Fall of Kiangyin Forts Confirmed: Gen. Chiang Kai. shek Said to Be Still in Nanking Nanking, Nov. 30. TANKING has been turned into an armed camp in preparation for the Japanese, who are steadily advancing.
While barbed-wire barricades are being placed ready to block streets at strategic points, trenches and other-defence works are being built outside the city, The main gates of Nanking remai open, but two smaller ones were closed to-day.
General Chiang Kai-shek inspected the defences around the city to-day, after which, Reuter leal 13 from an.authoritative source, he expressed himself as very satisfied with them, Madame, Chiang Kai-shek also remains here.
'A tour of the city this morning revealed that a great part of the poorest population are remaining In the capital as they cannot. afford to leave, With a view to providing these inhabitants with a safe refuge in the event of warfare spreading to Nanking, the safety zone committee, although it has received no reply to its proposals from the Japanese authorities, is proceeding with its preliminary arrangements, Meanwhile, all buses have ceased servi being maintained 03 running, although other essential
usual "According to an announcement by the Mayor. Mr. Ma Chao-chun. the electric light, water and telephone services will be continued Tontit the plants are put out of action, "The postal service Is practically normal. Daily. deliveries and col-Teetlons are being made as usual through the city's five post offices. Among the most welcomed packages arriving regularly are the Shanghai newspapers. Postal employees have been carrying on under The greatest—dimiculties. Although frequently exposed to fire, they have not, deserted their posts.
"The Nanking postal authorities have clattered. the s. Wangting order to. evacuate. at the last moment, the 350 employees and their dependents to safety.
"A large Chinese ammunition dump po tween" Nanking and Chinkiang blew up at one o'clock: this morning: Nanking residents could hear the explosions and see the flames. The cause 1s unknown,
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