There had been no train from Heuchow the day before at all so some people who had come up from Shenghai had been stranded thers foa extra 24 hours in addition to all this misery on the t And by the way, we found that the borrowed engine which finally got us into Kaifeng had come from the pose Senger train which should have zone off to Chengchow nearly five hours before. The _unfortunats Fassengers had to sit on this train for our train to come in and thus sav one of them going to Chengchow.
One thing is certain and that that Chinese living in foreign countries will never be treated like dirt in the way they are treated by their own military in their own country and on their own railways. The few foreigners who are trying to keep things a wee bit within bounds on this railway are not back= ed up at all and on this trip one of them was pummelled by soldiers because he tried to insist that a junior officer should either have a ticket or wear a uniform. This latter exempts its wearer from having a ticket and this is another little source of income for the army, for of course uniforms can be lent A Chinese with this inident of beating the foreign ticket inspector explained that the solders understand that they can do as they please and go as far ax they ike so long they do not actually, Kill the man, First-class fo Officers Only Returning from Kaifeng two days tater, the times were better, for the train was only five to six hours late, but the accommodation was terrible, Two third close carriages were all that were available for the passengers and some of those who were not agile enough to clamber in through the windows when the train came, had to be content with inding room, There was the good first class restaurant car on at the rear but an attempt to board this was frustrated by the police station. ed at the door, who claimed that it was chartered by the military Governor, meaning of course that one ' good car is kept on the so that the military officials always be sure of a little comfort when they wish to travel, whilst the ordinary travelling publ who are the only ones paying for the upkeep of the road, can keep their mouths shut and be thankful Shot they are allowed to ride at all, No doubt they would not be, only the few dollars they pay in are useful after all. The military charges for freight cars are now 60 exorbitant that trade is pretty much a standstill and the merchants of onan are certainly in a plight now since the Republic st of Li Hu-ch'en's crowd have now moved back to Chengchow. So perhaps General Kuo, our local defence commissioner will have a freer hand in looking aiter the district with this menace removed and that will be a good thing for the people. A number of Chen-piao's private army, the Th Chuin, are now stationed in this for what reason it is hard to ray, except the cld one that they must live somewhere, and Kueiteh is as_quict place as any, now that Brigand-Commander Sun has taken his following off to Shantung er wherever it is he has gona since the sack of Po Cheo. We have not heard that the Th Chuin inter-. fered the brigands. at, all, although the property of their late. aaaster, Chiang Kuei Ti suffered Dudly at the hands of Sun's men, in Po Cheo, 4
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