Sept. Tr was distinctly stated by Russia when she acquired the "louse" of Port. Arthur that she recognised and would continue to recognise the sovereignty of China, A practical illustration of the value of this recognition is wow before us, We'have been in the hibit of franking the copies' of the North-China Daily News addressed to Port Arthur with the stamps of the Imperial Chinese Post, On Thursday we received a letter from a subscriber at Port Arthur, complaining that he was obliged to pay double postage when our paper reached him. Lhe Imperial Chinese Postmaster here was unable to explain this, but on reference to the Russian Postmaster here we are. informed that Chinese postage stamps are not recognised at Port Arthur, and that all postal matter for that destination must be franked with Russian stamps and sent through the Russinn Post Office here. We fear that there will soon be not much Chinese sovereignty practically recognised in the Linotung Peninsula,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.