Lines to be Built Close to Manchurian Border Moscow, Nov. 22.
Extensive plans for the construc tion of a new East-West railway system were announced here to-day by Andrew Andreyve,—Commissar of Railways, who also announced that all sections of the Trans-Siberian Railway now only having single track facilities will be double.trackes as quickly as, possible.
was further stated that a net work of branch lines in the territory' north of Manchoukuo will be built for the triple purpose of serving feeders to the main line, to aid in the general industrialization of that section of the country, and to provide second line of transportation in the event of the present eastern sections of the Trans. Siberian line becoming number of well-informed observers are inclined to believe that this proposed building of railways almost to the very frontiers of Manchoukuo will serve to increase the tension between Russia and Japan which had eased off somewhat during the past few weeks, due to the under: standings which have been reached larding the sale of Chinese Eastern Rallway—United Press
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