Three Days of Celebrations in Mukden Mukden, Feb, 27, Elaborate attempts are being made. to give the new Independent Manchurian State a good start in honour of the new Government Thi morning pubic celebrations commenced and will be kept up for three day the streets here are filled with vari-'Holidi deen declared and ous theatrical troops, jugglers and stilt-walkers, who have been Bat them™ into a. good humour.
wed to amuse the people and to Various dragon processions also been arranged, watching. these free entertainments, however, are for the most part Aig b= and the {onl sprinkling' of loafers Tanumerable posters and leaflets proclaiming that a new Manchurian Daradise is in-prospect, have been Bistributed by the police, but it 2 pathetic commentary on the pres-tnt position that many of the post: tro are. displayed on' shops. which fave been closed since last Septem-
7 'A joke passing round among the Chinese attending the festivities is that they are in celebration "of the marriage of Japan with Manchuria, but that the rejoicings are somewhat marred by the fact that the Ddride is not a virgin. The general impression among foreign observers is that the majority of the Chinese population recognise that there has been a good deal of stage.manay ment in connection with the tejoicings and that they are by no means spontaneous, 'They, however, accept then philosophically and see no reason why: they, should not celebrate an extra' holiday at some one else's expense. Chinese -Eastern Railway for the transport of troops to the east of Harbin, but so far without result—Reuter.
Japanese Troops in Manchuria Harbin, Feb. 27.
'A-considerable body of Japanese reinforcements has arrived here and Japanese military authorities arp anxious to transport them along the eastern section. of the Chinese Eastern railway, where about 30,000 loyal Kirin troops are reported to be, active.
The Soviet members of the board of the railway have refused permission to the, Japanese to transport their troops over this railway
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