'Your correspondent' has just made the trip from Shanghai via Hongkong and Canton, to Siangtan, Hunan, People were compelled to' wait for the trains, because the Japanese were bombing the railway daily and sometimes twice daily. At 2 pin. on September 8 passengers, were told that.the train was to leave Canton for Hankow. In a downpour of rain bag and baggage arrived at the Wangsha station. The train quickly lied and left at 5.15, arriving -at Ichlawan, the Siangtan station of the Canton-Hankow Railway on September 10, at 9 am. There were many signs of the bombings but the delays were few and not Jon; The bridge at Yinden was the object of several days bombings, but the men were working like badgers in the water and above seemingly holding the tracks up while the train crept across, It was at night and only a few were awake, Nearly every station from Canton on to Yintak has been bombed; some are in bad shape while others are not so bad. There are also many deco holes where bombs have dropped. Perhaps the worst bombing of static was Chuchow where a fire set 1.000 houses aflame, and the machine shops were badly smashed.
Blue Express Cars was surprising to see so many' ears from other roads in China, On? ear was a first-class coach from the old Blue Express, but it has seen better days. The rain before leaving Canton leaked through on the floors, seats and beds so that it was some time before the car was really habitable, First-class was not equal to the second-class on the same train. People did not complain, for after eight days trying to find ways to get into Hunan it was very pleasant to be passing for the first time through these beautiful hills and valleys of Kwantung and Hunan, Some day people will ride in first-class trains enjoying what is, fa scenic route from first to last,
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