The Archive · 1929

Censorship of Mails

Rigid Control Foreshadowed

Throughout Country Nanking, Sept. 24.

Bail censorship measures to be! enforced in various important cities of the country have been promulgate fed by the State Council. The regulations provide that during emerg-feeney periods the Central Government shall station postal censors from both the Party and the Military. organs at important centres.

The censorship committee shall consist of a director who will be Nanking, Sept, 23, To centralize the control of all Government accounts, budgets and new control orrran to be Known as the Inspectorate-General Financial be appointed by the Publicity Department of the Central Party Head-Jquarters, and a number of inspectors Jand examiners, Alt suspicious mail matter shall be handed over to the Joxaminers, who, upon confirmation, shall refer them to the director for action. eatral Political Council. The new organ will be under the direct jurisdiction of the State Council, and on the same footing as the Inspectorate-General of" Military Training. It will probably be composed of an Accounting, a Budget and a Statistics Departments.

According to the proposed plan, under the Departments of Account: ing and Budgets there will be two committees of accounting and budgetary experts to study various technical questions in connection the Government's "finances, The new organ will also exercise All counter-Revolutionary propaganda shall be referred to the Publicity Department of the superier local (Party Headquarters, while those dealing with political ary developments will be int to-the higher military organs jeoncerned—Kuo Min, Acconpine to the "Sinwanpao," the Diplomatic Corps have ordered [the foreign merchants of Shanghai not to pay the five per cent. extra wharfage dues which are being demanded by the Customs.

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