The service between Yihsien and Lincheng is good with two trains, running per day and between Tsin-' ing and Yenchowfu a service of three trains per day is being maintained, All these trains carry Japanese troops! as well and are practically full of Chinese travellers who, in order to) travel, must carry passes issued by! the Peace Maintenance Committ the Japanese Military Headquarters: and cholera cortifeates.
At Tenghsien, the East and West suburbs were seen to be badly burned and considerable destruction was also noted at Yihsien, while Tsining was comparatively undamaged with general conditions coming back to normal.
Missionary work in the interior is almost normal again, thanks to facie lities given by the "local Japanese military for train travel, but it is still dim cult at times to move around, the country due to the bandit situa-ton,
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