With all roads from Japan leading io Shanghai, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha has been compelled to charter additional vessels to cope with the rush of passengers and cargo to the Whangpoo port, the "Shanghai Mainichi" said yesterday.
Of the three newly chartered ships, the Mikagesan Maru, the Saiho Maru and the No. 18 Mikage Maru, the first will arrive here to-day and the second on February 17.
In addition to these vessels, the s. Chikugo Maru, Arita Maru, and Yamagata Maru are already plying between Japanese ports and here.
The Nippon Yusen Kais European-run liner to call here w be the s, Katori Maru, due in the port on March 29.
The incoming vessels the "Shanghai Nippo" reported, bring an of 500 passengers and a vast of fish, vegetables and other saries for the local Japanese community Ships returning to Japan, however, carry but few passengers, and practically no freight, the daily added. Only between ten and twenty per cent. of the available passenger and cargo space is booked on ships returning to Japan
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