THE numerous postponements that have occurred make it unsafe to pro-phossy,, but it seems fairly certain that by the coming. summer the home-seeking Shanghailander will be able to travel. in luxury from Port Arthur or Dalny. by land to Galais at considerably; less expenditure of money, and very much less expenditure of time, than at present. The trains-de-luae of the International Sleeping Car and Express Trains Company are to be running regularly by. June or July next over the whole length of the trans-,,, Siberian, and. when the cross-chgy} ferry boats which eat Chantiers de la jrondes
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