(Continued from page $65) fon no Jess than half a dozen differ fent occasions. On the sixth time, it seemed to me that the authorities could not possibly have lest all the other precious documents that I had signed, and I felt entitled to write across' the sixth one "Please refer to But perhaps this had nothing to do-with the political situation after al), for, as 1 was repeatedly assured, was done for my protection in view of" what had" happened. to the Rationals of a certain power only last year, Indeed, it Is quite remarkable What the Japanese are responsible for, even in the most distant paris of "the country to which they. can scarcely ever have penetrated. Most fof the obstruction and annoyances 10 [which one is subjected nowadays by subordinate oMeiaidom during 0 Journey in the iterlor are solely to the Japanese, At Toast, that was the story. whispered into my ears with bated breath over and over again in every province.
But for them, you were given to understand, you Would be received with open' arms, passports and all such irritating regulations would be quite unnecessary, and your journey Would be one pure and simple joy-ride, As the French say—or rather, not say—"Je ne pense past"
Asa matter of fact, the Japanese Chenglu are conspicuous by their absence; if there are any there, they keep themselves very quiet. On the other hand all the shops were full their goods, From what 1 saw and heard both in. Chungking and Chengtu 1 am inclined to believ Szechuen must be one of Japan's best markets in the whole of China.
why the Japanese, who are already doing such a good business there, should want to force their Constilate on the unwilling provine or why the people of Chengtu who seem so satisfied with Japanese goods, should want to murder their best he chonta Universi. 8 peril city one, has no idea suppliers, is one of those mysteries passing "the understanding of a
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