BOMBING THREAT
JAPANESE AIR FORCE FRENCH-OWNED LINE AREA IN CHINA MUNITIONS TRANSPORT (Reed. Jan. 11?, 11 a.m.) , NEW YORK, Jan. 1C The Shanghai correspondent of ; New Yonc Times says that the Jr; anese army and navy demanded t: munition shipments by the Frem owned Haiphong-Yunnan railway : to Kunming should cease within " t. fortnight ending on January 23, bombers will destroy every railvv bridge between Kunming and t indo-China border. The French authorities last wr asked for a cessation of bombing the railway within the Chinese bo ers. It is understood they told Japanese that enough arms and mu tions had been landed at Indo-Ch ese ports to tax the capacity of . railway for the next two months. China bought materials from G many under the barter agreeir . before the outbreak of the Eurtr war and therefore the goods w not subject to seizure. ..
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20142, 11 January 1940, Page 7
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