President Quezon to-day signed the National Defence Act providing for the conscription of all Under the terms of the Act, passed by the Defence Committee of the Legislative Assembly on December 7, all citizens of the Commonwealth are liable to mil army and a rosery are also established while mille tary training is made compulsory In all high school Provisions for the encourag ment of industries needed for national defence; nationalization of natural establishment of a Department of National Defence are also included—Rengo, had changed their minds about the Tong journey to Tachienlu. Our tutes now tad collected a scratch team and with this we set. out for Huangmepu, reaching this village at the foot of the Dahsiang just at dark. Our coolies did not get for until nearly two hours later with the nice little bit of information tat Jone more coolie -had changed his mind: we were now minus four of the coolies who started out with us from Yachow, two days away. One of our screich team picked Yuineking went into a food shop for a bowl of food leaving the cook to look, after the load while he "fueled." "The cook' waited some considerable time only to discover that the coolie had gone in by the front door and escaped by tke back. Coolie number five non est! Distance, }two days from Yachow. our starting point. The prospects for next day were not very bright as when w went to bed that night' one coal and one toad and one cook had falled {to put in an appearance. There was absolutely "no use getting cross or trying the Rustle the east, or trying to do anything, og one of the frst things the "futeo™ will do when sees you anxious and in a hurry simply roll the burden' onto other shoulders, and where are you?' The inn-keeper, with an eye to business, politely' told us' it would be impossible 10 get off that day as we had to wait on coolies coming from the other side of tke pass.
After breakfast, the load, the cook, and the coolie put in an appearance but toa late to start out with a high pass in front of us. We spent-a Comfortable day in 2 rather comfort able inn with an old friend as the inn-keeper. We tried to look per= plexed and unhappy, at least 1 did, to appease the other members of tht jearavan, but It was no good.
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