Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-15
NANCHURIAN CITY
FURNISHES MANY
RUSSIAN TROOPS
ca.l for ReSerViStS Takes
5000 Men From Town Of
8O.OO0 Which Is Normal
ny a Chinese City,

Associated Press Correspondence.l
u.rtin Manchuria oct S.-Rus-
..I.sf caH for reServists took 5000
s, frum this city which has a pop
ot.a1 of 10000 inhabitants. AL
I1,e, Nlanchuria is not Russian ter
,5,.r, and Hardin is nominallN chi
..t\ Russian control of the rail-
avs and other great corporations
,,A5.b ARE developing North Manchur-
bss made the line between Siberia
ana Nanchuria very imaginary For
nam, months after the war began
,isnrburia did not feel the effects OF
%e Struggle. but recently il has fallen
hsuyiiy under the grip of war Troop
"rT simply trains. which are robhing
a,is neu country of it's settlers, its
syesfoek and its grain pass through
n. citv constantly Scarcely a home
H. JarhIn has escaped the last sweep
no eaU for reSerVists and recent cas-
Min lists bear the names of many
,orna Russians who left Manchuria
+, 0pht for their emperor All busl-
uass In Manchuria not directly con-
necteS with war supplies is practic-
snv at q standstill The staffs of bus
nges firms have been depleted and in
many offices the work is being car
Tied ON chiefly by young Danes and
other European neutrals.
before the Russo-Japanese war
,bere were few settlers i'm this part
~ Nanehuria and Siberia. Since that
lime the Russian government has Of
tered very favorable terms to pros
pettive landowners and al great cost
has located many peasant farmers in
Siberia near the Manchurian border.
These men were carried east with
their families at very low rates. I'm
migrant lodgings We're afforded at
yariou. points along the railway and
tbe government advanced large sums
If money TO get the new farmers
started.
Peasants DO Not Grumble.
Nav the very men who were
brought to Manchuria at such great
EXPENSE and pains are being torn from
their new prairie homes to join the
army But there is little grumbling
ON the part of the stolid peasants,
They do not question q call from Pet
rograd The same power which made
II possible for them to acquire farm
In this new country now demands
their service and they start for train
me camps with the blessing Of the
priests who have their complete con-
idence.
The resetvists from various towns
along the western part of the trans
Siberian railway are taken chiefly to
Harbin or Vladivostok for mohiliza-
ton. Al nearly every station reserv-
lists and their families are waiting for
orders The government has provided
rhapels in many Of the railway sta
tons located far from Russian
church. Travelling priests hold serry-
ices In these occasionally, and at this
time lney are busily holding masses
for the men about to leave their FAM
HES fer the front
AT enc station, east of Hardin. the
correspondent of the Associated Press
saw an open air mass held for 500
men who were about to enter a troop
train The men were closely grouped
about the priest with the long beard
and hair, common to the clergy of the
russian church. He wore yellow
satin robe, richly embroidered in gold
and held aloft a golden cross which
reflected the rays Of the sun, which
was Just setting at the edge of the
vast prairie behind him. The reserv-
lists chanted the responses with I'M
wayering voices and listened with rapt
attention to the priest Their relig-
ious fervor was shown especially by
the eagerness with which the priest
had pronounced the benediction.
Many OF the reservists led their sons
forward with them so they might
stand together before the priest and
receive his blessing
Women Stand Apart.
Throughout the service the wives,
mothers and sisters of the reseryists
stood al q respectful distance and
listened mutely to the inspiring sing
ing of their menfolk They had no