Almost 100,000 residents of Nanking had returned to their homes in the First and Second Administrative Areas, regently set up by the Autonomous Commission, by February 4. a Japanese Embassy spokesman nounced last night He also denied rumours to the effect that Chinese refugees in the so-called Safety Zone had been compelled to leave the area by February 5 on pain of ejection by the Commission.
From January 16 to February 4, 10.15 households comprising 50,446 orsons had returned to their former homes in the First Administrative District, while from January 13 io February 4, 12,796 households representing 45,746 persons had reoccupied iheir houses in the Second Adminis-ive District. The total was 96.188 pei us, leaving approximately 150,000 persons still in the Safety Zone Some of th remaining, the *pokesman said, were unable to return home, having lost them habitations
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