Apart from sources of disquiet near at hand, there are distant echoes of Mongolian uneasiness. Evidently even inner Mongolia not favourable to the Republic. The rest of a very large convoy consisting of seventy carts loaded with 6,000 rifles and a number of cannon, while on its way from the 8. Railway westwards some time is an indication of the extensive nature of the discontent.
General Wu's troops from Lino-yuan chow (Chengchiatun) to the number of 500 met the convoy and though it was accompanied by several foreigners, peacefully escorted the entire consignment, not to its Mongolian desi but—to Mukden.
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