The Peking correspondent of the "Russian Echo" writes:—
The following is a note signed by the best known Russians in Urga which was received by tivo American citizens who lately have been to Urga. It describes in what a terrible position the Russians are in Mongolia, We, the undersigned, are addressing you, the citizens of the United States of America, as_representatives of a friendly nation, and_as being of the same culture, We think that if there would be any communication between the Russians of the different parts of Urga all of them would have signed the letter which we send to you. After the refusal of the Chinese authorities to recognize Russia's extraterritorial rights we Russians residing in Urga, where there ig no representative of any other foreign government, were left under the protection of the Chinese' authorities only.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.