Show I A Japanese officer who served In the ChineseJapanese war Is 1 now attached to the Japanese legation at Vienna he says of the country between Tien Tam and Peking Tho dlstnmp Ig l only seventysix miles but at this limo of the ycsir the country i Is covered with maize that roach to the height of a mon The compass can bo tin only Rulde fbi falling maize stnlks If I the grain Ix rlpi would be an almost Infnirmountibli Impediment to infantry Thero arc many rivers and rlvul Hs which necessitaiv ihe uso of boats flue rainy season nerally sets In by the t end of June converting the country Into a swamp |