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Show GERMANS WILL RUSH gOODS INTO RUSSIA RIGA. Latvia. March IS. Ger-many Ger-many has begun extensive prepara-tlons prepara-tlons to rush goods into Russia by land and by sea. One of the plan-; recently proposed would eliminate re-l re-l idlng of flight cars because of the dlfferenci between the standard gauge and that of the Russian broad gaug lines The Russian tracks are four inches broader than the standard gauge. A commission of German experts has worked out a process of shifting the axles of the Russian cars to fit tho standard gauge tracks, so that It is claimed tho change from one gauge to another Is a task of less than 1 " mtnutea The unloading of goods from one car to another was a Job some times of hours |