Short-term Offenders May Be Enlisted in Forces Prisoners who have been sentenced to, or are serving, imprisonment terms not longer than five years have been ordered released from penitentiaries throughout the country by the Ministry of Justice, according to a Nanking special despatch to the "Lih Pao" in its issue this morning.
The wholesale release was reported to be explained on the defensive war China is now fighting against Japan and the fact that all man power available should be mobilized for the struggle.—Central News.
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