'The Chairman, Huang' Shao-hung, of the Chekiang' Provincial Govern: ment made a hurried visit of inspection yesterday. He visited the Hlocal yamen and various departments fof the service. His secretarial stof? and body guard were apparently more efficient, but less in numbers than usual on such occasions. His Excellency was here to get facts, not to make a display. Inthe good (or bad) old days of the Empire, when a Governor condescended. to pass by Kashing, one prefect, two magistrates, a garrison colonel and a dozen of the gentry with a multitude of lesser lights waited for hours on the banks of the Grand Canal to see the great man. The glory of the old order has faded, but the growing lemphasis_on simplicity with eMelfancy is making progress possible, Traditionally, Kashing is one of the strategic points in. east China. A back door to Shanghai, front door to Hangkow and a side door to Soochow, With the arrival of many well equipped troops here and. the fortifteation of Chapoo on Hangchow Bay, when the railway already surveyed is built to Soochow, con-ceting with motor roads on to Kiangyin in the Yangtze River—a very strong base-line will be avail. able to supply Shanghai it attacked and defences for operations. against either Hangchow or Nanking. An he aviation field beyond the southern suburbs of Kashing, with another motor rod building towards Huchow jand the west increase the defensive strength of this area.
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