As to whether mobilization will actually take place in Harbin and other railway settlements in still unknown. General Howarth hax done his best to point out in a forciple manner to the Petrograd thorities in whose hands the matter lies, that from a military point of the quantity of men who are liable for military service from the Railway area is only very small, in fact, quite a negligible quantity, but if they are taken it will be a severe setback for Russian trade and commerce in Manchuria and give other nationals the opportunity of reaping the benefits that have been sown by Russians and which are only just beginning to bear fruit after many years' labour, On the other hand there may bs a hue and cry set up in Russia asking why people who happen to be living in Manchuria should be alone +x-empted when there living in other foreign countries are taken whilst from a military point of view their services may be a necessity at any time.
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