This photograph was taken in 1910 on the Peking-Hankow railway, and show* a detachment of State troops provided at all station* in the unsettled districts against the depredations of bandits. The wellequipped, uniformed men in the photograph are in striking contrast to the rabble shown in the other picture, and shows how rapid has been the practical collapse of central Government in China.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 239, 6 October 1923, Page 17
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63This photograph was taken in 1910 on the Peking-Hankow railway, and show* a detachment of State troops provided at all station* in the unsettled districts against the depredations of bandits. The wellequipped, uniformed men in the photograph are in striking contrast to the rabble shown in the other picture, and shows how rapid has been the practical collapse of central Government in China. Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 239, 6 October 1923, Page 17
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