Chungking, Dec, 27.
In an attempt to halt the smuggling of goods into "Free China" from the Occupied areas, the Chinese Government has decided to establish special inspection offices to keep careful Check of all goods entering the war area, it is announced here today.
During the past year large amounts of Japanese goods are said to have been smuggled into "Free Chin particularly through Hankow, via Ichang.
It is alleged that the Japanese authorities are giving facilities to smugglers for the transit of goods u> river from Hankow, for transhipment into Szechuen province.
Large scale smuggling is said to be depriving the Chinese Government of considerable revenue and enabling the Japanese to push the sale of their goods in China.—Reuter.
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