Record Numbers Going to Europe via Siberian Rly.
Greater than ever before is the rush of passenger tram from Shanghai and' the Orient" in general to Europe and England via the trans-Siberian railway. Last year the travel agencies considered the traffic good, but this year the demand for Accommodation on the trans-Siberian youre is s0 heavy that it Is im~ possible to make bookings to leave In'less than three weeks.
On June 22 a party of about sixty Heft Shanghai in the DKK. s. Dairen Maru for Dairen on their way to Europe via Siberia and only last Saturday another large party set out on the same route. The dangers of travel through areas of tense International feeling in the north, the conditions in Russia and turbulence of the Polish border are apparently unable to frighten away the passenger trame, The same people are making the trip year after year via Siberia and when they return to Shanghat they {oll thor friends about the journey with the result that the rolling ball of passenger trae is growing in size and confidence.
The business of gelting from Shanghai to. Manchuli is relatively simple at any time, there being ample accommodation in ships. to Dairen and from Dairen to Manchuli by tain. Most of the passengers on the route follow this course to Man-chub, It requires two days of sea travel to reach Dairen and a day-and-a-half of actual travelling time to reach Manchuli from Dairen,
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