int says the letter.
"apart from Dalen to Changchun, the South Manchurian Railway" is xcellen,'pratealy, the {ng this and using the Chinese Bast-em Railway fom" Changehun to Harbin, and! from Harbin to Man Ghoul" itis terrible. "The. dining fare tze filly, and the food is hard eaibte. fom Harbin "to. Man-Choull there are two extra armoured cars, with about 80 Jopanese"soldlfre og guards against the bandits who infest this territory, but. ornately "we were not bothered on. thir trp.
Signe Tivssion (cain from Manchouli to Negeroluye on the Rustian border before entering' Poland, is. Tally food. the fora being quite. reason fle, Lut served in a very poor man het' The dining eat consisted. of 36 Seais with two walters for the whole, td. as- this tain in particular. Used "by travelling oMMelals of the Soviet Government, is extremely congested On the four. day from Manchou-Sre tan ott of coffee and tobacco, Wwhich we were uunble to. get until riva at Moscow.
"The bed linen and towels are changed once during the trip, which feats that one amall towel te all that ip allowed for four days, 'There fe"bo' running water, n0"soap, and foliot "paper on" any of "these {ralog, so, That. anybody" using. this Hine would have to take these with them' the alight difference between Mhe"ndategory andthe. Yet cate" cory—which "consists of a smal, fang basin in their own room and Athieh in most instances did not func Uourcost about £10 extra for thing "the biggest diMcully 1s the fact that it isnot possible. to change money. into roubles, but everything has 19 be paid for in American dol: Tare or sterling, andthe rate of exchange which they give. you Trouble 14 kapoks to a dolar On leaving Russia and entering Poland, the sleeping ears are all well run, but the price of things the train fe very expensive andthe Fate of exchange fs 1 slaty 40 crosby fora dollar Rather extortionate charges are rade "at the. various places for Transference "of "baggage, and the Customs examination. of baggage Stonenout! "and alto. on Tenving Negeroloye, is very' thorough, every Single. thing being examined, "and fame ran and things, of this deseription' are placed under. seal and. not allowed ta be used during the tip.
"Passport -exaraingtion. seem take place about every ftteen mine iso mention that the Intourist Company have a representative on board the train the whole way, who speaks three or four languages, and he was quite a bit of assistance to us and also showed me quite a few of the most interesting points—such as Lenin's Mausoleum, and the Revolutionary Museum in Moscow dur-the short stay we had there."
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