Those in the habit of receives mails regularly by Siberia may have lately that, while certain of their letters have been arriving according to time-table, others have not. As a result of this state of affairs during the past two weeks inguiry as been made on the subject, and it transpires that the Siberian route is functioning normally, and that no definite rea-fon can be assigned for the nonarrival of certain portions of the mail." A theory, however, is put forward to account for this, and if correct the postal authorities would be doing a public service in acting in the matter. Mail by Siberia after leaving Russian territory is carried to Changchun by the Chinese Eastern Railway, and there it is transhipped to the train on the South Manchuria Railway, The possibility is that at this point some bags of mail are held over, not intention ally, but from other causes, and communications eagerly awaited in Shanghai and elsewhere may repose there for days until the next train is due to inexcusable, but only feasible suggestion to account for the present state of fair, especially at a time when passengerd find no difficulty in making the Jjourney without inconvenience. 4g
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