Rangoon, Oct. 22.
Bridges along the Chinese portion of the Burma Road have been damaged by Japanese bombs but the Chinese engineering corps are prepared to construct a temporary bridge to replace every demolished one in 48 hours, officials of the Chinese Southwest Transportation Administration said today.
The Chinese, they added, are equipped to repair slightly damaged bridges in a few hours and therefore are not afraid of Japanese threats to bomb the bridges and the highway extensively.
The German reply te the alleged Russian notes said that German troops had entered Rumania only for the prevention of anarchy and to safeguard Rumanian oil fields from Allied sabotage—United Press.
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