The Archive · 1940

No More Siberia Mail Unless Marked

The -Shanghai Post Office has accepted the request from the British authorities in Shanghai to send local British mail destined for Europe by a route other than Siberia unless: specified by senders. All branches of the Post Office here have been notified to the above effect. An official of the Shanghai Post Office 35 ald that, hereafter, unless the mail is marked "via Siberia" it will be sent to Europe via Suez or Pacific in order to comply with the request.

Daylight Robbery at Downtown Office An armed gang of four Chinese entered Room 25 at 110 Szechuen Road, the Szechuen Building, at 10.30 o'clock yesterday morning, tied the office' stati present with rope and stole $970 and Y.200 with which they escaped. No shots were fired. at the end of May, when it was taken over by Tara Singh.

The burden of proof, according to the judgment, was upon the plaintiff who failed to discharge it in the opinion of the judge.

Judgment was accordingly entered for the defendant with costs. The full text of the judgment will be published in the "North-China Herald" on March 27.

Mr. Grew, it was recalled, created a diplomatic sensation in Japan following his return from Washi last year when he delivered his famous "straight from the horse's mouth" speech for the benefit of the Japanese public, In this statement he said that the American people definitely understood Japan's "new order in East Asia," but that they did not like what it stands for.—United Press,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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