Reports from Kiukiang today stated that Chinese soldiers driven back to Kuling by Japanese troops have turned to banditry and are looting some of the houses in the summer resort area.
The Chinese were said to have looted and damaged the Silin Temple and Tunglin Temple, known to Japanese as the cradle of the Jodo Buddhist sect, which has millions of devotees in Japan.
Chinese residents who took refuge in the former British Concession have started to return to their homes and a movement for the organization of a Peace Preservation Commission is under way, the reports said.
According to figures compiled by Japanese military authorities, the number of Chinese who remained in Kiukiang was about 10,000, compared with 80,000 who resided in the city before the hostilities.
About 6,000 Chinese took refuge in hospitals and churches managed by foreigners in the former Concession.
Japanese troops have started relief work for the destitute by providing accommodation in a refugee zone established in the Nanmen area, Sick and injured Chinese are being given medical treatment by Japanese doctors—Domei.
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