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Show 6. fflSJr¥23 PAX * j j P A "All's well that ends well!* Harold, Mr* Wang and I went to 111 Military Police headquarters at k P.M. We had to wait about half an hour before our worthy Captain arrived. It was rorj evident that he had imbibed a l i t t l e , for a whiff of his breath and his good s p i r i ts indicated thatl He reported having seen h i s superior officer, and we sensed a more a.XXle attitude, for he not only gave me a pass but said the eomsander expressed hope that 1 would bring others back so that we could re-open the Hospital. When I told him that' there was another inquiry, for medical care today from soneone about ten miles from here, who was evidently shot by bandits and that we hoped fa be of service not only to the Chinese who needed medical attention but also to the Japanese, he and the other officers present seemed mr^ appreciative. And so, -tomorrow I r®~ ham to Tientsin and hope to be back here within a week or two* TlimSDAJ - JAHUAKT 10* 1956 With three hospital employees t o carry ray baggage to th© station, two hespital staff'nembers and Harold, I started on ay return to Tientsin. At the station I presented credentials which the Military Police had aiven ne and secured ay Railway Pass without tap further difficulty. There were several very pleasant Japanese officials in charge, and one especially was of fine appearance. Unfortunately he could speak neither Chinese nor English, but we t r i ed to converse as best we could. 1*11 venture to say that he MM from a good family and that he was a Christian, Since h i s t i l i t i es began, although 1 have personally witnessed uncalled for brutal treatment by Japanese military, I have also had opportunities to nest some ©f the cultured Japanese, aaong whom the acquaintance which both Clara and I have made with on® of the Japanese Con/ suls, Mr, Tanaka and h i s wife, have been a real pleasure. And even among the mili t a ry I have met some who show clearly that they come from good families. Some of these men are not heart and soul in t h i s "war" either, but force of circumstances makes i t almost impossible for them to escape from i t. The t r a in ride was uneventful, I was asked by several Japanese military In- *0 x ra to show my Pass t h i s time, and after Tsangchow when the Japanese conductor cam® cround he expressed a l i t t l e uncertainty about the validity of the pass beyond Tsangchow, and I was asked to show the l e t t e r* There was son® difference apparently and as I could not explain i t , nothing further was said, I told h&ni I was prepared to pay the regular fare fren Tsangchow,to t U n t a l n , as I had hmn told to do, but he did not press for i t , so I had a free ride all the way hone. The tffioiencf; with which the Japanese military have resumed t r a f f i c , and are keeping the trains to schedule is uxbeliovable after these few months of h o s t i l i t i e s on t h i s Tsinpu l i n e. I t is 7orj evident from our observation on t h i s t r i p that, aoong other 'tilings, the Japanese claim of ao " t e r r i t o r i a l ambitions," i n ! neino~Japanese economic cooper- • ation" means something entirely different from what those _terms usually denote, Japanese are in full control of the railways, chops of a l l kinds are opening up (and you can be sure that taxes and rent are not paid to the Chinese ^authorities I") With their really useful commodities, there are also being brought in liquors, drugs, prostitutes, and other vices which are bound to be ruinous to the Qiinese, which, however, are apttte act as boomerangs and affect the Japanese as well, who are pouring |
