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Iruzy carvings, jade and agate ozna- ments, bronzes, embroideries, lacq pered- wart, etc., etc.
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foot above water, and will be in serious danger when floods come. The story of the Onon bridge is the story of innumerable other bridges which were brought within the civil war fronts, and shows what a trem endous task. faces the Moscow Government in the restoration of transport.
The vast deficiencies in locomotives
plexion of the transport problem. Not only has Russia been able to place large orders with foreign countries, but she will doubtless endeavour to import the machinery restore her own necessary to' factories to a larger measure The immediate of productivity. task, of preventing a
fur- ther deterioration of transport while.
Foreign residents in the Far East, to whom the overland mail, by rea- and rolling stock constitute a much awaiting the arrival of new supplies, greater obstacle, but it is a very hope presents no insuperable difficulty, son of it regularity and promptitude.ful sign that most of the contracts particularly in view of the Armstrong- was a boon only fully appreciated, hitherto awarded by the Soviet Go Whitworth contract. After elaborate perhaps, when it was removed by vernment to Britain, Germany. and investigation last year, says Mr. the Russian Revolution, were deeply Sweden are for the supply or repair of Ransome, Trotsky; then temporary locomotives. The Russian telegram Commissar of Transport, issued an interested (says the Peking and Tien published in this issue states that order that, in order to maintain the tsin Times) in the announcement that there are 1,700 locomotives gode railways in their existing condition, the British Post Office is again accept construction for Russia in foreign 800 engines must be repaired roughly countries, all of which will be "de every month. In January of last ing mails for transmission to the livered by August next. The New year, but 32 per cent. of this calcula Far East by the Siberian route castle works of Armstrong, Whit- tion was being fulfilled but at the of six months the per- There is, however, a considerable worth, & Co., will be fully occupied end amount of scepticism abroad as to for the next few years on repairing centage had risen to 104. Figures. disabled engines, which are to be from the seven chief repairing shops whether the resumption of the shipped at the rate of 20 a month up to June showed a marked in- mail service via Siberia will be of The Soviet Government clearly re- crease from 697 in February to 1,161 any advantage at the present time, cognises that in the programme of in June. One of the expedients owing to the condition of the reconstruction the fundamental task evolved by the Soviet for the speed- at the present time is the improve-ing-up of production was the so-called Russian railways. It is certainly ment of transport, and the prepara-"Saturdaying" which was intro- too much to hope that the mails will tion of the most elementary stores daced when Koltchak was threaten- be carried with the rapidity of pre- of food, raw material, and fueling the Bolshevik Government. Trotsky states that the whole of the Communists and their sympathisers war times, but, whilst it is impossible first period of reconstruction will be agreed to do six hours of special to exaggerate the sorry state into completely occupied in the con- labour on Saturdays on urgent work, which Russian transport has decentration of labour on the solution In the specified case of the Moscow. generated as the result of a blockade of these problems. It was potor Kazan Railway, the productivity was of the ious: that Russia's railway system about 270 per cent. that has existed for more than six was inadequate even before the war normal, due to the fact that the years, the excessive demands of war, for the demands of a country of men worked "willingly and with and the devastating effects of a civil such enormous distances. Mr. Arthur excitement, and the success which The this system achieved resulted in war which brought about widespread Ransome, in his new book on destruction, much of it of a most Crisis in Russia" provides some its extension all over the country and insane and revengeful character, illuminating statistics on the subject. became a regular institution. But It there is every indication that the In 1914 Russia had in all 20,057 is improbable that it will last long, Soviet Government is making the locomotives, of which 15,047 burnt even if it has not already ceased, most strenuous exertions to re- coal, 4.072 oil, and the remainder and anyhow no reasonable pro babilitate the means of transport, wood. Bat of that number over 5,000 ductivity in Russia could. cope with and it is probable that the restoration were more than 20 years old, and of her tremendous needs without sub- of the railways will be effected with the whole 20,000 only 7,108 were stantial help from outside. Upon the in a much shorter space of time, under ten years of age. This, it must volume of this assistance will largely than generally believed. Even be emphasised, was over six years depend the length of the period of under the present conditions, we ago. In spite of the supplies transport reconstruction in Russia. understand, mails from European from home and foreign factories, in Fortunately there are numerous un- Russia arrive within eight days at 1917 the number of engines actually mistakable signs that the world is be. Irkutak, but it is scarcely Eikely that workable, was not greater than ginning to realise the imperative need fast mail trains run more frequently 16,000. The Geomara In the of Russia's restoration, and the im than once a week between Moscow Ukraine captured 3,000, many portance of the Russian market to in- and Irkutsk The damage caused to were destroyed in the early stages dustry, America's practical sympathy the live by the passage of armed of the civil war, and in February is indispensable to early recovery, forces in conflict west of Irkutsk has last year the number had descend and although the Harding Adminis probably been repaired after a fashied to only 4,019, Basing thetration is proceeding cautiously, there on, but the section between Lake estimate on the maximum calcula-is every likelihood that her resources Bakal and Manchuli is clearly in bad tion of the Russian output of will not be much longer withheld. condition. The official observer for engines before the war, it would More than anything else is it essential, the Chinese Government who recent take ten years for the home factories however, that stability should reign y visited Chita related the history of to restore the collection to in Russia during the next two years. the great steel bridge across the adequate numbers. To-day, owing A breakdown of administration or Onop and the savage destruction of to the destruction of factories dur-another flare-up of revolt of wide various balldings by Semenoff's ing the civil war, the shortage of dimension, would plunge the troops when compelled to evacuate skilled engineers, labourinef country fate the abyss of chaos. The Russian territory, The Onon bridge ficiency and low productivity, and Anglo-Russian Trade Agreement and was first damaged in 1918, when the the wornout condition of man the announcement that the British Bolsheviks destroyed one span, and facturing machiney through absence Post Office is prepared to entrust the following year the wooden span of renewals and heavy demande, it is malls to the Russian and Siber which #replaced mit W
believed that 30 years would be an Railways, are happily indicative blown up. It was comple
Inadequate estimate for replacement, the British Government believes destroyed by the anti-Bolshe
The resumption of commercial re-that Russia will be able to pass during their ret
lations with the industrial West, of through the earlier period of recons radically modifies the comtruction amid relative chin.
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