Shanghai, Dec. 14.
The Shanghai Rehabilitation Section of the Japanese Naval Special Service one Section nounced yesterday:—
"The white and blue passes issued to the Chinese workers in the employ of foreign firms, factories, ete., are valid in Hongkew and Yanglizepoo areas only. The passes, it must be understood, do not entitle their holders "to visit places outside the Settlements limits, In future cases of persons in possession of such passes being found in Chapel or~any other Places under Japanese naval control, other than the above specified, their passes will be confiscated outright. Foreignfers nding it necessary to send their Chinese employees areas under Japanese Naval Landing Party control other than Hongkew and Yangtszepoo may, however, apply for pei-mission to do so from this Section, through the Pass Office at Hongkew Police "Station." cording to Japanese sources yesterday evening.
Prior to the hostilities only telegrams in European of Chinese languages were accepted. Now Japanese language messages will be accepted in ighal, " Hangchow, Soochow, Nanking and Hankow.
The charge for telegrams is '¥.030 a word regardless of language. The maximum number of loiters for one word is seven in Japanese messages. The minimum charge for one telegram is ¥ 108. jing the resort and that General Yang, the Chinese commander, had given [them every assistance. By a strange Jcoincidence Japanese sugar was being! sold in Kuling, one of the party informed a reporter, although it was {fairly easy to get supplies through the Chinese lines.
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