The Alaska daily empire., 1920-10-25
inner SIBERIA
EVACUATED BY
JAPANESE ARMY
Total Withdrawal of Military
Forces Along Chinese East
ern Railway Completed.

KOBE. Japan, Oct. 25.-(Correspon-
dcnce of the Associated Press.) "A
picture Of conditions in Eastern Sib-
eria sent by the Manchuli correspon
dent of the Japan Chronicle dwells
particularly on the evacuation of in
ner Siberia by the Japanese army.
Not only is the evacuation of
Japanese troops from Transbaikalia
now an accomplished fact he wrote,
"but the total withdrawal of Japanese
both military and civilians along the
Chinese Eastern Railway west of IIar-
bin is now completed. This Japanese
evacuation has been carried out with
German military precision, and moth
ing has been overlooked though little
time was required for its accomplish
.nent Gone are the flags of the Ris-
.ng Sun that hoated 50 conspicuously
over many of the most prominent
buildings found in the railway settle
,nents dotted along the railway line
rs enc travels westward from Hardin.
There are but few travellers to Man
Ghul these days for trade is dead
and travel expensive. One travels
n comparative comfort though the
carriages are i'll kept and the at
tendants Indifferent At the station
huffets one is horribly overcharged,
but one has not the heart to remon-
strate, seeing that customers are
lew and far between.
ION reaching the Hingan Range
here is sudden drop in temporal
IRE. Without any warning the Their
nometer dropped twenty degrees and
ummer-clad people began to shiver
rom the cold. When we reached the
chinese frontier town of Manchuli, at
even in the morning the thermo-
meter registered 81 degrees Fahren-
iour so that a glass of hot tea at
The station buffet was vertically
.,od-send.
Everything at Manchuli is remark
able quiet, even at the station. Unlike
Harbin there is no busting or over
providing. AS in other towns in the
Chinese Eastern Railway area. dollars
zen and Russian gold are alone ex-
ccpted rs medium of exchange.
Trade with the exception of domestic
requirements is at a standstill, and
many of the leading traders, Russian
nd Chinese. are in difficulties owing
o their being overstocked with Sib-
crian roubles.
There is no exaggeration in saying
that the Japanese rank and file are
clearly thankful to see the last OF
Heilungehaing Province, as well as
Siberia. The mortality among the
sroops has been extremely heavy.
They have suffered terribly from the
cold and sickness, to say nothing
about their losses in actual warfare.
II have watched troop train after
/ troop train as they steamed eastward
( bound and can yOuchsafe from the
/ expressions as well as from the fog
waving that the soldiers were even
more pleased TO get away from the
country than the natives We're to see
the last of them. Though the out
ward world will never know the con
fidential report that the Japanese
government will have to wade
through, Japan is likely to think twice
before engaging on similar costly
expedition in q country whore elm
attic conditions still remain mans
master.
( Railway communications between
! Manchuli and Chita are still open
the post train and mixed train
/ leaving on alternate days. There is
an evident shortage of coaches for
only 3rd-class carriages and box cars
are attached TO the trains. whilst all
military travel in cars specially ap-
pointed for their use. Fares are
now payable in gold roubles. 1850
roubles being charged for the journey
/ tn Chita. There are absolutely no
/ formalities beyond having ones pass
mort wise before a ticket is purchased
7 witnessed the arrival of the mail
train from Chita. The time taken
was "a hours and beyond a few who
had come 10 Manchuli to purchase
| necessary supplies unobtainable in
m.