Recent telegraphic news from Petrograd confirms the statement that the journey by mail-train which leaves daily, takes about seventeen or eighteen days to accom! Harbin b: ing the starting point. It therefore, safe to estimate that the whole journey from Shanghai to London can be covered well inside a month, or very much quicker than by the sea route and not so monotonous. The risks of not being able to g2t to one's destination by the Siberian route are now reduced to a minimum.
Notwithstanding the smallness of the British community here, Harbin hi ut a volunteer, his passage being paid by the said community. Others are anxious to get away, but at present are unable to get over the difficulties that lie in their way.
Travelling generally over the Siberian railway is becoming more and more easy and delays are becoming less frequent, owing to the fact that the movement of troops from east to west is diminishing. At present only a daily mail train is running, but the Wagon Lits people are endeavouring to make arrang2mente for a weekly express. How soon they will accomplish their object, it is impossible to forecast; it is a matter which will be settled by the proper authorities in Petrograd.
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