Chinese merchants in Shanghai who had already bought many German goods before Chungking severed diplomatic relations with Berlin afe planning to petition the Government for permission to sell such German goods in the Chungking-controlled interior although at present it is almost impossible to send those goods io free China, it was reliably learned yesterday. They are looking for an outlet of their goods in addition to the big sale in Shanghai and they think that they can do so in future once Wenchow is opened to shipping.
German goods in Shanghai have not been sent to the interior through Hongkong and Rangoon for a long time but Chinese merchants here have managed to do so through Ningpo and Wenchow. Now that Ningpo is an occupied district they consider that Wenchow is the only port where such goods may pass in transit. Wenchow was recaptured by the Chinese during the early stages of the hostilities in east Chekiang but Chinese military authorities have so far forbidden Shanghai ships to proceed to that coastal district.
Chinese sources here believe that the severance of diplomatic relations between Chungking and Berlin has no doubt caused the former to boycott German goods but they say that before this new development, Chungking had permitted the sale of German medicines and dye-stuffs in its in em serial offensive great anything hitherto staged by
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