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Letter From the Orient on the Peking to Mukden Line
The writer describes the De Luxe through train between Peking and Mukden with dining and sleeping cars, electric light, steam heating, and summer electric fans. Stops include Tientsin and Shanhaikwan, detailing port conditions, political control, and historic walls. Mukden is noted as a major Manchurian city with consulates, walls, and sights, while Manchuria is described as vast, resource rich, and agriculturally important.
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Peking
Mukden
Europe
Tientsin
Rohhe
Peiho
Far East
Gordon
Gulf of
Pechili
Manchuria
Great Britain
United States
Germany
Russia
Japan
China
Peace Gate
Peiling Tombs
America
Asia
England
Cheng Chung
Port Arthur
Antung
Manchuria i
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