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A few fires are still raging. An observation balloon was seen over Wuchang yesterday.
Traders Follow Tropps Following closely on the heels of the troops, Japanese business is already making its appearance here. representative of a typewriter firm is soliciting orders and 2,000 cases of Kirin beer have been unloaded and are selling at 18 cents a bottle.
The Japanese Consul-General, Mr. Hanawa, who arrived yesterday afternoon, will possibly use the Kincheng Bank as a temporary office. He called on the French Consul-General today.
Ninety Japanese journalists are now in Hankow, some planning to push forward with the troops, while others remain here.
Semi-official Japanese sources state that the Wuhan area will come under the Nanking regime, and also that the Japanese Government will inaugurate a Federal Government over all of China, with a capital at Peiping.
It is understood that refugees are removing shortly to the new zone near the Han River, where policing will be done by the Japanese gendarmerie, with the understanding that no Japanese soldiers are to be admitted.
The situation in the concessions is most quiet, with foreign naval ratings and civilian volunteers continuing their patrols in pouring rain
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