In January the Chinese took away the rails of the Ching Meng Railway extension thus leaving Bool as tht western terminal of the Taoching but the surfaced motor rond was the: made use of by retreating and vaneing forces through 'Tsinyany toward Tsiyuan,—Menghsien ant Wenhslen, Four' times. the warlike crossed and recrossed to Menghisien and Wenhsien and finally they remained. with the Chinese. The eros ing of the Yellow River was not complished. Tsiyuan was still more devastated" and now for the third time the Japanese are advancing through Fengmenkou in an effort proceed farther west and join ther forces in southern Shansi where united effort might be made to cross the Yellow River and cut the Lung hal Railway between Loyang. ani Sian, Tt'was during April and May that food stuffs soared to highest Price Grain and flour increased over 9 per cent, Whole villages had ther entire stores of grain taken by vading armies to feed their animals Thousands of well-to-do villager were reduced to gathering leaves and weeds for food and sometimes, hid hardly one meal of gruel a doy.
Others did return to find that their wee bit of wheat had been cut wher was green and used for fodder Then, too, just when the wiiest cutting began the heavy rains cant and there Was a great loss of wheal before dry weather made thrashing and sunning of the grain possible.
Calamity after calamity seems 0 have followed in the trail of the poor struggling villagers and now discax and cholera have broken out in many tareas, One trusts that the _prompl action being taken by the Japanee military and the missionary hospilslt will be able to stop the wide-spread disease during the hot summer season.
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