The operation of the postal system in North China, in the areas under Japanese control, is giving rise to some concern. Whatever the reason may be the fact is that the delivery of Shanghai newspapers is deteriorating to such extent that some readers complain of only receiving copies of their papers once or twice a month on the average since September last. though those destined for the various embassies and legations are duly delivered after a slight delay. The postal authorities in the north, for obvious reasons, are unable to divulge information regarding the working of the postal system, but from various Chinese and Japanese sources it is learned that some time ago a Japanese colonel attached to the Kitas Army Special Affairs Department visited postal officials and informed them that for the fature-he would be giving orders regarding postal business in wth China. Three or four Japanese experts, called either directors or advisers, have been installed in the Peiping and Tientsin post offices and have taken over a large part of the executive work. Nanking appointed officials still retain their titles and some of their original authority, but it is reported that there has been no definite the division of authority which occasi Also iw these two offices a fair humber of Japanese have been installed in the various departments, in addition to which eight censors from the Japanese military police are also functioning. So far as can be ascertained, up to the present the newly-established Provisional Government has made no move towards taking over the post offices in the area over which they have assumed jurisdiction, though all offices have been obliged to fly the five-barred flag since December 14.
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