But Farmers Begin Their Usual Endeavours nom Our Own Connstoxoet Nantungchow, Dec, 16.
Nantungchow as a city lives behind closed doors. "Business is at a standstill, mills are closed and schools fund hospitals Tikewise have ceased functioning,. The former glory Tungchow is waning. The ruling of the Christian Hospital bombed at the be= sinning of the Sino-Japanese hostilities are still untouched and comparatively few soldiers are found in the district, The farmers, however, are returning to their fields and the smoke arising from the peasant's homes along the river bank Indicate that their erstwhile fear of Japanese attacks. has Crops this year are satisfactory, but means of communications are crippled and fear of the boat owners' that their houseboats "willie commandeered keeps them in hiding 'Jukso, to the north of Nantung chow, a' walled lly in a very fertile farm' country, looks far more thriving. Although only a short distance of 30 triies from the banks of the Yangtze {and within hearing distance of the Bombing along the river, the people Jukao only sporadically "show Deriods of fear. During these days: MIL available. wheelbarrows are seen carrying wealthy people into, the country northward with their belongings because of the fall of Kiangyin and Chinkiang.
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