Indicating a further approach to ihe object of resuming the tram service in the areas north of the Soochow Creek, the "North-China Daily News" learns that the Japarese authorities have consented to the use Of the trams for carrying employees of the Shanghai Tramways Company to the Baikal Road depot.
For some time, the Company has been sending six trams every norning to the Baikal Road Depot for repairs and overhaul bui ihe employees of the Company have been sent down by motor truck, Henceforth, these men will travel down by tram to the depot and will return in the evening also by tram.
In an editorial titled "Foreign Mediation and Japan's Counter Measures" the daily "Hochi" attached significance to the movements of foreign diplomats in Hongkong, "in view of the Japanese military operations with. Hankow. as the next objective."
"The possible intention of Great Britain and France to mediate in the present dispute at this time," the "Hochi" said, "with the Chiang Kaishek administration on the verge of complete collapse, is a source of wonder, since these Powers have been encouraging and supporting the Chiang Kai-shek administration con sistently from the beginning of the hostility
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