Peiping, Oct. 30.
In order to try to uproot the Chinese guerillas in Shansi the Japanese authorities there have started an economic blockade, according to Chinese reports reaching here.
In a'statement issued recently, the head of the Japanese special mission at Taiyuan stipulates that all commodities to be transported out of Japanese occupied areas must first Obtain certificates from the village or town heads. It is reported that anyone found selling goods to, guerillas are liable to punishment.
Goods such as electric equipment, printing machines or tools are strictly forbidden to be transported out of Japanese occupied areas. Merchants are allowed only limited stocks in their shops, it is added.
In Tangshan, on the Peiping-Mukden Railway, a set of regulations on similar lines was issued recently, prohibiting the local merchants there from selling to strangers things that guerillas may need, because a number of guerillas are reported to be smuggling themselves into the city to purchase provisions—Reuter.
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