An official notifeation shows that the Customs authorities are prepared to ce-operate with the Postal Depart ment in tightening up the blockade of the Manchoukuo mail route. This, {in fact, places a further restriction the practice of sending letters for Europe to Dairen for reposting from that port. The Government departments concerned are, of course, quite within their right in enforcing: the Fegulations. At the same time this development gives added point to the frequent suggestions that some effort should be made to overcome the impasse which so seriously embar-asses commerce in China. The Government itself cannot be immune from the difficulties caused by the resent dislocation in the means of Postal communication with Europe. The reopening of the Siberian route is long overdue. No quarrel ~will be made with the Chinese Government's desire to do nothing which might be interpreted as weakening lis political Position in regard to the recognition of Manchoukuo. If the reopening of the Siberian mall route had this effect, this journal would hesitate to joomment on the admittedly inconvenient conditions obtaining. It has, however, been reliably suggested that a formula could be devised with Japanese approval to reconcile postal expedition with political susceptibiliies on both sides. A satisfactory Jdevice has been adopted to facilitate the through running of the Peking-Mukden rail services. No doubl, if official guidance were sought, some ed on lines well-calculated to achieve the objects which its promoters ha at heart. The establishment of six professorial chairs through the grant of the Board of Trustees with the cooperation of Chinese Universities and
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.