Not a Railway but an "Old Limping Cab"
Tientsin, May 25, Scathing criticism of the inefficiency fof the administration of the Chinese Eastern Railway was recently heard from Ins. Sahara, the new General Manager of the railway, now und the name of the North Manchuria Railway, during an interview with Harbin press representatives. "Only now is it becoming clear that the Chinese Eastern Railway was transferred to us in the most dilapidated condition," Mr. Sahara said.
He declared that, in order to put the railway on a paying basis, no Jess an amount of money than that paid for the railway would be 1 quired. "It is not a railway but an Old limping cab as it exists to-day. The roadbeds, rails, rolling-stock and bridges all require urgent and ex-{tensive repairs, for which millions of yen will be necessary."
The Manchoukuo personnel of the railway, according to Mr. Schara, has been found inefficient and requires thorough purging Under these conditions, he added, the railway for many years will remain a liability rather than an asset for the new state—Central News.
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