Nanking, Dec. 7.
Faced with increasing difficulties in obtaining food supplies and winning support in local communities, large numbers of. Chinese guerrillas and bandits have surrendered to the Japanese. troops in districts southeast of Tahu Lake in Kiangsu province, according to field reports received here yesterday.
Guerrillas in this area were said to have lost their will to fight. Since the latter part of November about 2,500 troops under Gen. Liu Chien-hsu, Commander of the Third Di trict, and a bandit chieftain named Cheng Wan surrendered to the Japanese, the reports claimed.
Strict examinations were given those who surrendered. Some of the Chinese soldiers told the Japanese that provincial armies had been isolated from Central troops since the Japanese occupation of the Wuhan cities, The provincial troops were levying heavy taxes on villages and taking whatever provisions they could find, the Japanese officers were told. They were constantly threatened by Japanese attacks, the men stated.—Domei.
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