Harbin, Sept. 12.
Director of the Wagon-lits Compagnie arrived by the la press from Paris and is now busy taking up the question of the rut ning of through International Sleeping Car Co.'s coaches from Changchun and Viadivostock to Moscow direct. Seeing that satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Soviet Government about the resumption of this ser\ it is probable that n satisfactory issue will result with the Railway. Administration well as the Ministry of Communications at. Peking and that by November when the new railway timetable comes into force, travellers will be able to book through straight to Europe and not be required to change carriages any more as is the case at present. Once these Wagon-Lits expresses start running there is sure to be a great increase in the Trans-Siberian passenger traffic, as it is the quickest and cheapest. way of travelling to Europe and coming out to the Far East.
It is quite probable that the building of the Harbin-Saghalien way, which will link up Harbin by rail with the Amur, will be started next spring. It will be purely a Chinese Railway and the capital is to come from Chinese sources. The managing director of this new line has already arrived in Harbin. He was formerly. the Head of Police at Tsitsihar where he enjoys the full confidence of Tuchun Wu. The line will run through entirely Heilungkiang territory and will open up a big area of virgin soil which will be colonized by emigrants from Shantung and other provinces in China.
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