een, To HE "Re DH"
Taichow, Ku, Mar. 13.
Since the reported capture - of Tsingkiangpu, Haichow and Hwalanfu by the Japanese there has been con-iderable exellement in. Taichow. Wild tales are heard on every hand and the fear of alr-raids is great. Many of the people, however, stil go on about their ordinary affairs even if they do jump when a match is scratched unexpectedly. One can hardly blame them for this for what has happened to other places may well happen here.
Crops in this section look good. The farmer has learned what the good earth was made for and what {ean produce and it takes more than rumours of war to make him forsake the fields which have supplied his
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