Two Thousand Employees to Go:
Discrimination in Favour of Russians and Chinese Harbin, Apr. 18.
Construction work on the Taonantsitsihar section of the Ssepingkai—Tsitsikar Railway has already] egun and if pushed forward during the coming season should be completed before the winter arrives. Its will enable completion to be transported direc: ar to Dairen andi other points along the South Manchuria Railway thus relieving trot fon the C. E.R. In other words this new railway will become a feeder. fof the S.M.R., which concern matter of fact has provided the Chinese with the necessary money on loan for construction.
The new Railway will be a potent! factor in the future development of the territory it traverses and no doubt thousands of immigrants who fare to be brought from Chihli and Shantung under the new colonization scheme of Mukden will be given unbroken land adjacent to the railway. Furthermore it 1s probable, that a branch line will be started westward from Taonanfu in the direction of Jehol, which from a strategical point of view will be considerable value to Fengtten. The actual amount loaned by the MR. to the ST. ¥.18,800,000 at 98 per annum. Tu addition to ing tothe agreement between the Chinese authorities and: us 'SM.R,, all the rails will be sed "from the former. Old rails acquired in 1905 will hav the first claim in providing materials for the Raflway.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.