Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-05-24 | Page 8 | Foreign Mail Held in China

MAIL HELD IN CHINA CHINAI SHANGHAI la 1 May 24 P T Chinese tP-Chinese Chinese I postal authorities today refused a are request request re re- quest of or authorities of the international I lional settlement that incoming mail which cannot be delivered because I of or the postal workers workers' strike be turned over over to the settlement authorities for distribution While the mail bags bass continued to pile up on the docks here the decision deci sion slon of or the Chinese officials shattered the hope of the settlement authorities I for Cor eliminating the inconvenience of or foreign residents The settlement officials had opened I a temporary confident that the mail would b be turned over to them Consular officials of the for foreign foreign I eign governments said they were prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared to take over the mail in any I case if the strike continued but that they planned to wait walt a few days to toive give ive the Chinese Chine e every opportunity to settle the strike themselves Hope for a settlement grew more remote however with the news that postal workers porkers at v and also had struck in sympathy with the Shanghai strikers sa 1