A perusal of the contents of the booklet herewith enclosed will at once throw into prominence the fact that the measure of increasing the postal rates has been strenuously opposed by the Chambers of Commerce, the Publishers' Union, the various newspapers, including foreign journals and various representative public bodies. This is more than enough to substantiate Genera] Ho's claim that in ordering the abolition of the increased rates, he has simply followed the will of the people under his jurisdiction. So long as this claim goes unchallenged by the public—we fail to see how it can be otherwise—iti will be unfair to treat his act as one of interfering with the efficient performance of the duties of the
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