Winter Stream of Immigrants Entering Manchuria Mukden, Jan, 10.
While in previous years the in" flex of Shantung immigrants into Manchuria has been seasonal only, being confined to spring and summer, this year the incoming tide seems to be continuing throughout the winter, the main stream being directed towards Heilungkiang and Kirin, Special measures have had to be adopted by the Chinese Eastern Kailway to aid these people, most of whom arrive in a destitute con dition, to protect them against the inclemency of the Manchurian winter, The railway has appropriated the sum of Rbls, 600,000 for th transportation, temporary housing, and medical assistance, The cause of this abnormal influx of refugees is the widespread misery in Shantung created by civil warfare, failure of crops, and crushing taxa-
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