The Archive · 1936

Nanking Down on Summer

Hes in a otige today ofcially pronaval BEE "tas.

hibited all kinds of "summer vulgaremt ate fee the night in the streets—Central wal stores have increased In number and in size, There has been a corre-spending decrease in the volume of trade through the Chinese shops. In former days nearly one-quarter of the population were dependent upon the Mukden Government for their living. The exodus of the spending class after the capture of the city deprived most of the Chinese est ablishment of their best customers. The decrease in the foreign population has even been more marked.

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

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