Show back to primitive age chinese railways and consequently the farmers fan ners are always the first to suffer when dill war breaks out the first task for the military chief tain Is to seize size as much rollia rolling stock is he can for the transportation of his troops this means that most civil wars are fought along the rail roads and pa passenger and freight traffic Is paralyzed the extent of this can be imagined no have operated along the luneal line for week except troop trains farmers turn to the peculiarly con strutted ted i heel beel birrows to haul their produce into town coming for mile miles over the trails thirty ralls outside the city Is a noted for its building sand lor days streams of f coolies hae have been yaoling this on wheelbarrows ailon along the railroad trac tracks ls ii distance stance 30 miles wash ington star |