Military notes, the ofoer was re: ported as saying, were widely aecept-'The main reason for Major have explained, was that salt could be bought at halt of the price that prevailed in tne days of the Chiang Kai-shek regime. with those notes The current quotation was $182. for Y¥-100"in- military notes, Turning {0 the return of Chinese inhabitants lo the area, Major-Gen. Morioka was said to have claimed thai two-thirds of the pre-hostility popula Yon had returned to their former domiciles since the maintenance. of [peace and order is good in the Wuhan Area." "While it IS true that some, rich" and leading "members of the: former population have. taken refuge in Hongkong and other places, and there is work aliend of us in recalling' them to Hanzow, it appears that these people have changed their ideas in View of the obvious fact that the Chiang Kai-shek regime Is doomed 10} failure," Major-Gen, Morioka was quoted as saying.
Commodities from areas along the upper reaches of the Han River. were streaming. into Hankow where econo-nie reconstruction was in full swing he was said to have added. The resumption of exchange and banking facilities was now being considered, was reported.
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