About two weeks ago, a large party from Nanking came on its way to Kunming and 1 hear that very soon, all will be returning, This is a good advertisement for the roads in these western provinces and will not doubt prove helpful in bringing very many Who have hitherto regarded Keele chow as being out of the way to come and see the province for them= selves. Already, we are getting a ood many, both Chinese and foreign, In former' times they would have found it hard to get decent hotel accommodation but we can now boast of a few which can at seast pas muster though not equal, 1 suppose, to those at and near the coast, 'A few foreigners have come with: out, knowledge of the language and without Chinese companions or ser~ vants; this is unwise, for they lay themselves open, not only to being Meeced by those who have dealings with them, but also to being suspects ed by the authorities who do not know their business.
'There has been no_air service between this city and Szechuen for Jong time, several months 1 think, and' T'do not know when it will be resumed. Tt was said that a now lane was being constructed for this route, but I do not know if this Is $0. Of course, one drawback is the tendency to heavy mists for a con~ siderable part of the year, but T should think that experienced avi tors could find some way of dealing with it, At the present time, the only way to send. air mail letters from here Is by bus to Pahglensze and on from there by air, But experience seems to suggest that now the motor road through to Changsha, it is nearly as quick that way to Shanghai, as malls can go all the way by molar and rail
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