Harbin, April 2.
The latest authoritative Czech news (given to the writer by Col. Hess) regarding—'Transbaikalia shows that the Czech evacuation is proceeding smoothly, the arriere: garde having now leit the station Hylok on its way for Chita. According to estimation, within three three weeks the last Czech train will reach Manchuli and enter Chinese territory. General Syrovy, the Czech commander-in-chief of the Czecho-Slovak forces, is expected to arrive in Harbin to-morrow, and will remain here for some tims to come.
According to reports there has already been despatched from Chita and passed through the Chinese Eastern Railway area some 37 ponds of platinum and six carloads of goid shipped by Simionov, but as the latter has observed the greatest secrecy it is impossible to state with any accuracy the exact amount of precious metal that has been smuggled out of the country. There is, however, every reason to suppose it is a very appreciable amount.
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In the latest Chita newspapers are appearing advertisements of the staffs of Annenkoff, Dutoff, Pepelaieff and other erstwhile White commanders calling on the male population to join the different partisan detachments they are each individually forming in that town—with what final object is not yet clear, unless they propose to carry on a guerilla warfare against the various Red partisan detachments located in those parts.
Mr. Vilensky, the accredited Soviet Foreign Affairs representative who is now at Vladivostok. recently visited Messrs. Teussler and Allen, the representatives of the American Red Cross, who have just returned from Japan. According to Dr. Teussler the American Red Cross. proposed to send to Moscow a special Mission under Major Allen, if it could be arranged. Dr. Teussler asked Mr. Vilensky for his assistance and influence.
At the present moment the American Red Cross have a concentration point in Siberia where special Arrangements are being made for the treatment of typhus cases. The epidemic is prevalent throughout Siberia and has already reached a very large scale and is causing much mortality, owing to the lack of proper means to fight it.
According to the report of the manager of the Ussuri Railway the working expenses during the past month amount to 200 million Siberian roubles whilst the receipts only reach 40 million roubles. This huge deficit places the railway in a very critical state and without the help of outside financial assistance the management is at a loss to know how to continue the working of the line.
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