Passenger Describes the First Flight: City Unperturbed by Revolt 1 six ofelock on the morning. of November 28 the sun rose and a great Sikorsky twin-engined aero plane roared through the water smother of spray to rise smoothly over the masts of a score of junks outside Langhwa "aerodrome. It was the successful inauguration of Bho passenger service between which meant vegetables for the Shanghat market: Sverjuhete water gleamed in the sun, which later Evmed the tops of the waves from mod brown to gold faked ere there with white spay, Grotesque Islands For most of the trip we followed polities of the People's Revalutionry Government in Foochow.
At the mouth of the Min viver we look "in vain for blockading cruisers and gunboats of the Gene tral Government in Nanking. There are no signs of the river bein mined. We fly over the forts anc notice two heavy guns, but are unable to see any soldiers. Thirty Li from the city of Foochow we come to rest at the company's vast. By it lies an old gunboat, flying the flag of the new government. Tt is red and blue with a yellow star in the centre. We are told that the five points of the star refer to the workman, peasant, scholar, mer 'Shanghai and Canton by the China the coast pasting over" small island ids chant and soldier,' and not' to the National Aviation Corporetion. side were five foreigners resembled elephant ping on its so-called five races. [whom were going to. Canton, anc and Side" with trunk extended, One Innds at the foot of an old temple in the shade of two immense two Chinese merchants on ' their Chinese dragon which ind Tost a trees and motors on to. Foochow. way to Foochow. The and leg." We flew on over a veritable In Shanghai we had read of war navigator were R. Gast and L. maze "of islands and" bays and and rumours of war in Fukien. Wootls both of whom have flown j inlets, a fleet of fishing craft with Outside Foochow a lad of sixteen Jextensively in South America. Over sharp' pointed, sails, then over hills clad in uniform emptied a revolver twenty successful fights have al-too lean and hungry for into the ground, looking the other ready been made to Canton by the tion, and another tangle of coast: way as he pulled the trigger. The si me pilots, "and consequently line' until we reached a fertile eat ants were picking their oranges. none of the passengers were neryplain to the south of Ningpo.
Never have town and courtyside ous about the possibility of the Straight irr canals pay Tooked more peaceful. There is no Chusan" accident being" repeated. tribute to some" bygone engineer searching of baggage at the city Besides, there was no fog. for whose skill Yao-and Shun get gate, one is not even asked for Below was grey brown earth the credit, The soil is light and one's card. Never has a revolution led here and there with sandy, and each house surrounded been "more bloodless, since not a by bamboos. The hills now follow single life was lost. Seldom has a verandah the elegant intimation the coastline and become more revolution created such little inter-that His Excellency summons rugged. Horseshoe tern graves est. amongst the peasants and the inmates to a dance at Go Feplace the circle within the square workmen whose complete emancipa: lornment House on an auspicious of the Shanghai pass Yon fo being urged in slogan and date. Or perhaps he may bring mall, walled city, another surround-Reentical with those in. the Chinese ters the wording of which - ix fed with a moat,' the similar invitation from the temples get larger, fine bridges of stone span Soviet Republic in Kiang Officers of the Cavalry Regiment the creeks, Our pilot, shuts off hix who vary the monotony of the engine, and we glide down over the oont's life by sending him out on pagodas and fruit trees. of Wen: such tender introductions to chow.
Wenchow Populace Interested be fair. Change seems seems to Every man and child in Wenchow But let us to have come out into the have come out the scene to the desert and there houses to see the the oont comes into his own. In down out of the sky like the pink panorama of the early morning he fits in picturesquely ast three masted junks with eyes hens and gods of old." We taxi
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