Over 18,060 licensed pullers are reported to have axed their fingerprints toa petition to the Shangha! Municipal Council, requesting the latter to rescind the Gecision for the abolition of the Rickshaw Board, the very outset of their trek, whicn Communist hordes out off eommunies tions beyond Lanchow.—Not until after repeated setbacks and hardships in crossing mountainous regions on. foot did they arrive in safety in Paotow, from whence they negotiated the rest of the Journey by tral of the Club, the party commenced their Journey on September 5, from Sining, reaching Lanchow on' September 10, Information then was received of the activities of Communist troops beyond Lanchow, disrupting communications on the main highway. 'After about seventeen days' walt, the arly "decided to continue by boat fon the Yellow River, a detour whi necessitated crossing' mountainous re-ions and sealing dangerous cliffs.
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