Shanghai, Oct. 20.
odionhone communication service elcten Shanghai and Tokyo will be vetvoet today at 8 a.m, after fifteen of, interruption. Local removing and sending stations of the eeeice situated at the Lincheng Road servsnatzepoo_ and. the.wenming in Yon oad, rare formerly operated by the fosttse Government. The service Chnevisrupted in July last year, MBruy before the outbreak of the eric and remained. inactive until ceatjewly formed Central China Texconminieation Company took deer the station, "ental China Telecommunicstion Ca. Was formed on August. 1 lad is presided by Mr, '7. Fukuda, former Secretary for Poitical Affairs ferqamiral Okada, Prime Minister of fegan in 1936. At present the com-any controls the radio communica-fon in Nanking, Soochow, Hang-how and the Shanghai-Japan radio-hone, other than this it ly in charge cine telephone communications in Turkish Attache on Tour of War Area Shanghai, Oct. 19, Captain Hayri Saner, military at ache to the Turkish Embassy in Tokyo, who recently arrived in Shanghai, made an extensive tour of Instection on Oct. 17 of the various bathe-fronts in the Shanghai sector, the local Japanese press reported *hetompanied by Lieutenant-Colonel sue Mabuchi, of the press section, of the Japanese Expeditionary Forces in Cenual China, Captain Saner visited the site of the Shanghai Municipal Government, where heavy. Aighting took place last' year, and also military highway' running. parallel to the Whangpoo river, Woosung, Liuhong and Tazang, the press disclosed, 'The Turkish officer praised highly the courage and spirit displayed by the Japanese in Aghting their way through the numerous strongly-fortified Chinese positions. 'The press quoted him as saying in fluent Japanese, "They did it with their' spirit Captain' Saner also expressed amazement over the fact that. the apanese high command had suécess-fully defended their precarious and none too-well fortified positions, According to the press, Captain Saner's our, which began at nine o'clock in the morning and lasted until four in the afternoon, was made "purely from an Oriental angle,"
The papers also reported that the Turkish" attache and Lieut.-Col. Mabuchi will leave shortly for an inspection tour of the Nanking area, Chapei, Civie Centre, Soochow, Nanking and Hangchow.
Ministers Converse 3 pin, yesterday, Mr. T. Onu, Japanese Vice-Minister of Communi. cations sent the first radiophone mas-/sege from Tokyo to Shanghai congratulating Mr. Kiang Shao-chieh, inister of Communications of the "Reformed Government" of China, with the resumption of the service. Mr. Kiang then replied to Mr. One, sending the first radio message from /Shanghai to Tokyo.
The service will be officially open-for public from 8 a.m. today and will remain open daily from 8 am, {to 8 pin. At present it Is temporary.
carried on with-emergency -equipment which was brought from Japan to replace the apparatus during the hostilities.. The company however are constructing permanent receiving and transmitting stations which will soon be completed.
At present any subscriber to the Shanghai Telephone Company or the Chapei Telephone Ca, may talk with any subscriber to the Japanese telephone system, in any part of Japan, Girect from his residence. The Foreign Settlement or Concession subscriber has only to dial 03 and asi for the Japanese subscriber giving hhis name town he resides in dnd tele. phone number. The message will be relayed to the Chapel Telephone Ca. and flashed to Tokyo through the radiophone station in Lingching Rd. The Tokyo radiophone station will then call up the desired subscriber through the telephone system of Japan and he will be able to converse with his Japanese friend on his pri-vote phone.
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