gardens. An one ship neat lides towards the setting ann. it ing' Her overnight " mooring' place, delight to watch straggling black: fand-white towns like Yangche or Chihkiang, with their fringe of bare: masted junks, their pagodas and fengkuen towers to propitiate the spirits of air and water. The brighter patchwork of winter crops. stands lout from the clustering evergreens fand autumn tints, and among trees, nestle lone cottages which would pass for Swiss chalets rather than the traditional homes from which the men of the Yangtze watch the unpitying, fickle moods of Oid Man River. number of articles by Mr, K, J. tooken have already. eppeered in Teal Secet's nnd previews faanee.)
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