Mukden, July 24.
Work on this new arsenal for the production of trench mortars: and munitions is well under way, in fact in Chinese phraseology about, 80. per cent has been done, and the actual construction of ' buildings should be completed in about one month. Oceupyi site close to the Chinese Railway] station covering over 90 mow of, land,' the factory consists foundry and machine shop for the manufacture of shells capable of! producing 3,000 three inch shells Per day (or about one million per year) and 300 six inch shells per ay (or about, 100,000 per year) a gun shop capable of producing six three inch guns and one six inch gun per day, also two blacksmith shops, shell' painting shops and ample stores, etc. In the gun and machine shops there will be about} 200 machines. There is in addition' a brass foundry and a steel for. the purpose of igh grade steel enst-
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