-Dalren, Jan, 24.
'The South Manchuria Hallway Ca, is now ready to take over the opera-ton of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and 1s prepared to despateh irm* mediately 1,700 employees. These represent the' first replacements for the 3000 Soviet employees who will be discharged following the transfer of the "CER. It is understood that 8000 Manchurians and 3,000 Russians will be retained—Reuter, The prices of the goods Will be determined by a committee consisting of Soviet commercial ofcials, and Japanese and Manchoukuo
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