Bitlerly denouncing the "scorched earth" policy of the Nationalist Government, a circular telegram was issued by 2¢ public organizations of Changsha headed by the Changsha Citizens' Federation strongly protesting against the recent deliberate burning of thousands of houses in that city by the Nationalist forees prior to their withdrawal, a Chinese report said yesterday.
Alter making great sacrifices for the Nationalist regime in the Sino-'Japanese conflict, the Hunanese were. made {o suffer through the destruction of their property, the telegram was reported to have goid, The message also asked how the sufferers in the disastrous fires in Changsha would be compensated, the report added.
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