A Japanese Impression: Mongols Cowed by Bolsheviks Tokio, Aug. 6.
A Moji despatch received by the Tokio 'Wichi Wicks" credits Lieut.- Colonel Korenaga, just back from Chita, with the' following statement regarding the conditions prevailing there:
"The situation in Mongolia is not clearly known because of the imperfect system of_ communications. The anti-Bolshevik troops in Mongolia appear to have suffered a heavy defeat in the districts between Maimaicheng and Kiachta in their recent encounter with the Bolsheviks.
"The Mongolians were led to believe, in view of the superior position that the Bolsheviks have come to command over the anti-Bolsheviks, that the Bolsheviks are too strong for the Mongolians to offer any resistance, and they were only too ready to surrender upon the Bolshevik intrusion into the Mongolian quarters.
"Mongolia has thus fallen entirely into the hand of the Bolsheviks. It is a great question_whether General Chang Tso-lin wit] really carry out his expedition to Mongolia.
"At Tsitsihar the situation is generally tranquil within the city, but, once outside, one is subject to serious danger from the attack of bandits and other outlaws who infest the entire districts.
"Tt is a fact that the Chita Government wants to negotiate with the Japanese Government Yor the opining of economic intercourse. But the difficulty is that Chita has practically nothing to offer for commercial transactions. It has neither goods nor mone; Yourin's Agreement with
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