To-day isa great day in Yushan, as two new motor roads have beea Jopened with great ceremony, with [decorations and speeches and con gratulations. One road is the one between Yushan and Kuangfeng built by the same company as the Changshan—Yushan one, and using the same cars, The other is bee tween Yushan and Shang-ran, built by the Government or rather in their name, for the money was cole lected mostly locally. Kuangfeng is igshan in. Che can be quickly rushed from one province to one other in time of danger. Most of the roads are built to help in bandit suppression, which so far has been, rather, hopeless Orer 20 soldiers are now' engaged in that work in this district, but far little progress has been made.
exceedingly difficult. task, and one hopes often go down zero, Quite lately a city was bombarded and the bandits even tried to put ladders against the wall, but they were driven back, This mor ing came the news, that a number soldiers had been surrounded and disarmed in a place down river. All the city gates are closed, except two, so that the soldiers may not Ihave too many to look after, For nearly a year everyone com ing into the city, has been searched, Watchtowers are built, trenches and sandbanks made and barbed wire aid down, And being on the border of Chekiang we are far safer than the places down river, And most fof our country has held out against Communism although some have suffered much, There is great citement the weeks about Japa entrance into Manchuria. The clouds look very black. We are having daily prayer meetings together with the Chinese Christians, praying that Japan may, change her attitude,
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