The Archive · 1938

War Refugees Returning

Formosan Tells of Reign' of Terror Before Naval — Landing Party Took Island; City Little Damaged

Shanghai, June 5.

WAR FRIGHTENED residents of Amoy are gradually leaving their refuges in caves, in the hills cast of the city, as peace and order steadily solidify their hold on the Fukien port, Amoy still, however, presents a ragged appearance, as all of its richer folk have migrated to the Kulangsu International Settlement, Even in the main thoroughfares, such as Chungshan Road, one seldom meets" well-dressed people." One' eye meets only bedrabbled men, women and children, tramping the streets in search of shelter from rain, This graphic picture of conditions fu the southern city was drawn for the Japanese press yesterday by a person who has just relumed from Amoy, Neither his name nor nation ality were given.

Chinese troops, this person said, had offered practically no resistance to the Japanese naval Ianding party before withdrawing to the mainland.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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