reference to the sketch map which accompanies this detailed plan of communications in Manchuria, it can be seen to what extent the spread of strategic lines by rail. road and airways, is consolidating Japanese control of the country, The last article in this group of the series gives an outline of recent changes.
{in the negotiations for the sale of the up communications throughout "he CER. would be one of them. country, by rail, road, and alr.
The Japanese have no need to At the end of 19 Manchoukuo, seize the railway by force. All that with a population of thirty million, would be required, would be a few|had in operation 7300 kilometres more extensions to their existing (or about 5,000 miles) of railway, as oilway system, in order to complete against a total of 10,000 kilometres the "freezing-out" process of the for the rest of China Of all the various activities of the Japanese in Manchoukuo, the most notable is the way in which, during the few years, they have been opening Manchoukuo State railways 4500 kam.
It ix made up roughly as follows: South Manchurian Halteey <0 kin 'Chinese Eastern Rallway'™.. 100 kin Of the 4500 kin. of States railways nearly one-third has been completed within the' last three years.
Two trunk lines: i}
T"fidekig-"Tomen (on the Korean) preenenar of un tio Eat "ton te Bnng—Tumen a Breese tant to the ae Thece andthe ling. in _dehol province (compleled a far ts Ping-Shinn have" aly been bul te ts One can now travel from Shanhale stu to Tabane, the tar ort, tou'nimen in' the extreme St Without wing cles the SIR. "of cre Vast Extenstons Building A further 1,000 miles are still in the course of construction, connect. ing up or extending the present lines, and when these are completed. the trade of North Manchuria will bbe carried by three trunk lines "to the Tew pore of Rashin:—
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From this lat Tine n branch ts being constructed to Mlahan near Jarge coal al a inge coal depots said to be equaling thave of Fushun in extent South Manchuria will be served by the two main Unes leading 0 Dairen and Antung, with their Jehol province is connected via! Chinchow with Yingkow "New. chwang), or later possibly with one Jocks at the latest railway map of Manchoukuo, two points will atone rivet attention: connected up by one, and often Firstly hat he trunk tines are more, 100p lin Secondly that the lines are extended into remote frontier districts the trade of which cannot possibly warrant i This sketch map of communications in Menchoukuo, as being extended with their" development. in somparizon wi desman bythe Sepenese eves Stark ouitne the, cgifeance of mop given tu dela, the main lines are shown in their relation to. the chief centres of the new state asin from, Suen ang from Hain with Changchun ive a Hang) the two older centres The chief lines ares the new capital safely entrenched im its strafes Rashin (Wowards the Korean Border): (awards Mongolian Border): Hef, si sinking-Harbin: Lis-S-i8D. Heinking Het.
HarbineTanain (northward towards Siberian Border); H.nM.
Harbin-Mutangehiang (towards Maritime Provinces) (westward towards Siberian Borde): MA. Mukden= IND. Mukden-Dairen: M-He-H. Mukéen-Heinking Harbin. On the Chinese border with Jehol as the centre joined to atukden cam be noted recently constructed strategic links to the main system, One gets the impression that this elaborate railway system tz out all proportion to the economic development of the country.
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