Military Affairs Have Quietened Down; Japanese Control Railways, Chinese Troops the Remainder From Oum Own CORRESPONDENT
South Shansi, Sept. 15.
ITH the exception of the severe fighting reported on the north bank of the Yellow river above Tungkwan, military affair: in this province seem to have quietened down for the time being. with the Japanese in control of the railway lines and towns adjacent and the Chinese troops occupying the remainder of the territory.
It would seem as though the present situation is fairly near a stalemate, which so far as the defenders are concerned should be almost as good as a victory.
Both sides occasionally play a grim game of hide-and-seek in no-man's-land among the foothill. with death as the penalty for those who play it badly.
A statement recently seen that there are only some small scattered force: of Chinese refugee troops in the hills, of no military importance' is not in accordance with the actual situation.
Within the orbit of Japanese occupation, business is still largely at a standstill, but up in the hills local business continues, and the rüachinery of civil government is functioning. Of course outside goods cannot get into the province, and travelling is everywhere very difficult as all the main roads have been cut again and again and in some cases completely, ploughed over.
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