The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-03
BY GEORGE A. FITCH NEA Special Correspondent

Of the whole S1nO-JapaneSe war.
 BY GEORGE A. FITCH
 NEA Special Correspondent
 Even the staggering blows of the three-month closing of the Burma Road and the apparently permanent closing of the Indo-C China lifeline" into China have not stumped the Chinese in their resourceful efforts to keep needed military supplies coming in.
 On my return to Chungking from Hongkong last May, I travelled route that well illustrates the ways" China has developed in evading the blockade. The Canton -Kowloon Railway from Hongkong took me to Taipo, at the eastern extremity of the British Leased Territory, and thence by steamer across Mfrs Bay into the small port of Shayucheng in Chinese territory. Twenty miles to the west the Japanese were in oc- cupation, holding all the area Sur- rounding Canton, Shayucheng it. self had been taken by the Japanese two years ago, but has changed hands more than once.
 Here the beach was literally cov- cred with bales and drums, quanti- ties of kerosene and oil, military material, machinery, even cigarets destined for free China; tin, tung oil, paper and tea destined for the outside world.
 I hiked through the hills, over low divide, to the next depot, Tam sui. Over the entire 20 miles a dou- ble stream of carriers, mostly wo- men, were plodding to and from the sea, thinking nothing of load of 75 pounds on each end of bamboo carrying pole. At Tamsui the freight is loaded on boats and car- ried up the East river for distribu- tion throughout free China. Two days after I left Shayucheng, the Japanese bombed the beach, but did little damage, for supplies are kept well scattered.
 The average time for freight cov- ering this bustling trade route from Hongkong to Laolung is eight days, though a fleet of bicyclists maintain a two and a half days service over the road for mail and for passeng- CTS tough enough to take it. You ride billion, seated on luggage car rier over the rear wheel, while the man at the handlebars pedals madly over shellholes, temporary bridges and the debris of many battle field.
 BLOCKADE FAR
 FROM AIR-TIGHT
 In ShaokWan saw a vivid exam pie of the efficiency with which the Chinese government is carrying on. I called on Y. c. Koo, commissioner of finance for Kwangtung, in his headquarters in limestone cave a few miles outside the city.
 The Japanese know the location of the cave, and have repeatedly tried to blast him out. But he and his staff manage to collect provin- cial taxes under the very noses of the Japanese-in areas which on maps are claimed by the Japanese and have actully incresed the gov ernment's revenue over the pre-war figure without imposing hardships or raising the rates.
 The Japanese blockade of the coast of China is far from air-tight. The Chinese junk captain is famous as a blockade-runner, and many are now risking their lives in this dangerous work. The coast is indented with many small harbors, and smuggling provides a thin but continual stream of imports.
 In Chekiang and Fukien a semi legalized system of smuggling is car- ried on with the connivance of cor ruptible Japanese authorities. In many such cities there are Japanese concessioraires who for 8 consider ation will undertake to get almost any cargo past military and naval officials. Some of the northern guerrilla forces actually get supplies through Tientsin, where they have to pass through the Japanese mili- tary lines.
 A friend of mine told of seeing a clip of cartridges pass from the hand of Japanese sentry into the sleeve of Chinese who was being searched at the barricade at the edge of the concession.
 Many Japanese officers have made fortunes at such business. The nar- cotics traffic, amounting to $5,000,- 900 Chinese currency monthly in the Nanking area alone, is also enrich ing many officers, and adds to the temptation of men in the lower ranks.
 RUSSIAN INFLUENCE
 HELD NEGLIGIBLE
 The famous Russian Road" can never be of great importance in transporting the heavy materials China neds. Incidentally, all ship ments over this road go not to the Communist Army" of China, but to a representative of the Central Gov- ernment at Lanchow.
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