The Afth anniversary of the Sino Japanese hostilities of 1932 brings to mind the tremendous destruction of property in Chapet during the short struggle, but it is interesting to learn that slow but steady progress Is being made. towards reconstruction although large vacant areas tell a graphic tale.
Before January 28, 1932, the eseccontralled area of Chapel population of 800,000 people, ink 3.904 foreigners, according 10 the Central News. Following the hostillties and the subsequent. war scares, precipitated by the Nakayama and Kayau incidents, the population has dwindled by more than 20 per cent, According fo a recent survey. Most of. the well-to-do families have migrated into' the foreign-controlled areas while those remaining behind fare mostly of the poorer classes.
Government Spends $200,000
Much effort has been exerted by the Chinese authorities to remove" the tlobris and to restore the city: to its former place, and although little pro-ress has been made in the construction of buildings, the government has spent over $200,000 during "the last has been safely negotiated caution is shown in judging the actual rapidity. of the improvement and its possible permanence.
Mr. Wylie concluded by reciprocate ing the good wishes of the "North-China Dally News" for the continued success and prosperity of the "South China Morning Post." He ruefully observed that this quickening up of communication between Hongkong and Shanghai was very satisfactory from one point of view, but it threw a bigger strain on newspapers ud increased the general speed and stress of their work.
'The service was opened to the public "from 7 am, to 1pm. daily from February 1._ For a three: minute call from the Seltlement or the French Concession, the rales are:—ordinary, station to station, ordinary, person' to person, urgent, station to station, $16; urgent, person 0 person, $17.00. Cheaper ales are charged those" who make calls, from Chinese territory. The charges for a three-minute call are: ordinary, station to station, $7.50; ordinary, person to person, $9; urgent, station, fo station, $15: and' urgent, person' to person, $1850.
Radio telephone communication between Shanghai and Canton was opened in December last year. Pre-Parations are being made to extend the service to America and England. Negotiations are expected to be cor cluded between the Ministry of Com= munications and the two countries it the near future. The Shanghai-Tokyo
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