Nanking, May 26.
The right of the National Government to censor press cables despatch-Jed abroad through the Japanese cable Jofice in Shanghai is the subject of negotiations being held between the [Chinese and Japanese authorities, it is learnt in offeial circles.
The right to censor cables despatched by news agencies and press Jcorrespondents in China, including Japanese, is claimed and exercise led by the Chinese Government in accordance with Article 26 of the In-Hernational Telegraph Convention.
On the strength of this provision, (China has the right to detain or cen-isar any cable messages which are lether factually incorrect or unfav-Jourable to the maintenance of peace land order in China. Japanese press messages, despatched via the Shanshai-Nagataki cable operated by the Japanese in Shanghai, must be sub-ect to the same restrictions, it is maintained, as are imposed on mes-ages sent through the Eastern Extension (British), the Great Northern (Danish), the Commercial Pacific (American) cable routes and the Chinese Government radio services.
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