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Sutsien, Ku,, Dee, During the past months, while the war has brought death ud diesel Vion to: so many Chinese cities, tien has remained safe and. intact Several aeroplanes have pussed over the ety, but_no bombs "have been dropped. It has been hard for the Sutsien people to realize that a war was going on in the other end of Kiangsu Province. Sutsien is situated fon the Grand Canal, 200 miles above Panic struck the 70,000 inhabitants of Sutsien City, when Nanking felt, fand struck them hard, Thotsa and thousands of people began mov. ing their clothing. household. furni= ture and themselves, out of the city to the smaller towns and villages away from the Grand Canal. It now zooms highly probable that the Japan ese army will come along the canal, it will bardly be able to cover the entire country. For a few days, the roads wore fied with wheel: barrows, oxcarts, rickshaws, coolies and other people carrying bundles or clothing.
'The two junior high schools the 'Southern Presbyterian Bission had continued classes up" to that time. "When the panic cams, more than half of the girls were tatou out of schoo! by their parents, Some of the boys had already' left school, one those who remained were so 1etvoUs and excited that it was impossible to do any real work, ko road ly being built from fu to Sulsien, @ distance of 80 miles. Work which was. begun some months since has been hasten ed by the war. The rock for this end of the Fond was brought. from distance, as there ix none found locally, I was carried on oats to the landing above Sutsien, then' loaded on hand cars on Fow-gauge railway. These ears were pushed by men, about three miles from the canal Bank to the west ate of the city. There the rock wax Tended on 4-ton trucks and wheel barrows, and distributed long the rd. Th sume places, the pieces Of Fock' have been laid ug. pins locks. In other places, it hax bee Loken into small pieees and spread fon the road, like the macadam roads "Western countries, The latter method would seem much more sultfable for this purpose than the former, and much easier (0 keep repair
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