With approximately 50,000 Chinese residents back in the ci in Soochow, the "Venice of China, were rapidly showing improvement, a Japanese Embassy spokesman announced yesterday morning. No Occidentals were there, however, he said.
Electric lighting was restored on January 9 after repairs had been effected to the power plant destroyed by the Chinese before they evacuated the city, Because of the presence of many destitute persons special relief measures consisting in the establishment of a free medical clinic and of seven free gruel distributing stations had to be taken by the Japanese Army. The clinic was opened on January 13, the gruel dispensaries on January 21, the spokesman added.
In Kwangfu, the official continued, Japanese language school was being operated by a Mrs. Sun. Sixty pupils, including six women, were enrolled, according to the spokesman.
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