While the service of the Peiping-
Hankow line was interrupted at Lukouchiao, or the Marco Pole Bridge, several trains left Peiping for the south on the Tientsin-Pukow line in the past few days. One through train left the old capital for Pukow yesterday morning, according to a report rece! ved here yesterday. All coaches were crowded to capacity by refugees.
Air and train services for the north were being maintained with Tientsin as the terminus. If "possible, the planes and trains would proceed to Peiping. passengers were told.
Several Chinese vessels were reported yesterday to have cancelled their run to Tientsin and other northern ports owing to lack of freight. As a result of the hostilities in the north. many merchants have been withholding their orders. and consequently business with the north has practically been suspended.
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