From Hankow to Tsingtao By Railway How a lone girl braved the dangers of a perilous train journey up country, and then a boat trip to Shanghai, was related to a representative of the "North-China Daily News" yesterday afternoon, when the s. Leesang docked at the French Bund at 1.30, bringing on board Miss Una Fox, the girl who made the trip.
Miss Fox, who is to entertain at the Tower Night Club of the Cathay Hotel, related her experiences thus:
"I left Hankow on the fourteenth of this month," she stated, "and set off for Tsingtao by train to try and reach Shanghai. The first stop wes Chengchow, where there was a pascport examination. The officials were all very courteous, but they had to be particularly careful as it was rumoured that spies were on the train, There was heavy rainfall at Chengchow and the station was thick with Chinese soldiers with guns and supplies, presumably on their way north to reinforce Taiyuanfu, At Chengchow I joined a party of two women, three men and a child. That made me feel more secure.
"From Chengchow, after sleeping at the station where there were sick and wounded soldiers, we started off to Suchowfu which appeared to be a centre of great military activity. Japanese planes appeared twice during the course of the trip to Tsinanfu, and the train had to stop while the passengers sought shelter in near-by fields. That was the most exciting part of the journey, and the most unpleasant, for when I got back to the train after the second raid I found my handbag and personal property stolen, leaving me only two dollars in gash. There was a shortage of food during that part of the trip which made it all the more unpleasant.
"The last lap of the journey was from Tsinan to Tsingtao and was most worrying for when I arrived in Tsingtao I had no money at all. I found friends and they helped me out until money could be cabled to me.
"Never again wil I take a trip like that," she concluded, "It was far too exciting to be. pleasant." last April Ow, this andae: goose
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