London, July 16.
In a letter to the "Times," Mr. Oscar Berry, who has just returned from Shanghai, asserts that everyone there has been put to the greatest inconvenience by the handing over of the British Post Office to Chinese control.—Reuter.
London, July 18.
In a letter to the "Times" Sir John Jordan, replying to Mr. Oscar Berry, says that the trans-for of the foreign post offices in China generally to Chinese control is an important positive result of the Washington Agreement. It is true that the actual transfer at Shanghai was attended by considerable inconvenience, but few who have witnessed the admirable work of the Chinese Postal Administration in recent years will doubt that the efficient service will be maintained. International morality will perhaps be the greatest gainer by the change, as it will no longer be possible to introduce morphia, cocaine and other drugs into China through the foreign post offices—Reuter.
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