Threatened by bands of dis. organized Chinese soldiers who have taken to looting, Chinese residents in and near Shulyehchen and Lin-vision, west of Changteh, are appeal Ing to the Japanese forees for pro 'The Chinese civilians in that area have expressed fear of the. troops of Gen, Wan Furlin, Commander of the Chinese 83rd Army, who were defeated on the Hopei' fronts and now are in hiding.
Similar conditions were said to prevail at Tangyin, south of Chang feb, where Szechuen troops have lost their fighting spirit and slit up into straggling bands,—Domel,
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