The following is a copy of " paragraph published in "The Times" of August 14:—
An answer to which it is understood the Postmaster-General attaches importance has been given to the question of Mr. Cecil Harmsworth, "whether he is in @ position to abolish the regulation which requires correspondence intended for transmission to the Far East by the route of Siberia to be specially superscribed?"" Mr. Herbert Samnel's reply is: "TI am glad to be able to inform the hon. member that all lette the United Kingdom and to Hongkong, China or Japan, except those specially superscribed by the senders for transmission by another route, will in future be forwarded via Siberia, The new arrangement will begin in connexion with the mail to be despatched from London on Wednesday next."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.