By order of the Tsar his Name-day has henceforth been proclaimed a national holiday throughout the Russian Empire, the rosen being that Russia's rising and future generations shall ever remember in what year the great European War began, To mark act of his Majesty, civil admin. districte throughout in one way or another, took it on themselves to act mag: unanimously to prisoners who had offended against district Inws and regulations. Here in Harbin, General Affeniasieff caused to. be released all those who had been imprisoned for trafficking in opium, should they have already "done" one and-a-half months, for the law reling dealing in opium was fe locally and only affects the Chinese Eastern Railway area.
The Smuggling of Opium, Many familiar faces are again to be seen on the Kitaiskaya, not looking any the worse for their forced absence, No doubt they will try to be at their game again. But the disorganization of railway traffic for military requirements, coupled with the war between Turkey and Russia, makes it very hard to procure the goods and to convey them eastwards, Dealing in the drug has not ceased, but Changchun,—thanks to the indifference shown by the Japanese authorities—has taken the place of Harbin as the centre point of distribution. Opium grown in the Ussuri district as well as that brought by rail through South Manchuria finds its way to Changchun and is from there brought to Harbin and other towns in North Manchuria without much risk.
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