To be Thinned Only People with Special Work will Remain Chungking, Sept, 25.
All residents in Chungking without. special work have been ordered by General Chiang Kai-shek's headquarters to leave the city with their families within one month as a precaution against air raids, Final arrangements have not yet been settled, but it is proposed that evacuees should settle along the banks of the Yangtze and Kialing jrivers and also on the Chungking-Chengtu motor road, where adequate police protection is available.
No figures are available regarding the number of people expected to move.
A commission from Hankow is, in the meantime, investigating the state of Chungkings air defences. The greatest menace to the city is a disastrous fire, which will undoubtedly follow the dropping of any bombs in the centre of the ci owing to the congested and inflammable nature of the buildings.—Reuter.
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