Tokyo, Nov. 8.
Transportation of arms and ammunition to Indo-China has increased shipping movements between Hongkong and Haiphong fivefold since the Occupation of Canton, the Hanoi correspondent of the "Asahi" chain of newspapers reported today.
Not less than fifteen vessels reached Haiphong from Hongkong up to November 3 since the latter part of October, the correspondent said.
Munitions unloaded at Haiphong were being transported overland to Kwangsi or Yunnan through Indo-China, he stated. Anti-aircraft guns were said to have been included in some of the shipments.
Two hundred motor lorries and large quantities of arms and ammunition which arrived at Saigon from Hongkong were being sent to Kwangsi, the correspondent claimed.
Mme. Chiang Kai-shek was Believed to be in Yunnanfu, capital of Yunnan, to supervise the transportation of the supplies from Indo-China.
Another message from Hongkong stated that a "door" to China' hin-treland had shifted to Kwangchow-wan, French leased territory. A fleet of four merchant vessels plying between Hongkong and Kwangchowwan had been increased to ten, the message said.
Supplies shipped from Hongkong to Kwangchowwan were being transported io. Wuchow, near the east Kwangsi border, by way of Watlam in trucks, or to Hengyang and Changsha by way of Liuchow and Kweilin, this report stated—Domei.
Levy on Net Profits of Firms Decreed Rome, Nov. 8.
The Cabinet has decreed a levy of 7% per cent. on the capitalized value of commercial and industrial concerns whose net profits exceed 10,000 lire a year.
Exceptions, however, are made in the case of incomes from business Gerived mainly from the own labours of owners.
The levy is payable in instalments, and facilities will be given for banks end other institutions to lend money when desired.
It is semi-officially estimated that the Government will obtain about £12,000,000 from the levy.
Another decree abolishes from January 1, 1939, the motor tax on private cars and all motor vehicles transporting persons, but motor trucks and commercial vehicles will continue to pay the tax.—Reuter.
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