2,000 Bags Still Held Up at Manchuli Further information is to. hand the missing Siberian: on August, 20; mail matter from. Europe were held up at Manchuli.b
way. floods on the Chinese Bastern Rails At the request, of the Japa 2,000 of these. hi r Japan, were sent by th Railway and Viadivostock to Japan. Of the remainder, " 2,000 destined for China and Hongkong were forwarded to Harbin, whets they arrived on August 21 and were subsequently transmitted south, There still remain 2,000 bags at 'AManchuli, and the postal authori tion have sent two representatives: thers to arrange for their despateh south ax soon a4 possible, in what, from her descriptions, must completely unspoiled 'The only drawback to life in Sinkiang, according to the Princess, is its extreme isolation and, to. those who. have not known' the outside world, this detachment is unfelt. In Theory, mail takes about twenty-five [days to come from Peking and cighteen days from Paris, but in actual ity it requires far more time, does not arrive at all. The only Practical route by which to, enter this country is via the trans-Siberian railway to the border cities and by motor from there on. The la doubtedly, is a surprise, but it seems, the Foods are fairly good dut-most of th agricultural country and leommercial relations exist only with Soviet Russia, as they did. with Russia under the old regime. "And there has been nothing in this trade mar the natural peace and har-I for 4 man oF to travel through the moun-accompanied by a single servant without danger or fear of attack. There is no banditry—a start. ing fact in comparison with conditions in the Test of China, or even the rest of the world. The Princess believes that this ideal circumstance of the peopl homes of mud in the Russian, style, those who herd cattle live in ho made of felt mats which are laid on [wooden frames. 'The Yurta, as the round, felt house is named," is very comfortable and has the additional advantage of being portable. It.ean packed up and moved from' one grazing pasture to another, Although Princess Nirgidma de Tothout was very happy there, thoroughly enjoying the atmosphere, she has too animated an interest in people and exchange of ideas to be competely satisfied with continued segregation from outside influences, Shanghai wes her presence to this she feels that greater the world is possible North Chin ty of Peking and Shanghai, bu, there is more life in this city. Peking is a place of dreams who
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