(from THe " perey Man.")
It is popularly thought that the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railway will so enable Russia to pour troops into the Far East that the balance of power on the Pacific coast will be completely altered.
Mr. A. J. Barry, who has recently returned from China, via Siberia, thinks differently. Mr. Barry bases his views mainly on engineering grounds, and on engineering matters he speaks with anthority, for he is a member of the great firm of which Sir John Wolfe Barry is the head. In conversation with a representative of the "Daily Mail," Mr. Barry said:—
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