Mails Delayed: Letters Said to Have Been Opened Tientsin, Aug. 8 (Delayed)
The Chinese postal authorities are still unable {9 take over the Central 'OMce, which remains under! Japanese military occupation. The Japanese authorities are alleged to have compelled postal officials to open the safes and strong-rooms and have seized part of the contents Mail recovered from the Central Post Office after. a week's detention has been cleared, but many letters are stated to have', been opened and Partly destroyed—Reuter,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.