From today, it is compulsory as far as areas under Japanese army control are concerned for both' foreigners and Chinese to possess feertiteates of cholera Inoculation, and' these tortifieates "must be shown on entering Hungjao before access to these areas Is possible, Farther afield" in Shantung and North China ports In Japanese possession the same regulation applies. It was stated. by' the Japanese authorities recently that a certificate signed by any doctor, including Chinese, acceptable as the necessary evidence re: quired, but experiences of the last few days do not indicate this. Doctors' certificates vary character and as there are doctors of many nnationalitjes it is to be expected that certificates in a variety of languages will be offered and it cannot be expected that the Japanese sentries fon duly possess that multi-lingual knowledge which Will ensure the possessor of a certifleata smooth passage into Japanese-controlled territory. In some eases, Japanese certificates have been issued and it perhaps would be a practical scheme to establish a central office where certifeates could be stamped with an offal Japanese "chop" intelligible to the sentries rather than the presentation of a document which they possibly cannot understand, despite the degree medical authority with which it is endorsed. As the Japanese are fully determined to enforce this regulation, the best plan is to devi means whereby compliance will be free from avoidable difficulties,
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