Order and tranquil living conditions and railway service have been restored by the Japanese in the regions Occupied north of the Yangtze, Japanese reports said yesterday.
Service has been resumed on the 50-kilometre railway line between Pukow and Chu-hsien. on the Tientsin-Pukow me, following the completion of repairs by Japanese engineers, At the time Japanese troops entered Chuhsien the population numbered about 300 persons, but now it has increased to about 3,000, the reports said.
The population of Laian-hsien, about 20 kilometres north-east of Chu-hsien, which was estimated at 5,000 at the time of the Japanese Occupation, has doubled up to the present time.
Peace Preservation Commissions were organized in many towns end their efforts enabled Chinese people to be supplied with adequate supplies of food.
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