The steep lanes in some parts of the city make the use of motor fire-engines impossible. For this reason, ihe number of coolie üremen, equipped with hooks and buckets, is being increased and a survey of the stone cisterns, which provide the only water supply in those areas, is bein conducted by the city authorities.
More active measures to drive off the raiders have not been neglected and a number of anti-aircraft guns are being installed at many vantage points, "Ihese were tested this week &nd were reported to be satisfactory.
The care of possible casualties will lie in the hands of the squads of doctors and first aid "ambulance workers, which are at present being organized.
As many of the population as possible will be encouraged to scatter in the surrounding country while Chinese" pursuit "planes take the offensive against the raiders.—Reuter.
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