Canton, Oct 16. With traffic on the river and the railway temporarily stopped, Canton is isolated from Hongkong and without telephonic communication or newspapers. Actually a small channel exists in the Pearl River, but shipping is at a standstill and the situation is beginning to affect small business men.
The Berlin Protestant Mission at Shiukwan, north of Canton, on the Hankow Railway, was bombed yesterday, according to a telegram received by the German Consulate. There were no foreign casualties and the damage is not yet known.
Chinese reports claim that two Japanese aeroplanes were shot down juring yesterday's raid on the Canton-Kowloon Railway.—Reuter.
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