Last week, among the reports Jeurrent "in connection with the SinoJapaneso crisis was an_accoun, on apparently good founda: tion, of the holding up of maid matier for Japanese residents in Shanghai. The Post Ofice authori ties have been good enough to investigate this report, They find that no such' withholding [Japanese mails has taken place, Yor, inded, special precaution were instituted to prevent the occurrence any mishap of that kind in the present situation, There has, of Jeourse, been the usual postal censor: ship of newspaper packets but even that has not been applied with a particular rigour by the local cen; sors. It is as well to make this Jelear for the original story, base? fas it now appears on a micappre: hension at the Japanese Consulate. gave rise to unfortunate sugges: Hons.
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