Hanoi, Apr. 20.
Operation of the 50-kilometre branch of the Yunnan midway linking Mengtze on the main line with the tin mines at Kukiu has been interrupted since April 13, when Japanese naval aircraft subjected the Mengtz: railway yards to an intensive bom. bardment, information obtained today said.
The bombing, according to reports reaching here, have thrown the population along the railway into a state of acute uneasiness as fears are felt that the Japanese forces will again attack the railway, which, since the fall of Manchang is the only rail Mediation Offer Denied London, Apr. 20.
The Japanese newspaper report stating that Britain has offered mediation in the Sino-
Japanese conflict is described officially as absolutely untrue.—Reuter.
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