The party spent about 51% days on the highway before reaching Chungking. The Judge described the inland capital as a busy, bustling city.
id that prices in Chungking were so high when compared to Kunming. This latter city, he said, were crowded with students and as' a result the price of living had soared. Because Of the leisurely trip which he had taken to Chungking, Judge Helmick was unable to remain in that city more than two days, and he boarded a plane. for Hongkong, where he was Joined by Mz. Collins. The air journey took him about five hours to complete. He said that conditions were such that he did not see terra firma after leaving Chungking until the plane neared the heights of Hongkong.
As he was due to hold a session of court in Canton, the Judge, with Mr. Collins, boarded! the U.S.S. Mindanao, gunboat attached to the South China Patrol, and proceeded up the Pear! River to the City of Rams. They were escorted past the barrier by 0 Japanese gunboat and arrived in Canton after an uneventful journey. During the trip upriver they saw very little trate on the waterway.
'Judge Helmick described Canton as a completely devastated city, Little trade was being carried on in' the once prosperous South China port and very few shops were open in the city. What few buildings remained standing were mere shells; four walls standing with the interiors blasted out, 'The work of clearing up the debris had commenced, however, and huge orderly stacks of bricks' lined the streets. "The Judge said that conversation with people in Canton had Fevealed that only one-third of the original population was now Jiving there and mast of these were of the Poorer classes.
'A few routine caves wore heard by the court in Canton, such as probates, adoptions and estate cases. After the court session had concluded the ofcials were taken back to Hongkong 1 the Mindanao where they boarded the Marechal Joffre for Shanghai. care and to advise as to the form help should take, In such eases the money concerned merely passes through our books, We have a small sum labelled "Interests on Invest~ ments." Would it were larger. The Board has no endowments and leads a hand to mouth existence, (hand to pocket would be a far truer dexcription). Life is generous
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