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Show POOR PHONE SERVICE j PROBLEM IN CHINA j ll"BI IV Iec ? Over the sea where ffiist. Where a few years ano the tIe-; tIe-; phone would be considered an inven- tion of the devil now listen to this j wail' f mm a native business m-in to a j Tientsin paper: "Can we hope for any j improvement in the long distance telephone tele-phone an ua i ion '.' A few days ago I called up I'ekin about S p. m and ws informed that there were sixty calls ' ahead of me. and (here were only three I trunk lines hi operation I finally got J the all about l p. m. Surely the Ch'-j Ch'-j neae administration can put, up another i -trunk line and make this one-time fine I service of use again to husinea men? , The 'ekn long distance service Is almost al-most aa bad as similar services In Japa4v"- |