Show 1iuious TO TAFFI War in China Has Its Bad Effect Here OVERLAND FREIGHT STOPPED Northern Lines Already Out With Notices to Agent to Discontinue Contracts for Freights to nncl from T China OrientalOverland Traffic will Show Great Decrease Situation I Situa-tion Serious for Roads Working in Connection with Pacific Ships Short Lines Time Changes Notes St Paul Minn July 10rThe Great Northern has given notice to all of its agents not to contract any freight for ChIna destined to the interior points beyond Shanghai Hongkong and Canton Can-ton until conditions in that empire have become more settled 1 The Great Northern and Northern Pacific will feel to some extent the Immediate effects of the Chinese anti foreign uprising The trouble has already al-ready had a tendency to disturb both east and westbound transPacific business c busi-ness No Chinese exports in the Interior In-terior of the empire aver ichI g the coast cities destined for I the United States and castbound ships must come with lighter cargoes In consequence This means the two Pacific roads leading lead-ing Into St Paul will carry a reduced quantity of Oriental imports Including Includ-ing sllka With regard to silks nearly every boat up to date has brought as high as four to six carloads o silks valued at from 1000000 to 1500000 Some of ths silk is of course from Japan but much of i is from China A railroad ofllcial said today that S the Great Northern might temporarily Jose its transPacific connections Incase In-case the Chinese war reached an acute a stage The Nippon Yusen Kaishu Steamship company which operated in connection with the Great Northern is a Japanese company whose ships are subsidized by the Japanese Government t Govern-ment and can be confiscated for ser vice as army transports The Northern Pacific operates Its own ships from China and Japan and would not be subject to the same difficulty dif-ficulty However if I the war becomes general there will be little trafllc moving mov-ing between the United States and China |