South Shansi, Sept, 15, YY/1TH the exception of the severe fighting reported on the orth bank of the Yellow river above Tungkwan, military afta, in this province seem to have quietened down for the time being with the Japanese in contro! of the railway lines and towns og, {jacent and the Chinese troops occupying the remainder of the ter, ritory. It would seem as though the present situation is fairly' nosy la stalemate, which so far as the defenders are concerned should lbe almost as good asa victory. Both sides occasionally play grim game of hide-and-seek in no-man's-land among the toothily Jwith death as the penalty for th jose who play it badly. A state. iment revently seen that there are only some small scattered forces lof Chinese refugee troops' in the hills, of no military importance is not in accordance with the actual situation.
Within the orbit of Jypanese oceupa~ tion, business is still largely at a standstill, but up in the hills local business continues, and the riachthery. of civil government is functioning. Of course outside goods cannot get into the province, and travelling is every~ where very difficult as all the main roads have been cut again abu a land in some cases completely, plow over.
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