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acres only third have SO far been
put into use.
While Tsitsihar is in about the same
latitude as Seattle, WASH, it suffers
from extremes of heat and cold. In
summer the thermometer rises above
So degrees for days at a time, and in
winter it nose-dives to 40 degrees be.
low zero. Nevertheless the region
around Tsitsihar contains some of the
richest soil in the world, and is ca.
pable of a good deal of future devel.
opment. In the Nonni river Tsitsihar
has a stream capable of carrying a
considerable amount of water trade
in junks and barges during the sum-
mer months.
The little village of Anganchi, cap
tured by Japanese forces in the drive
on Tsitsihar, possesses an Importance
far out of proportion to its limited
population because it stands near
kind of spark gap" supercharged
with the economic ambitions and rail
way interest of Japan, China and Rus
STA in northwestern Manchuria.
Why Anganchi Is Important.
Anganchi is two miles south of
Tsitsihar station. 1t is the northern
most station on the new Chinese-oper-
ated, Japanese-b built railway line from
Taonanfu.
Anganchi was practically unheard of
until the new line, pushing up from
Taonanfu during the last decade, built
it's terminal in the town.
In a land which has constructed
more miles of railway in recent years
than any other part of the world, and
which, in some places, laid new lines
at the rate Of a mile day, it may
seem strange that the two-mile gap
between Anganchi and ,Tsitsihar sta
ton was not closed for many months.
Treaty rights dating from the close
of the Russo-Japanese war, were in
volved. The acknowledgement rail-
way was built with funds loaned to the
Chinese by syndicate of Japanese
banks, who in turn gave the construc-
ton contract to the South Manchurian
Railway company.
When the line reached Anganchi the
Chinese Eastern railway, jointly con-
trolled by Soviet Russia and China,
objected to the crossing of it's main
line by a railroad linked with the
South Manchurian railway (Japanese)
interests. Consequently, when the line
was finally continued to Tsitsihar sta
ton, to Tsitsihar itself and to the city
Of Taianchen beyond, only Chinese
capital was employed
Aside from the yards and station
of the railroad lines, Anganchi pos
sesses little to distinguish it from hum
dreds of other mud-walled villages in
the windswept farming and grazing
lands of the Nonni river basin. The
inhabitants, several hundred in num-
Der, are mainly Russians, although the
influx of Chinese has been noticeable
since the completion Of the railway
lines to the north and south Of it,
Chinchowfu Shipping Center
Chinchowfu is the chief city on the
Manchurian panhandle that penetrates
China on the west coast of the Gulf of
Chilli. 1t is the first important Man
churian city beyond Shanhaikwan,
where the Great Wall of China comes
down to the sea- North and west of
Chinchowfu rise the mountains and
desert plateaus of Inner Mongolia.
South Of the city stretch the tidal
flats of branch Of the Gulf of Chilli,
the Gulf of Liaotung. Anyone pass
ing along the narrow coastal plain,
therefore, would have to deal with
walled Chinchowfu, astride the middle
of it.
Chinchowfu itself is metropolis of
about $4,000 population. Much Of it's
newer part spreads beyond the ancient
walled city, especially northward in
the vicinity of the railroad terminal.
AS Chinchowfu is also junction point
for branch line into Inner Mongolia
it's extensive railroad yards include To-
connective sheds, railway division head
quarters, hospital and storage ware
houses. Between the station and the
walled city are big military barracks.
The provincial government office is
temporarily located in the University
Of Communications, north of the
tracks.
In addition to it's Importance as
railway and military center Chinchow-
flu also is shipping point for the
greatest fruit and cotton raising re-
gion of Manchuria-the nearby Lao
river valley. Shallow draft boats may
ascend a tidal river to it's wharves to
receive fruit brought by train and
carts, but most of it's water-borne COM
merce is carried on through the new
harbor at Hulutao, with which Chin
chowfu is connected by spur railway
line.