The Archive · 1928

Action by Nanking Against Enemy Propaganda

PROPOSED. CENSORSHIP OF MAILS

Shanghai, Mar, 8, In anier to prevent spying in Nationalist territory by secret agents of the Fengtien Army. and also to suppress the distribution of Commumistic and reactionary litera ture, mail. censorship committee has been organized under the: direction of the Headquarters of the Garrison Commander of Shanghai and Woosung.

Mail of the following character will be detained: (1) those bearing secret information concerning political_and military matters of the Nationalist Government; (2) those written in codo or secret signs; (3)

Nanking Military Command ix reported by the vernacular press to have sent a number of agents to Shanghai to recruit men for the farmy. The pay promised is $20 monthly, many as 300 people are reported Killed. Reports also say that some of the Presbyterian buildings have been"destioyed by fire. A re-{ogee from Chenchow said. that not a single stop of any consequence hhad- not been robbed and some burned. It is the same old pre (4) Communistic and reactionary literature—Kuo Min, Sovran telegrams report that: all communications with Swabue prohibited without permission.

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