The Palace, too, is but a feeble shadow of its former self even of what used to look like twenty years ago. 'The great main gate which was used by the Emperors is closed. But over the second important gate now waves, not the flag of Manchoukuo but that of Nippon, and the buildings inside it are' occupied by the Japanese military staff. In the grounds the greater part of the trees have disap-eared, "as also most of the old pavilions and Kiosks, not to mention the large herds of deer that used to roam there. At the one end a Japanese military hospital is being erected, fand Japanese soldiers were skating fon the lake. Altogether, it presented 1 bare and desolate aspect.
The thing that struck me most about Jehol was, that for once the Inhabliants seemed to. be more ssatised with Japanese rule than in any other part of Manchoukuo This feeling, if it did not amount to actual affection, was at any rate, one Jof relief and welcome. Here, in'contrast to other provinces, the Chinese were very much less eritival and were [prepared to admit that conditions were now infinitely better than before: the arrival of the Japazese.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.