There is no shortage of foodstuffs in Chungking, since the province itself is practically self-supporting and the usual luxuries continue to reach the city by train, writes a correspondent from that city to the "North-Chnia Daily News" His letter, which was dated June 13, arrived here on June 19, rather in contrast to a letter from this journal to him which took exactly a month; the difference, of course, is due to the fact that his letter was flown down from Chungking to Hongkong.
As a matter of fact, the letter irom this journal reached him fairly quickly, "as letters almost never lake less than a month, and I have known of instances where they have taken two months; on an average, it máy be reckoned, letters by post take six weeks," he writes, Actually, he is today receiving his copies of the "North-China Daily News? far more quickly than usual, In normal times, the "North-China" through ordinary channels takes almost d fortnight to reach Chungking, This particular correspondent however, is receiving his copies of the paper by air mail within four to seven days—the paper going to Hongkong by steamer and the balance of the journey by air, "This may seem extravagant, but we felt it was well worth the extra expense," he writes.
"A Curious Place"
Chungking, he states, is a curious place at the moment, for, although it is official seat of Government and the Chairman of the National Government, Mr, Lin Sen, is there, all decisions of any importance "are taken at Hankow.
Foodstuffs are plentiful, while the "luxuries of. life, such as Ceylon tea, sugar and beer," travel up to Hankow by train and are shipped the rest of the way. The importers have-not the slightest fear of not being able to dispose of anything they bring up, as people are quite willing to take' anything allotted to them, and would be willing to take even more, "if they could get it."
Communication by other than air and train services with southern China is made possible by a motor road, according to this correspondent, who states that a friend now in Yunnan proposes motoring to Chungking by means of a 920-mile long highway running from Yunnan to a point opposite Chungking; the journey is expected to take seven days,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.