Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-03-09
MANcHURlA'S RULE
By the Chinese IS Not AZ a" oaS's'
factory to the Japanese

p.kip. March S-Chfna's activity to re-
cover full sovereignty In Manchuria mas
aroused the Japanese to opposition japan
has r,aised the standard Of her postal Of
fs,ern. increa sed the effectiveness OF her
r,ostal system, which Is one of the Jap
anese governments special instruments OF
esareessop. and is harrassing the Impe-
y;aI Chinese Post by such means as the
following: japan refuses to grant GER
tain postal privilege on the South Man.
shrrial Railway to which she is entitled.
has broken open Chinese mail bags. Sc
cretly confiscated one mail bag and con-
tents and conducts a parcels post over
her railways while refusing to carry the
parcels OF the Chinese post.
China has been aware for some time
past that Japan was using her department.
Of communications TO extend her author
fty IN Manchur1a. Japan substituted for
be- military post, when it was withdrawn
at the time OF the evacuation. complete
postal establishment under postal COM
mission Of the inpei u Japanese post.
who resides at Da.ny. China's method
Q. com batting this aggressiveness has
be- tie re-establishment of her own
war The number Of postofi;ces was in
creased from ~ to "a and will be further
Increased 10 l5a ~ April. 1903. China has
not 20 Ear had the temer1ty to mention
her natural rights in Manchuria on ac-
count Of the menace which the Japan
ese government holds over her And
since it is impossible to Dust Jar%n.
Chinas only remaining weapon is COM
petition.
Sir Robert Hart. until recently head
Of the Chinese imperial customs service.
aftep the protocol Of 1901 was sigoed. an
mllesi the operations Of the numerous
foreign postoficcs that had been opened
n China by reducing the postal rate be-
bow the point OF possible competition.
China has already reduced her telegraph
rate in Manchur1a to annul the traffic
on tho japanese telegraph lines there
and II il possible that the Chinese impe-
Yial POST will use similar means TO aanul
the postal traffic Of the japanese.
Russia has been party to Japan's
success in her postal policy. The war
fare between the Chinese and Japan
sss postal services began in April, 1907.
Immediately after the evacuation Of the
Russian and japanese troops. Shortly
after that date China discovered that
Japan and Russia nd mde secret COM
pact by which the imperial Chinese post
ONCE was removed from the drought
mail traffic between Europe and the
Fast BY way of Siberia and Manchuria.
The mails from Europe are received by
~the Jaranese imperial post in the heart
Of Manchuria and are delivered by the
same p0stoffice to addresses In Chinese
cities Russia claimed the right to ig-
Hore China in this matter. because China
was not member of the International
Postal Union. China then notified the
Postal Union Office at Berne that she
would come into the union at the next
Congress. which will. meet in 1911 She
has since been seeki1 = modus operandi
with Japan to safeguard her sovereign
postal and telegraph rights.
in January. Japan submitted to the
foreign board for discussion preliminary
proposals. and a scheme for postal and
other communication IN Manchuria but
for the Enactment Into permanent rights.
Of certain privileges over the Chinese
imperial railways - Manchuria and
China proper. vi !, II she has held by
xrAce from the Leriod of the Boxer
troubles