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CHANGCHUN

Chang chun

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This town owes its recent importance to the fact that it is situated at the junction of the South Manchuria Railway (Japanese) with the southern branch (from Harbin of the Chinese Eastern Railway, while another Rail- way connects it with the city of Kirin, the capital of the Province of that name, about 80 miles, distant, nearly due East, and beyond to Tunhub.

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Changchun, was quened to International Trade by Agreement with Japan in 1915. There is here a large Japanese Railway Settlement, admirably laid out, north, of the old Town, from which it is separated by the area laid out by the Chinese Authorities as a commercial quarter. North of the Japanese Railway Settlement lies the town that has grown up around what is now the southern terminus of the Chinese Eastern Railway.

The country surrounding Changchun is a vast and exceedingly fertile plain, the produce from which is distributed North, South and East by the divergent Railways

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Since March 9, 1932, Changthun has been' the Capital of the new State of Manchuria (or "Manchoukuo"), recognition of which has not yet been accorded by any foreign country, with the exception of San Salvador; and the name of the town has been changed to Hsinking (New Capital.") ft to fammen

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Plans have been mooted for elaborate extensions of the existing town be laid out in a style befitting the Capital of an independent Republic of some 30,000,000 people...

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DIRECTORY

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CHI TUNG CHANG Co., Importers, Ex- porters and Engineering 4. Umege- cho; Teleph. 1250

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Hi I. M. the Emperor

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Privy Council

President Tsang Shih Legislative Council President-(vacant) Imperial Household Dept.::

Minister-Hsi Chia State Council

Premier-Chang Ching-hui Supervisory Council

President-Lo Chen-yu

Dept. of Civil Affairs

Minister-Lu Yung-huan Vice-Minister-Chao Peng-ti

Dept. of Foreign Affairs

Minister-Chang Yen-ching

Vice-Minister-Chuichi Ohashi'

Dept. of Defence

Minister-General Yu Chili-shan Vice-Minister Lt. Li Shêng tang

Dept. of Finance

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Minister-Sun Chi-chang

Vice Minister Hung Wel-kuo Dept. of Industry

Minister Ting Chien-hsü Dept. of Communications Minister Li Shao-keng Dept. of Justice

Minister-Feng Han ching

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