The work ital at had bee annually, Japanese Set Fire To Villages Peiping, Feb, 2 Hundreds at" small Chinese villages have gone up in smoke, and thousands of people are homeless, asa result of new Japanese' tactics aimed at stamp-Ing out guerilla warfare by Chie ese troops, Travellers arriving jete to-day' from various points long the Peiping-Hankow Rail way describe a series of fires as ipanese apply torches to with the object of pre= them from being used by Foving bands as bases for attacks on Japanese lines of commun tions.—Reuter. and in September the total number:
admissions for the previous year fad' been already passed. But since October the fall In numbers has been tragic. The sick and suffering, who would normally have come for after the harvests were fathered in, are still unattended and Unrelieved. Tnereasing banditry many. fore they will dare leave the protec Hon of their own villa 'A lnuldiec was taken from near the hospital a few days ago and held for $25,000; $1, had to be paid Monies invested locally for Samari Fund purposes have the closing down businesses: the Might of the owners. Altogether the Drospect is Rot. cheerful, accommodate more women an discussed, 'A. young, doctor interviewed and hoped ye wot mow, bil he is Tost be us, th fe a gain to Nizeria, We carry on and ook for bri the city middle" sehuuls could reopen we shuld breathe more freely, Dut, to put it mildly, Japan does noi sce aumious to encourage education thinking. May gel prevail
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