Tokyo, Sept. 17.
Now that Japan has extended formal de jure recognition to Manchoukuo, the papers and periodicals are full of articles relating to colonisation and development projects in that region. Most of these articles are written by military men. They cannot, therefore, be re-workmen, but also as tending io enrich the stea] and other industries in Japan proper. The greatest importance as regards railways is attached to the Kainei-Tunhwa section of the northern line, which is expected to bring the produce of the rich northern territories direct to the ice-free port of Seishin on the Interview with Official of New State
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