In Japanese controlled areas there: is poverty. Chickens, pis, cattle and, household' things have been reduced to practically nothing, sull fair crops cover the fields and the impoverished, farmer looks to them for sustenance during the coming winter, Corn, peanuts, rice, sweet potatoes, beans, cotton and kaoliang show that the farmer Is determined to do his best amid the dimeulties that, surround him.
Japanese posters point to the farm tas the foundation of all social developent, but the burned farm houses and farmers mourning innocent deaths, in their families do not seem quite sure what the Japanese mean by. the Posters. The Chinese from the cities, however, do consider the country far more safe than the cities. Thousands, of people have moved to the comparatively safe country side, Certain, small villages have developed little centres for business formerly conducted in the larger cities. It is remarkable how well the Chinese bear under their adversities.
Tu the Japanese controlled cities, the lower class is largely left and what may be left of the middle class hag a greatly reduced income. The well-to-do homes are plundered and even the poorer homes are visited, 'A new type of Kovernment is sot and seems to. function under siriet discipline. Schools are reported opened by teachers without "much training but which do keep up the ideal of some type of education, Hospitals of the cruelest kind are opened and the sanitary condition of the cities attended to by the help of uniformed health workers, Foreigners coming from the inland. report that cholera does not exist and but ttle serious sickness Is reported, Women in Reconstruction Work Some work is provided by the Japanese, but the wages are very low, What material enn be used is put by civil service; both men and. women taking part." Women play an important par in the reconstruction work.
The ruilrond from Haichow Hsuchowfu is torn up, the rails and, ies hid and the roadbed wrecked.
Only the harbour at Haichow is held, by the Japanese, the elly of Haichow still "being in Chinese hands. The northern "Kiangsu cities are all in. Chinese hands and further south skirmishes are common, Produce is still slowly coming down. to the Yangtze and directed by keen Chinese and foreign shippers to Shanghai. SuMeient credit can hardly be given to these foreign companies for the tactics by which they collect produce, thus not only feeding Shang-hal but also aiding the farmers to get id of their produce, Not only do Japanese ships along the Yangtze carry supplies up and Hongkong, Aug. 1. The British steamer St.
Vincent de Paul was attacked by Chinese pirates on board junks 100 miles north of Shanghai on July 30, British naval authorities revealed here this morning. H.M.S. Delight was sent to the rescue. Details are unknown.—United Press,
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