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WEDNESDAY,  July  7th,
CHRYSLER"  Car Makes Trip From
tau To Chefoo Overland.
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MARK L. MOODY AND PARTY REACH HERE BY AUTOMOBILE
FROM TSINGTAU.
"From Tsingtau to Chefoo.—Roads or
No Roads" reads the sign posted on the side
of the Chrysler Six Cylinder car, which
brought Mark L. Moody and Party from
1 singtao to Chefoo overland.
The successful trip is outstanding in importance for many reasons, the chief being
that it proves the feasibility of constructing
a good motor road from Tsingtau to connect
with the Chefoo-Weihsien Motor Road at
Shaho and Lungkow.
The need for such a road is apparent,
and although the project has been under consideration for some time, little has been done
towards this end. It may therefore be hoped that this new accomplishment may serve
to endue the authorities concerned with renewed lenthusiasm.
Together with Mr. Moody on his trip
are Mr. B. C. Hubbard, head of the Hubbard Motors Co., at Tsingtao, Agents for
the "Chrysler'4 and **Packard" cars, and
Mr. R. R. Service of the Chinese Y.M.
C.A. A brief outline of their trip goes to
show that construction of a through road *o
Tsingtau would not be difficult, it being
necessary to build a new road between
Tsingtau, Tsimo, Kiaochow and Pingtu.
Some improvement would have to be made
in the road from Pingtu to Shaho, but this
could be done at r.o great cost. The same may
be said of the read from Shaho to Lungkow,
which although traversable, and used frequently by motor buses, has need of leveling.
From Lungkow to Chefoo the road is
entirely  satisfactory.
Mr. Moody and party started from
Tsingtau at 5.20 o'clock on Sunday morning, the 4th July, and experienced the most
difficult part of their journey from there to
Kiaochow, a distance of sixty four miles.
It was between these two points that
the only difficulties of the trip were encountered, it being necessary to push the car
on several occasions, to level the ground over
a few passes and to journey Over fields, mule
paths, gulleys and through deep sand.
Arriving at Kiaochow at 6.20 p.m. they
lefi a->ain on Monday morning reaching Pingtu at 11.15 a.m., Shaho at 2.20 p.m. and
Lungkow at 5.22 p.m.
At Lungkou they stayed the night,
leaving for Chefoo the following day and
making the trip to Chefoo in a little under
three hours.
It is interesting to note that the trip was
made in fourteen hours and forty minutes
running time, an average of a little over nineteen miles an hour. Mr. Hubbard expressed
the opinion that*should the road be constructed
to connect with Shaho and Lungkou, the
entire distance from Chefoo to Tsingtau would
not be more than 270 miles, less than a day's
journey.
Mr. Mark L. Moody is well known in
China as representative, with headquarters at
Shanghai, for the * "Packard" and "Chrysler" Motors.
He is most enthusiastic over the success
of their recent trip which was made without
engine trouble or tire puncture and without
changing the water in the radiator after filling up at Tsingtau.
To Residents of Chefoo the success of
the trip is especially interesting in view of
its bearing on the probabilities of road construction between Chefoo and Tsingtau.
Just how successful the project would
be, if carried out, may well be imagined
from the popularity of the motor road now
connecting  Chefoo with Weihsien.
Mr. Moody, Mr. Hubbard and Mr.
Service will be staying in Chefoo for three
or four days before returning to Tsingtau.
On their arrival yesterday they were welcomed at the Navy Y.M.C.A. by Mr. P.
W. Brown, Mr. A. L. Clark, Mr. Le Roy
Webber, American Consul, and Mr. J.
McMulian.
it should be stated that the trip is the
first successful trip to be made from Tsingtau
io Chefoo by car. A party of German
Gentlemen came through several years ago,
but only after a most interrupted trip, during
which their car suffered considerable damage,
and they were obliged to make a great part
of the journey on foot. They however, eventually brought their car through.
DANCE TONIGHT.
10 CENT*, COPT.
FEAR OF  SECOND BOMB OUTRAGE
^GAINST JAPANESE CONSULATE AT
SHANGHAI.
Shanghai,   5th  July.
The Japanese Consular Authorities at
Shanghai are much exercised over reliable information that certain ringleaders of a Korean
Independence Movement have arrived at
Shanghai from Canton with the intention of
revenging their four compatriots who were
arrested for complicity in the bomb outrage
a month ago, when they threw a bomb at the
Japanese Consulate.
One of the prisoners hanged himself in
the goal.
The men now in Shanghai are believed
to be intending to bomb the Consulate again.
Heavy guards have been placed round
the Consular building and every precaution
i^being taken to protect the staff.
K   Reuters.
ALLEGED FAILURE OF TARIFF
CONFERENCE GIVEN
PROMINENCE IN JAPANESE
PRESS.
There will be a balloon dance at the
Customs Club this evening.
Tokyo,   5th July.
This morning's papers devote much
space commenting on the adjournment
of the Peking Tariff Conference which
is interpreted as a failure.
Three causes are mainly blamed.
Firstly the chaos existing in China.
Secondly the Powers' attempting
to uphold their own claims too stubbornly. Thirdly Japan's attempt to
exceed the scope she originally contemplated, instead of co-operating with
the other Foreign delegations for the
adoption of the Washington Treaty
decision in regard to surtaxes.
Prominence has been given to the
.alleged statements of the Seiyukai Opposition Party leaders that the resultant
situation must be regarded as a "great
defeat for the present Ministry's foreign
policy". Reuters.
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