Three Local Journals Denied Postal Facilities All three local Japanese nows-
Re by the Nationalist Government and accordingly the transmission of these Papers through the Chinese Post Office has been denied. Inquiries made yesterday from local Japanese Journalists elicited the fact that the ban hed been put into force without previous notification from the Nationalist Government in regard to the reason for the ban and that the papers in question could ascribe no reason for the drastic order.
Some weeks ago a ban had been in operation but was removed a few. days later and the papers again were sion again was refused and inquiries showed that the erder came from Nanking.
Representations have boon made through the local Japanese Consulate-General to the Minister. in Peking and the outcome is awaited by the local papers, The "Shanghai Nippo" writing editorially on the subject said, "We do not know which article it was we published that aroused, the wrath of the National Govern ment. We feel, however, that there is mo justification for this action taken bythe Chinese Government in muzzling public organs.
"This unwarranted action of the National Government serves as a raming to the Japanese Government now that negotiations for the revision of the Sino-Japanese, commercial treaty are about {6 com-
"We have requested Mr. Uyemura, the newly appointed. Japanese Consul at Nanking, to lodge a vigorous. Protest with the National Govern-_ ment against this bax on Japanes papers in Nanking for no state reasons whatever."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.