A fow picture posters are to be seen on the streets which very men resemble those which appeared when th Communist hordes were in tne province three years ago. As then the Communists were represented ax tmpaling women and children, so now the Japanese are depicted; it seems a pity' that such things' should be en-Jeouraged, for obviously no good pur-[pose is attained, far more satisfactory plan adoptee fg the putting up of well-drawn maps the war area in central China showing by different coloured little flags the relative positions of.the opposing forces. If these are corrected regularly (and they seem to very fairly stated so far) they will of very real assistance to the large crowds, always to be-seen studying. them, Tt is worth more than all tha newspapers, and other abuse of the enemy put together and 1s not likely to create any permanent bitterness between the two peoples.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.