The significant things connected with these figures are that it has recently become compulsory for all passengers to pay for their fares in Federal Reserve Bank notes, and that recently the Japanese army authori ties ceased paying their forces in North China in yen notes and began paying in Federal Reserve Bank notes. get people to use the lines. For the] first time it is now possible to get a through coach to Fusan from Peiping, thus avoiding changes and stopovers at Mukden and Antung.
The only fly in the ointment is the guerilla, who do manage to mess üp schedules fairly frequently. These disturbances are never mentioned in official communiques but they occur with painful regularity, so much so thet people catching ships from tangku are generally advised to start well ahead of sailing schedules in case of delays en route.
There are daily official reports of the defeat of guerilla bands in various parts of North China but the guerilla still persists, For a considerable time the reverberation of daily bombings has been heard practically all round the city. But air bombing is an almost useless Procedure against guerillas in hill country.
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