14 JULY 1921 DMI A Presidential Mandate dated 12 July 1921 appoints P’an Chu-ying as acting Director of the Aeronautical Department. General P’an is a native of Shantung, from 1914 to 1916 he was Military Governor of Suiyuan. In 1918 he was G.S.C. to General T’sao Kun when the latter was Inspector General of Ssuchuan, Hunan, Chianghsi and Kuantung. In 1919 he was appointed a “Chiang chun”, i.e. a member of the General’s Office. The above appointment is the result of a bitter campaign that has been carried on in the local press for some time past against the Aeronautical Department in general and General Ting Chin, the head of the Department in particular. General Ting has been head of the Department for over a year and during that time has done much to advance the development of aviation in China. He has been largely responsible for advancing the project or the Peking-Shanghai Aeronautical Route, and was generally regarded as a capable and honest official. His removal will probably seriously hamper the development of aviation in China. (sgd) H.B. Open Palmer. Lieut. Colonel. Military Attaché Peking. 20 AUGUST 1921 NEWAIR MAIL SERVICE MANYUAN (Peking) - EAST CLIFF (Peitai-Ho). A new air mail line has been inaugurated by the Department for Aeronautics, between Manyuan (Peking) and East Cliff (Peitai-Ho) the well-known Spa. Machines will leave twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays. Vickers commercial type, twin-engine 450 HP machines, to carry 9 persons will be used. The service will be of the nature of an experiment for at least 3 months and if successful, a further service to Harbin (Manchuria) will be inaugurated with stages at Chin-Chow, Moukden and Kwangchung. The present line covers a distance of nearly 250 miles in about two and a half or three hours, while the train takes 12 hours over the journey; the train journey costing 15 dollars whilst the journey by air costs 60 dollars (100 dollars return). The ground is flat and densely cultivated but there are sufficient suitable areas for forced landings.
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