Osaka, Feb. 29.
The Japanese authorities in Central China have taken steps to restrict or absolutely prohibit the shipment of certain materials produced in the occupied areas of China to Shanghai, or elsewhere outside the occupied zone on the ground that they are important for military purposes, it is learned by the Municipal Industrial Department here.
This policy is said to aim at secur-og an adequate supply of Chinese able materials required by Japan.
The materials listed include iron atonals of all kinds, copper, brass and tin wares, coal, hemp (ramie), uw colton, hides and leather, vegetable oils, bristles and tea. 5 In addition to establishing special rms to buy and export to Japan these products, special treatment in he handling of such restricted or Drohibited articles has been accorded a number of important Japanese Concerns, including the Japan Iron Corporation, the Central China Mining Corporation, the Chunnan Coal Mining Company, the Central China Raw Cotton Association, the Central China Export Cotton Manufacturing Company, and the Central China Federa-ion of Exporters' Associations.
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