At the same time orders were given by the railway administration not to despatch from Harbin the fast passenger train which leaves daily at 245. This order was received only a short time before the train was due to leave consequently tickets had been sold and a number of passengers had already taken their places. The station employees not having received any details as to why the train had been detained, wore unable to give any explains to the public and it was not until leaflets, issued by the headquarters staff in the Chinese language were Gistributed at' the. station that the reason was known, The two leaflets, which were mildly worded, explained fully what had happened and attached all the blame on the railway administration, wh> must be held responsible for the inconvenience caused to the travel-Qing public, and for any material losses shippers of freight might incur. 'They urged everyone to remain calm and quiet, stating that the "conflict" would be' liquidated in the shortest possible time, Money was returned to all who requested same in return for the tickets they had purchased, numbers of passengers—nearly all Chinese—however, preferred to wait in the hope that sooner or later a train would leave. Consequently the waiting rooms were filled with a patient public who made themselves 5 comfortable as circumstances would permit,
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