It is impossible to obtain enough storage space for incoming Cargo. The import godowns, as well as those used for storing export goods, are full, and there are several thousand cases piled up on the docks.
Those goods which are being sent to the interior of China, officials here declare, consist of factory materials only, and no breach of neutrality is involved in permitting their shipment, The port authorities are maintaining such a careful watch on all goods brought in, and at times have been so careful that considerable delay has frequently been experienced by shippers in obtaining permits to send their imports to the interior.
Between 1000 to 2,000 motor-cars, most of them of American make, are now awaiting transhipment on the docks here. A great many of them were brought to Haiphong from Hongkong when it became impossible to send them via Canton.
As the capacity of the Haiphong-Kunming Railway is about only 100 tons a train, it will be some time before these motor-cars can be shipped to their destination, Kunming.—Reuter.
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