RUSSIAN AFFAIRS.
THE RAILWAY PROPOSAL. DEVELOPMENT IN THE EAST. United Press Association— By Eleotrio Telegraph — Copyright ST PETERSBURG, April 14. M. Stolypin urged the Duma to vote the money required for railway purposes in the East, as Russia must be irtrong in the Far East, not only for fighting, but for the protection of the national civilising work which was Russia's historic mission. It was impossible to double-track the* Manchuri»n line, lie said, because China .had the right of pre-emption arid would certainly buy the line. Without the proposed railway it would be impossible to develop the forty ndUwtt^Svpeer^S^ooT^ lands, rich aurif erpuß wealth, and the forests of the Amur region, or to preiyent the influx of aliens. .v^The,^speech ferae received with enthusiastic cheers.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9212, 15 April 1908, Page 1
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