THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER
HANKOW A LABYRINTH
OF INTRICATE FORTIFICATIONS
AS CITY PREPARES FOR BATTLE
Hankow to-day is a big labyrinth of dugouts, rifle pits, machine-gun.
barbed-wire nests, and
barricades. These fortifications make it danger- ous to walk or drive on the streets, especially after dark. The outskirts of the city are almost inaccessible, being a maze of earthen walls, tren- ches, blocades, and sleeping, eating writes K. J. and digging soldiers, Eskelund in the "China Press."
The French and Chinese authorl- ties have almost reached an agree- ment on special safety zones, outside the Concession, Now, hundreds of sweating soldiers are digging forti- fications in these areas.
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Perhaps the Chinese do this scare the civil population away from Hankow. If they are going to put up a big fight when or if the Japanese, get here, it certainly will be danger- Em- to live in the Concession. placements for big guns are being dug right on the borderline. Could the Japanese avoid dropping a few grenades and bombs in the Conces- sion? Many here in Hankow would be glad to know;
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and Standard Oil, Texas, Asiatic Petroleum Companies, which five have their installations about miles from Hankow, have to send trip their truck on a round-about of almost ten miles to reach these installations. No cars can now be which driven on the fortified dike leads out to them. So trucks have to make a dangerous trip, across railroad lines and trenches, and through villages, where the roads are as bad as they are in all villages in China, The oil-men out there are getting rather, anxious about the situation.
Two bomb-proof, rooms have been built on the golf grounds of the Race Club. Brave souls who play out there cannot return in time to the Concas» sion when the air-raid....... ‚warnings. sound. Sometimes they have to sit and cool off for a long time in the dark holes, while the Japanese planes bomb somewhere near the air-field, which is not far from the golf-course.
WATER ANALYSED
The chemists town, who-as almost everybody except journalists -have had a dull time during the 'ast few months, are now busy again. They analyze drinking water. Many prople, fearing that Japanese bombs will ruin the waterworks, -are-open- ing up old wells. They want to
now if the water is safe.ij.
Three Englishmen, who watched the opening of a well in the French Concession two days ago, had a happy surprise. Then well had been closed cince 1908... In it they found-three bottles of beer! -Some thirsty- soul- must have put it down for cooling Continued at foot of Next Col.
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thirty years ago, and then forgot it when the well was closed. The beer tasted fine and was wonderfully cool, the Englishmen told me.
Trains from Canton, which did not get through for nine days because of repeated Japanese bombing of the
the birds of death circle over the city. Here, one can hear what the Chinese really think about the Japanese soldi- It is all not very nice.\^- FIELDS FULL OF COFFINS
ers
The fields east of Hankow are full railroad line, are now again pouring, of black coffins, reminding one of the in. Few passengers, but, plenty of
mush-needed goods are on them.
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Everywhere the questio what will the United 18
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When air-raid warnings" sound;
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thousands of Chinese rush up to the | ter, but have bought big, suppl French Concession and settle down | beer.
of They are preparing for the
in some shady: place outside the bar. I worst with full wine-cella bed-wire Strest sellers do a fine business during the hours of tedious waiting between second-warning and the all-clear blowinth. Mostly the
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But when they come, rai
budin lies and well-dressed stand side by side, their head
toward the sky, and follow the While rows of heads turn,alow
Many bellevo the Japanese 11. will never get to Hankow The report- ed recapture of Taihu by the Chinese raised a lot of optimiam:319–
In the foreign clubs and atā par cooties, people are planning out the w
They argue and amen for the Chinese.
que, they discuss and discuss. For they have nothing else