The railway to Tsinan is function-ting, but. mainly for military purposes. A service of one train to Tsinan and one from Tsinan per day is being maintained and, during the past two months of #0, the line has been cut fon two oF three occasions by Chinese Irregulars, thus disrupting the daily schedule, "Due to military require~ ments, very little cargo and/or pas-Fengers are being carried. Foreign ers desiring to travel to or from Tsinan must present themselves at the Japanese Consulate for interrogation and if in the unlikely event that a permit is granted, it ts passed on to the military" authorities for their O.K. and, if granted, the permit presented at the railway ticket mee before the ticker fs issued. Chinese desiring to use the railway: must be guaranteed by some respon: sible party.
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