low, it is said that during Gen-Accor orts from Han-Tokyo, Aug. 1
Chiang Kai-shek's punitive expedition against the communist. army recently, hand his were. scattered From alf planes inviting the affeers the orien of" the "Communit army {e'surrender, ammouneing the gran a bonus to those wher would fender and the premise to purchase Their weapons:
'The Communist army followed this up bya counter announcement that they' could buy nien for $100, 8 bullet for one-fifth of a della that Japanese had never visited they were accused of secretly engaging the lower classes of Chinese. to carry on this. deadly work. Rumour stated that Chinese had been caught with packages of white powder their persons and when' examined the authorities confessed. having been engaged to poison the wells, and the report even stated the talaries that some Were said to receive.
These reports were not cone tradicted by the 'Chinese officials and they soon gained headway, not only among the superstitious country' people, but among the better lasses, students being included in the number, Wells that formerly were considered to produce the purest of water were tabooed and in their places streams, and rivers, the general repository of sewage, were substituted from which to secure drinking water and supply for household use.
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