Bridges in Hungjao Unsafe:
Roads, House Strewn with Ammunition: Resident's Impressions 'HE areas occupied by the Japanese to the north of the Soochow Creek, west of the railway line, and south of the French Concession are not yet reddy to be opened. This was the gist of a statement made on November 20 by a Japanese spokesman.
'A proposal to make the n northern areas unrestricted zones was being considered, he said. The same applied to the Hungjao area, where the bridges were still unsafe and there was a large quantity of Chinese ammunition, not only along the roads but in the houses, which would have be removed before the istrict could be opened without risk.
Regarding the situation in Nantao, the spokesman pointed out that the area around the Yefugee zone Was 80 wide that it could not yet be definitely asserted that It was free of snipors.
Asked if anything was being done with regard fo the fires which are still burning in various parts of the Chinese Cily—fres which broke out on November 10—the spokesman said that the luck of water and of equip-anent, as well as the lack of available men to act as firemen, was hampering the efforts of the Japanese troops putting down the conflagration.
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