The Archive · 1939

Kunming Overpopulated

Kunming, July 25.

Women and children, and all persons whose presence in the city is not essential, have been ordered 10 evacuate Kunming by the provincial Government authorities.

The authorities state that if their order is not complied with, force will used.

"Those persons remaining, according to the decree, must obtain residence permits from' the provincial govern rent, According to the latest figures, the of Kunming has risen from level of 150,000 to over Britons Evacuate From Kaifeng Hankow, July 28.

'A letter received here today from 4 foreign source in Kaifeng confirms the evacuation of Britons from the capital of Honan.

Dated July 17, the letter states that "Britons are botind to leave, and the fate of their property i uncertain." A previous letter, dated July 15, said that all was quiet and normal—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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