Stating that it has always been their endeavour to bring about the realization of the Three People's Principles and the abolition of, the unequal treaties between China and the foreign Powers, the leading commanders of the Kuominchun headed by General Liu Yo!
Chairman of the Kansu Provinc Government, in a telegram dated the 25th instant to Conmander-in-Chief Chiang Kai-shek, pledge their services to the Central Government in the present Sino-Soviet crisis, urging at the same time, that steps be immediately taken by the Central Authorities for the mitigation of the sufferings of the people and the soldiers in the Northwest, The telegram says in part:
As a_result of the Chinese Baste Railway controversy, the Communist flame has again burst forth and. there Ix danger in the border districts, The troops under the Jurisdiction of the 2nd Disband~ ment District, totalling—300,000 mon, are hereby placed completely: fat the disposal of the Government. They avo willing to shed their last drop of blood in the service of their country.
"But the people of the provinces of Shensi and Kansu have been scourge! by repeated calamities and are now on the verge of starvation. The sufferings of the troops, who are stationed there, are alya beyond description. We who are eye-witnesses of such conditions cannot retrain from ealling your attention to this state of affairs, We humbly petition that lofinite measures be adopted for the amelioration of the situation.
Kuo Min, 'A despatch from Tsuruga reports the arrival there, from Viadivostock, of the Chinese Consul-General, the: staff of the Consulate and their} families, Interviewed by press representa. tives, the Chinese Consul-General is quoted as saying that the Consular staff suffered no ill-treatment but} the Chinese community at Viadivostok is suffering owing to the refusal of the Soviet authorities to provide food-stuff. He added that the Soviet troops in that aren ave] drilling might and day and thi motor<ars and other vehicles ave ling commandeored—Reuter.
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