Wharves Closed.and Telegraph Service Unavailable Duties Slashed by New Schedule Front Oun Own Tsingtao, Feb. 17
That conditions in this city are still far from normal, must be admitted by the present authorities in Tainglao and s0 long as the telograoh service Is not available for the ordinary. transmission of messages. the wharves for merchant and passenger ships, the wharf godowns for the Telease of cargoes which were stored three months ago and which are still Inacessible on recount of military ex-Iwencles; the greatly desired rehabili-{ation of this aren will take so mich longer to achieve. Another deterrent to the resumption of business ix the fact that though the alive banks are open outwardly acwally the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications are only working fon a very limited scale and under certain restrletions—the same were operating before the Japanese ecupation—while the other non Government banks are still awaiting the result of the Army: and Navy's Aeliberations before being. permitted carry on normally. The use of the Shantung Road Pier for the hiovement of cargo has also been prohibited by the Naval Authorities and Tsingtao at present, as far os the normal business of the port Is concerned, is in the tolls of a stranglehold, to be loosened as when. the Military and Naval thorities consider timely.
"Though the resumption of communication between here and 'Tsinanfu was' effected on the 11th inst, Gapanese Empire. Day) with the "local station decorated and beflagged for the auspicious occasion, general passenger and goods tram also mails, are not yet carrie though number of civilian Japanese have. been carried by special permit ofthe authorities to their homes long the line, The rolling stock formerly on this Wine was all removed by the Chinese military when they left and replacements will have to be made wholesale by the South Manchuria Railway before normalcy prevails again,
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