Systematic Collection by Japanese Since Jan, 1
Despite New Year holidays Chinese coolies toll daily in the Eastern istrict gathering iron and other metals and conveying them to tem: porary dumps whence they are later shipped to Japan, 'This has been going on since January 1, with hundreds of coolies going through the devastated Chinese industrial properties and collecting chinery, boilers, sheet iron, wire and other' metal objects by the ton for supplying Japanese needs.
Visitors to the Hongkew, Wayside, Kashing Road, Dixwell Road and Yangtszepoo iwreas have been pressed by the number of scrap metal depots, some of them flying the Japanese fag, others not being specially marked," It is possible to pass more than x dozen of the dumps Jon @ half hour's car ride through the region, going at moderate speed, Such trip also reveals the exten= sive operations of collecting and transporting the metal, which conveyed mainly by lorry or handcart.
In at Jeast one instance, in Yangtszepoo, has metal belonging to a British plant been removed, In this case, however, the material was returned (0 the' site upon representa tions being trade, On the ether hand it is reliably reported from different sources that iron and other metals have been carted away from Chinese mills insured against war risk with British companies. Various, data regarding removals have been supplied to the Senior Consul, Mr, N. Aall, it is understood, 'The Japanese Residents' Corpora tion "is in charge of the work, it is reported, lists of places to be visited being furnished to "district men' Some of the principal metal depots fare in Dixwell Road between Urea and Chi Mei Roads; Point and Chac-foong Roads (we dumps); Point and Alcock; Point between Alcock ud Paoting; Point and Paoting; Fast Seward' and Chaoufoong: Dalny between Tongshan and Kwenming (a very large depot): Ward and Tsitstha Ward and Lay; Baikal and Tsitsihan Tsitsihar and Rangoon; and Yangtszepoo and Lay (adjoining the Customs Station). "At the Chemulpoo Road. Jetty and other Eastern wharves, Joads "awaiting shipment may be observed,
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