Continual and heavy rains of late have rendered the Chungking-Chengty and Szechven-Kueichow highways almost impassable, and quite a largo number of motorists have been compelled to hold up their trips till the advent of better weather.
Work is continuing on the Szochuen-Shensi Highway, the Mienyang-Wolien section having now been opened to traffic, while a short while ago the road had been completed far as Chienko. All. stone and iron bridges across the Taking and Helaoking Rivers were repaired, and communications between Kangting, Mou-kung and Tanpa restored. These bridges had been cither destroyed or badly damaged during the anti-Red Campaigns. In connection with the SeechuencHupeh Highway, the Was hsien-Lichuan section, over 400 ong, has been started..
Stechuen's Shipping Coming ever more into the lime-fed six new ships for service from [Chungking to Hochuan, Kiating, and Wanhsien. 'These vessels, says the report, will be placed into operation at the beginning of the year, and will bbe used to operate daily' services between Chungking and) Hochuan, (Chungking and Kiating, and Chungking and Wanhsien.
it. Lu Tso-fu, general manager of the firm, and who recently left Shanghai for an interview with Mr. Wang Ching-wei at Nanking, is said to.be reluctant to take the' post of Commissioner of—Reconstruction which has been offered him. He is Taiyuan, Oct. 26, Marshal Yen is happy over the success in pushing his railway through towards the southwest border of the province where it is to coneet with the Lung-Hal Railway Tungkuan in so short a time, In the beginning many. of the Marshal's friends and counsellors thought that hho could not build the road and certainly not In the time he estimated. And the people rejoice that _convenient and cheap transportation is now available from Talyuon as far south as Yuncheng, the last lap of 50 miles being open since October 1, a distance of about 300 miles. The remaining stretch of approximately 100 miles is expected to be opened for traMe by January 1, Steady progress also has been made on the section north of Taiyuan, Since August 1, trains have been running to Yuanping, ninety miles from the capital. Completion of this north Section to Tatung will be slower and more dificult on account of the high mountains and heavy stone work. The trains run very slowly at first over the new roadbed but gradually speed is increased as the bed settles. As yet only a small portion of the used Toad has broken stone ballast lurider the sleepers. All the bridges ae, built either of concrete or brick By using soldier Inbour and demanding the right of way, offering future payments when the railway has earnings, the cost of constriction has been kept down to the minimum, making it one of the most cheaply built in the country.
Fear of Communistic infection caused the authorities to restrict the activities of many secret sects and various organizations, said to serve the poor in a number of hsien south fof Taiyuan, Representatives have been sent to those places in order to correct and lessen, og well as keep watch on, Communistic influence, Youth and Religion Movement Outstanding Chinese Christian Jeaders in the persong of Dr. W. Y. Chen, Professor of Psychology Foochow University; Rr, T. C. Tu, Professor of Physics in Shanghai University, and Miss "Tseng Pao-tuan, Principal of a Girls" Middle School in Changsha, spent six days here in the Interests of the Youth and- Re Movement which was conducted under the auspices of the Y.M.C.A. They were received by the educated folks'of the city, had interviews with Marshal Yen and other leading ofcials and prominent citizens of the community and gave addresses, many of the middle schools and the University. In fact they had to reject many invitations to speak. 'The seri fof addresses given' by Dr. Cha gladly were heard by large audiences fon five consecutive evenings. There Was great interest in Miss Tseng, from the first, largely because of her family connections. She also meos ured up to expectations in her conter-fences and in her addresses to women, student groups and mixed groups which were highly appreciated. "Both fag a scientist and a Christian leader of youth Dr, Tu was a strong member of the team. "He also five meetings with the students and faculty of Oberlin Memorial Schools at Talku. The presence and effort of these Teaders in Taiyuan, as outstanding Chinese Christian laymen, specialists in their fields, have raised the Chris tian cause to a higher plain here and gave many young men and young women of this community a new out-Took on ite, "The YMCA, in ce-operation with other Christian groups organized a Flood Relief Committee which put fon a campaign here for money and clothing for the flood sufferers in the Yellow and Yangtze River valleys, The campaign closes October 31 and it is hoped there will be a generous response. The appalling numbers and Aistressing conditions ought to move the hardest heart and the "closest fist" to share generously in this time of dire need which Ig beyond the ability of the National Government jequately to cope with.
'The unusually late' autumn, no killing frost in the Taiyuan plain' yet, has been a tremendous boon " to farmers. The summer raing came late, delaying fall crop planting, making these crops quite a risk, but they matured properly and "at harvested, the yield being very good indeed. In. addition we have had timely' and satisfactory autumn raing for the wheat, said to be more desirous of devoting hhis full time towards the development and building up of the firm, Some 750 workers of the Finance Ministry's Printing Bureau in Peiping resumed operations yesterday after a apprehension of new truth and ex- three-month lay-off owing to the depression,
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