Cutting of Railways Makes Transport Impossible There are between $80,000,000 and $100,000,000 worth of goods stranded in Indo-China which Chinese merchants had no time to transport into Yunnan province prior to the closing of the Indo-China route, it is disclosed by the "Central China Daily News. The report which quotes a retent arrival from Hongkong who, until recently; worked in a transport tation company in the border province, states that merchants who own ihe cargo are much worried by the present tense situation there.
Since the closing of the route, it is explained, the train service of the Yunnan railway has been suspended, but not totally. Both the Chinese section and French section of the rain have been kept going separately with the result that goods have been sent to Laokay from Haiphong in large quantities. These goods, which are inside the French port, cannot be transported to the trains running Inside Yunnan province because the service has been disrupted on the border.
Leading Chinese dailies in Shang-Lal yesterday also gave prominence to reports about the blasting of the "International Bridge" in Laokay by Chinese troops, which has since been confirmed by Chungking. It was described by a spokesman at Chungking as a defensive measure against a possible Japanese invasion. The reports stated that if the Japanese broke into Indo-China, Chinese troops would go in and fight ther
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