Tokyo, Nov. 15.
Return of 300,000 Chinese refugees, restoration of water and power ser-Vice, and alleviation of a food short-&ge were bringing the Wuhàn triple Cities back to normal with surprising rapidity, according to a message received by the Foreign Office yesterday from Mr. Yoshiyuki Hanawa, Consul-General in Hankow.
Reconstruction work in the Wuhan cities, captured 20 days ago, was well under way, the Consul-General reported. Foreign residents, comprising 250 Britons, 100 Americans, 92 Germans, 60 Frenchmen and 300 White First Restriction For French Press Paris, Nov. 14
A decree allowing the Foreign Ministry to institute proceedings against any newspaper attacking the head of a foreign power will be published in the "Journal Official" tomorrow.—Havas.
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