Show Back to Primitive Age Chinese railways and consequently the farmers are always the first to suffer when civil ch 11 war breaks out outI I ilie he first task for the military chieftain chief chief- chieftaIn chieftain tain iJ Is to seize na ns much rolling stock stocks stockis s as Its III Ii can for the tran transportation or of his troops This Tills means ns that most civil wars are fought along the mil rail rail- rail ro ds and passenger and ami freight trifle Is paralyzed The extent of this can enn be Im Ao o trains hate hae operated along the line for weeks seeks except troop trains Farmers rs turn to the peculiarly con con- constructed constructed constructed wheelbarrows to haul their produce Into town coming for miles over o the trails Thirty i miles outsIde the city Is a quarry noted for tor Its building sand For days streams or of coolies ha have hate e been hauling this sand sandon sandon sandon on wheelbarrows along the railroad tracks track Distance 30 Wash miles miles Wash WashIngton WashIngton Ington Star |