For a long time Amoy city has been almost deserted, owing to the Japanese blockade and the frequent visits of Japanese naval bombers.
Japanese now claim to have occupied part of the city.
The pic= tures show (top left) a Japanese cruiser anchored off Quemoi island outside Amoy harbour; (top right) a usually populous street near the waterfront, almost empty, with most of its shops shuttered and barred, their owners departed elsewhere, Below are two views of Kulangsu, the International Settlement of Amoy, which is as crowded as Amoy is deserted, many refugees having shifted there. On the left is an old, disused lock-up; on the right is a view of a large and ruinous house on a hill, which no one will occupy even though accommodation is ata premium. Visitors are told that the house is haunted and brings bad luck to whoever lives in it, The Japanese force, he declared, Jcontinued to advance throughout the day, with the continued support of naval guns and airerate The Chinese, the spokesman assert-Jed, had set a part of Amoy on fire, the flames still eating their way into the city, The Japanese forces the officer emphasized, are. making every. effort protect the lives and property of foreign residents and Chinese who offer no resistance to the Japanese.
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