Hongkong, Aug. 29.
The announcement of the suspension of air traffe on the Hongkong: Hankow line by the Eurasia Ca, immediately following the suspension of the service on the Hongkong-Chung-kiang line by the C.N.A.C, has caused great concern here. It is pointed out that by the suspension of the air ver-vice, Hankow and Chungking are now practically cut off from the const as regards communications and~ mail service except by the very slow and owing to Japanese bombardments irregular railway trafic to Hankow.
Hongkong by the suspension, moreover, of the two air lines is losing its importance as the centre of Chinese Chinese newspapers today extensively discuss the situation, urging the Eurasia to resume their alr service even if the danger of new Japanese attacks existed. "The suspension the air service, the papers state, would be tantamount to a capitulation to the Japanese designs—Trans-
Trouble over arrests under the banishment ordinance has been brewing sine 22 when the Government its refusal Press. 3 free the arrested Chinese—United LigvrEXANT-General Ma Yen-shou, Deputy Commander of the Suiyuan provincial army, arrived in Wuyuon fon August 26 to cheer up the officers and men of the army on behalf of its commander, General Fu _Ts0-yi, states a dispatch to the "New Digest."
'Tur Ministry of Finance has ordered the Inspectorates of "Customs in various' parts of the country to put a ban on the exportation of ramie and lead, which, no less than scrap fron,. copper and other metals, are important raw materials for the munitions industry. The shipment abroad of scrap metals, it may be recalled, was banned several months ago.
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