Whether peace can be restored without further fighting, seems extre~ moly doubtful, Should the invaders return by night with augmented forces from their large territory, the town' may be sucked and burnt, as only a small military force is sta toned at Atuntze by the Yunnan government, Inthe meantime Auintze citizens spend sleepless. hnights anticipating night attacks by their foes, It may be that several hionths of border skirmishing may follow before the dove of peace is again permitted to alight upon the Atuntze region in extreme northwest Yunnan, Five days of caravan travel to the northwest across the border in Tibet, "Yenchin andi its surrounding terri< tory, peace and quiet once more prevail after several months of robber depredations in the region round about, December sown crops of small grain are now several inches high and making rapid growth as the result. of mostly. sunny weather and fivigation being possible to most that region when rain fails to come. Exorbitan taxation by Tibetan oMlcicls. Is considered the greatest bane of that gion by cllizens who often sign for fold-days" when China ruled their: region.
"They have forgotten that they grumbled then, too, about high fixes Such is human nature, even beyond the Orient. Long centuries ago the children of Israel turned their thoughts back to "tie fleshpots of Egypt" city ud never been a war centre, and always was regarded as a safely zone—the city environs are covered with sand "which is unsatisfactory for trenches.
Conditions here seem to have become better. Many refugees, having fled to southwestern Honan oF to other safety zones are seen returning. The ous service from Kal-{feng to Tsaohsien, on the Shantur Honan border, where. the provincial capital of Shantung is established, hax been resumed. Several hundred thousand drees had been planted along the banks of the Yellow River and in the suburbs. Acting on the Jorders of the Civil department of the Provincial Government, the local Police Bureau has recently instructed branch offices here to protect all trees, planted round the city, the ponds and along the banks of rivers.
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