The Archive · 1941

Communist Stragglers Active

Country people coming from the districts." northwest of this city" re-ort that a group of the New Fourth Army, which has not been liquidated, stilt causing considerable trouble, One report claims that 10,000 of these men are in the county and that fight Ing is going on constantly, More and more country people are taking refuge in the city; but this is true of the immediate suburbs also, Most -do families have moved inside the walls, Even as this Is written sounds of rifle fire are audible from very near, Guerilla attacks the city walls occur far too often for comfort, Only as" week two policemen were robbed of their rifles Just outside the East Gate, 'They rushed back to the station, Ye-armed themselves and went Sut in pursuit of the guerillas, Not nding them, they are said 10 have stopped"the' first man they met in a foreign overcoat and shot him, He proved to be a lime merchant from Thing and no gueril 'The American community of Wusih hho diminished by 33.1/3 per cent, fas the Mistos M, M. Rue and ME. White of the Southern Methodist Mission have eft, Miss Rue has sailed for America' and Miss White's station has been changed,

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