Canton, Oct. 31.
Eight days after the Japanese occupation finds the city still deserted and abandoned with no signs of the return of the Chinese population, while business remains completely ut a standstill.
The lack of postal facilities is worrying the foreign community as only one batch of mail has been sent) from Canton in the past week, while there are no prospects yet of any incoming mail.
It is generally hoped, however, that the Japanese will not delay for long the opening of the river, although it is realised that a new problem must be confronted in the form of river bandits, as thousands of disorganized Chinese troops are roaming the Pearl River delta and the. surrounding countryside.
Some of these, according to Chinese reports, have already formed gangs and have sacked and plundered numerous villages.
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