Rule by Force: Communist Sailors Held in Readiness to Suppress Risings Peking, May 30.
Writing at Chita on May 18, the Chinese official Observer says: Leaving Manchuli at 5 p.m. on the 14th instant, we did not reach Chita until the 17th at 5 p.m., just 24 hours behind time.
The situation at Chita is perfectly quiet (May 18). The troops that are in garrison here came from the Amur district and had only been here a little over a month when the gnd and 3rd Divisions were sent to points west of Chita to protect the Mongolian-Siberian frontier against a possible raid by Ungern's forces. Seeing the importance of knowing exactly what is happening in these parts, it is in the mind of the writer that the military authorities of Manchuria continually keep a competent. military attache with the staff at Chita _in order that the higher military authorities may be regularly informed of any changes that take place and which may indirectly be of importance to China.
The reports that have appeared in the papers to the effect that there has been an engagement between Ungern's troops and the Reds in the neighbourhood of Kiachta are without foundation. There is a Red garrison at Kiachta, whilst the Mongol troops stationed at Mimacheng are quite friendly inclined towards the Russians and have nothing in common with Ungern.
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