Missionaries Astounded at the Englighted Attitude of Country's Leader: Ravages of Feng Regime From Com OWN Comsrowoent Ninghsia, Kansu, Oct, 19.
The atirective features of old Lanchow held the Generalissimo and his party till the last, but still alittle Of the practical remained to be done fand thig took the form of visits the Mint snd to a woollen factory that fell upon evil days, and discus sion on possible economic develop ment. The Mint seems to be a Targe plant for so distant and inac~ ces sible a place. Or it was inaccessible when that machinery was patiently Fauled on carts from the Seaboard or railhead. It can make dollars and cents with the best of them, but it has not been allowed to work very. arduously at the task ince the National Government got lis hand on the place. Once on a time its machinery worked feverish ly, Now, maybe, it stirs but once or ice a week, if that. One unhappy feature about it is that there are almost as many officials attached to it fas workers, Near the Mint are build ings which General Feng Yuehsiang used to ulllize as an arsenal. 'They are now employed turning out Ploughshares, and farming ments of all' kinds, as well as brass basins, coal stoves, and irons for the Iaundtymen.. The Mahommedans are in the majority about here so, being clean people, there must be plenty of, Taundrymen even if there. does hot happen to be much use for bar bers.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.