Show I OPENING OF THE TRANS SIBERIAN RAILROAD Washington W Nov U The complete t correspondence between M 1 DeWitte the Russian minister oC of finance and I his al majesty he te e czar on the occasion of the opening of ot the trans I Siberian railroad has baa been Iteen received by byble cable ble from DeWitte by financial agent of the Ue B govern government g e ement I ment at this capital M N DeWitte cablegram follows folio f fOn On Oh the occasion ef ot rue opening of oC I temporary traffic on OD the Chinese east eastern ea t tem era ern railroad I Iva have av sent S nt to his ma majesty majesty jesty the emperor following tele tale telegram telegram gram gramOn On the Ute of Ma 1 II 1 your im hn imperial Imperial pertel majesty personally laid the first link of the great tra rail mil railroad road Today on Ute the anniversary of the accession a of or your JOr to the throne the th track of th Ut the Chinese East Eastern I ern era railroad has been completed With heart full fun of joy I dare de to present to your majesty my faithful and loyal 1 congratulations on the Ute occasion on of that historic event By laying the rails rat for a n distance of more than 2400 Tenets miles from the t l xo to and Port Arthur the tile construction of I our railroads in in the ue rough I Iway way of Bourse ourse bas h b been completed I Scarcely four years ears have hare elapsed since I the beginnIng of the work on this als see sec section ecI I Hon tion and an notwithstanding the e extraordinary extraordinary difficulties which have been en encountered encountered I I countered and the destruction de of the greater part of the railroad last year ear earthe the temporary traffic can b be opened now on all n ll lines JInes I hope that two years I from now all an the works that remain from the railroad will be fin finished finIshed and regular r lar traffic will win be I opened His majesty h s deigned to honor honorI t I me with the following answer I thank you vou sincerely for your joy joyful I tnt ful communication I congratulate you yo ou on oa the completion within so short a time and amid extraordinary difficulties difficulties ties of or o a railroad which constitutes one of the greatest undertakings of oC the entire world wold I Signed NICHOLAS CHOLAS |