The three foreign cable companies have issued the following:
"As on two previous occasions the foreign cable companies, the Great Northern, the Eastern Extension and the Commercial Pacific, have, owing the Chinese Telegraph Adminitration having failed to settle their Jdaily accounts as arranged, again been reluctantly compelled, as from pin. on December 28, to refuse to accept from the Administration telegrams, other than Government telegrams, unless accompanied by cash, "So far the Administration has failed to comply with the companies' request for cash payments, and telegrams from all inland places Shanghai have beea withheld by the tration since the above-men-hour.
"The companies, whilst regretting any inconvenience which may Jcaused by this measure, again feel the public will agree that circumstances they have ye but to insist upon cash
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