The "Asahi" correspondent according to Reuter adds.—"Out of 23 aeroplanes landed in Hongkong, thirteen were British-made, six German and four American, while out of 2,000 tons of railway materials 1,500 tons were British and 500 tons German. Out of 1,860 tons of gunpowder, 450 tons were British and 1,410 tons German, while out of 2,246 barrels of saltpetre 40 barrels were BBritish-supplied and 22% barrels German.
"Germany supplied 1500 1b. of sulphur, and America 100 barrels, while out of 124 military motor-lorries 36 were British-made, 53
German and 35 Norwegian, Germany also supplied 375 tons of barbed-wire."
Meanwhile, the Hongkong correspondent of the "Nichi Nichi" reports that a representative of the Chinese National Government is now negotiate ing with the British and French governments for the construction of a railway connecting Burma with Kweiyang, the capital of Kweichow, and for another connecting Hanoi with Nanning, the capital of Kwangsi. These lines, he says, will be used for the transport of: arms and ammunition.—Reuter.
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