"Passenger and freight service has been resumed for some time on the 'Shanghai-Hangchow,—Shanghai-Nanking and Soochow-Kashing Railways and' branch lines, "Trafe on these lines has improved fand the service is much better than it was before the hostilities, with regular schedules on the main. lines connecting Nanking, Shanghai and Hangchow.
"The government plans to establish network of railways in Central China in the future with Sino-Japon-
"Broad, smooth highways will link the leading cities in Central China and bus lines will be operated. Improvements on highways between Shanghai, Nanking, Soochow and Hangchow will be supervised by the Central China Urban Transport Ca. which was established December 2.
"Telegraph lines were not. spared when the Chinese armies did their Work of destruction, but most of the facilities have been restored in the areas under the Jurisdiction of the government. Telegraph and telephone lines connecting Central China cities with "Japan, Manchoukuo, North China and Hawaii have been opernt= ing since July 2, Hankow Communication Restored "Inter-city communications In Cen tral China have been restored and Hankow has been brought into the network, Direct telephone service between Shanghai and Japan has been open to the public since November and service, between Nanking and Shanghai ig scheduled to start very 'Postal Administrations were re-established in Kiangsu, Chekiang and 'Anhwei provinees soon' after the Communications Ministry was ingugurated. The postal system in these provinces is divided into 234 zones, A. General Postal Administration Bureau will be established shortly, Parcel delivery and postal savings services wil] be provided after the bureau is s€t up.
Navigation Administration will be organized on December 15 and all ships owned by Chinese will be registered. Vessels not registered will not be allowed to navigate on the waterways of China, "Many Chinese owned merchant ships have been transferred (o foreign ownership since the start of hostillties and this mistaken policy should be rectified. The Communications Ministry will supervise navigation rights In China.
large air transport company will be established under Sino-Japanese management in the near future order to expand the two air lines of the Japan Aviation Corporation. At present Nanking is connected with Fukuoka and Tokyo, while Peiping and Tientsin are connected with Tokyo by another route.
"Because of military necessity aerial operations in Central China are centralized under the control of the military authorities."—Domel.
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