1991 the Kwantung Army transferred Us headquarters from the fortress town to the north, which considerably' depleted the population there. 'That was only the beginning as four years ago a large portion of the pre-outbreak Kwantung Government, renamed the Kwantung Bureau, went to the Manchoukuo capital.' Even then it was not finished as in a month 'oF s0 the District Government will move en bloc into Dairen, On October 1 when various sections of the South Manchuria. Rallway Company went to Join the General Directorate of Railways for Manchoukuo many persons who had formerly worked in. Dairen and had their homes here had to quit this city and take up positions either in Mukden where the headquarters of the General Directorate are situated oF to other Inland towns. Either owning their houses or having leases on them they followed the line of resistance and left their families here to be visited occasionally when the press of work slackened sufficiently {to permit them to do s0.
'Then someone in the government service and someone else in the' General Directorate got to discussing matters and the result was that it has mow been arranged that when the Kwantung Government officials and their families Yeave their houses in Port Arthur to come to. Dairen those railway officers whose homes are still here, though they themselves are absent except on rare occasions, will be transferred to the infinitely better homes in the fortress city, while the new arrivals can be sure of eduegtion for their children =a solution" which sults everyone concerned,
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