The Siberian Railway and What May Happen.
An interesting statement a3 to the strategic value of the Trans-Siberian railway was made before the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce by Mr Fudford Bush, a member of a mercantile firm at Niuchwang, In the coarse of an address Mr Bush, after dealing with tho question of the light construction of the railway, aud the probability of the line being blocked if subjected to heavy military traffic, said that his own observations, coupled with trustworthy native information, convinced him that at least 200 Japanese military engineers, disguised as Chinese coolies, barbers, and other menials, had already been distributed at points along the railway, and that it would not be a fortnight after the declaration of war before the line would be blown up at a dozen places.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXI, Issue 6201, 23 February 1904, Page 2
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