Emergency measures of this kind fgr the evacuation of people of all nationalities having been taken caro of in the first place, the Corps t ours during the period to the "rescuing" of food supplies such as rice, flour, coal, ete, and scores of these have likewise been promptly and efficiently undertaken, the food and fuel being removed to safer zones. So frequent have been these appeals for help of this kind that the Corps is beginning to wonder whether the rest period may not become almost, if not quite, as strenuous as the August 13-18 period when it was engaged on mere military duties.
The rumour that the Ewo Brewet had been taken over by a non-S.V.C. organization was a very sad blow to the Corps, but all sergeant-majors now report complete recovery on later reassuring reports that supplies are coming toward steadily—the only real difficulty lies in getting time to remove the froth.
Naturally, at the beginning of the trouble, and before there had been time to make complete investigations, there was some anxiety regarding the adequacy of food supplies. hat anxiety hes now entirely disappeared and the community may be assured of sufficiency in all directions without, it is hoped, any undue increase in prices. This summing-up the effects of war presents a brief review of the daily routine life of the people. as far as basic conditions are concerned, and has not touched upon the tragedy of the streets, or upon the complete dislocation of ordinary commerce.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.