Chungking, Feb.
{Conditions of Chinese residing in German-occupied France are described in special correspondence pub-in this morning's "Ta Kung "There are 1,000 Chinese labourers in France who lost their employment after the German occupation of Paris, but latterly the majority of these labourers have once more been able to obtain jobs", the correspondence says.
"Chinese businessmen in France belong chiefly to two groups—small merchants and restaurant owners. While the small merchants are said to be making profits as a result of the blockade and transportation dif-culties, it is stated that the restaurants have boom hard hit as they are unable to obtain supplies of rice.
"Through the Chinese Consulate-General 16 Chinese restaurants in Paris have petitioned for permission to purchase four tons of rice a month, but the amount of rice so far alloted has never been more than one-half of the amount required.
"The lot of 150 Chinese students is said tobe the worst of all. Of these 50 are being taken care of by the Sino-French University at Lyons. The remaining 100 students are ^in a desperate state as a result of the interruption of remittances from home,' the "Ta Kung Pao" correspondent states.—Reuter,
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