At Viedivostok 1 saw thirty, Rus-lan warships concentrated, inetuding. small squadron of new light cru ers and many light. destroyers. of the: 1800-ton class, "Many submarines, could be seen manceuvring daily dure ing the six days T remained in Viadivostok, Every summit around this rapkity winks port has. been heavity forte fied and groups of soldiers could be seen working daily throughout. the Area building new defence positions.
'The Russians also are completing a kiqantie railway construction project designed to assure Russian forces in the Far East adequate supp mobility. "The Trans-Siberian "Rai Way hay' been double-tracked for the entire #000 kilometre distance between Moscow and Vladivostok. The traflle over this roule way intense, Freight trains passed us every twenty minutes, night" and day. for" the one tire ten days of ovr journey. from Moveass" to Viidivostok.
'The Russians also have completed new railway' from a point west of Lake Baikal running along the Lena River to the Arctic Sea," A branch, of this railway runs from a point several hundred miles north of Lake Baikal {0 the town of Komsomelsk, half way down the Amur River from Khabarovsk, snd then te a new sa-port north of Vladivostok and oppo-ite Sakhatin island.
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