Tokyo, June 24. A record for rehabilitation activities was likely to be set at Swatow, according to a press message today which claimed that 50000 Chinese refugees already had returned to the port.
A Peace Maintenance Commission is directing movements aimed at restoring normal conditions as quickly as possible. The commission was organized by leading citizens, with Mr. Chen Chiao-min as chairman, the day following the Japanese occupation. Many shops were reopening, the message said.
Four hundred leading citizens met yesterday afternoon and adopted re-Solutions urging that business be resumed within three days, that the Chamber of Commerce be reopened as soon as possible, and that Japanese war notes be accented in trading.
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