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Show Supplies To China Via Russia The report from Chungking, China, that war supplies will be moved to the republic by way .of the Turkestan-Siberian railroad seems to have occasioned little comment in this country. The circuitous route from India, through Iran and Russia, was announced an-nounced by the Chinese Minister of Communications. Consequently, Consequent-ly, it must be correct to assume that Russia s permittir77 flow of supplies through L? f ritory and over her railroad : . Minister Yang-fu says that v ' hopes that shipments will 5 in the "nearest future" and T closed that an ovedland lt line from Siberia into China! a been "actively utilized ever t t the Chinese-Japanese war If out." ort - The volume of supplies, ov, this route, had not eaua China's hopes' because of the tance, 3,125 miles from Alma to Chungking, and because ' Russia's war with Germany Despite the movement of limited amount of suplies J-the J-the overland route the imij' ate need of China is the reeal ture of the Burma- road, whi I will permit the delivery 0f t " heavy equipment that the Chi nese armies require. |