During one of the very cold spells, there was a slight tremor of exch ment caused by the entry into our town of a few hundred Japanese troops, They only stayed one night. The Chamber of Commerce prepared dinner for the officers, and as they were late in arriving, the feast was not over till about midnight. No amount of persuasion cond cause an alteration in the programme of the route-march. For they were to leave punctually at eight o'clock next morning. Wh the soldiers could not find billets in the villages, they suffered the severe frost of the night in tents.
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