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Marbin, Apr. 24.
Reports in this morning's local papers telling of the clash between Russian refugees fle ug to China from asia and the G. P. U. (Rus inn Soviet Sceret Police) serve to enishasize the importance of something being done to enable White Russians in Manchuria and other parts of China to remove to some ther pavt of the world where they stand. a copy of the peti also been sent by the Committees to other organizations road who may be instrumental n assisting the refugees. Below given in fuller detail the reasons as enumerated. It is hoped that influential readers of your paper will do something toward urging their Government to receive these people as but a strong probability that another conflict will break out inthe pear future, unless, as we hope, ibunal brings about an equitable arrangement, which will Se satisfactory to all concerned. Should there be another conflict the public would again be burdened with the care fof thousands of people who will have fled to Harbin and other places for safety, food, clothing and'
There seems little hope of a change of government in Russ that "will make possible an carly. return to these people. By far the: majority of them have given up. hope of being able to return during. their life time and are looking to 'a merciful public to find some way and some place elsewhere in the work where life may be made livable.
10, To return to Russia would mean death for many of them; and Jas such, The Chinese want their feountry for themselves,
great immigration of 16, To this must be added the [Chinese from other parts of China to north Manchuria, The country rapidly being filled up with these! farmers who are flocking here from joverpoputated provinees in China, "This moans the crowding of these farmer-cattle raising Russians up to the very borders of Siberia, to the very places where they should not] go, for there they will again surely' feome in conflict with the Red Russians of Soviet Russia.
17. We have made efforts to find suitable land in Manchuria which these people may be settled, but find that nearly all the best land has been bought up by enterprising, Chinese, or taken over by. Chinese officials for explotita These desire to rent or sell only to Such land as nfay be had is able for farming or cattle raising, or trials through which they have been ruth one among them but can tell a They are good farmers "and vet' jis ted deten, been made greatly to admire these people as we have mingled ce amas live in peace, some relief organization' will make even if they were allowed be return, i infected with bandits, possible their transportation.
18, The uncertain land tonsure The welter is just back from being forced to live under a gover These White Russians left Chinese towns only a few miles ment with which it is impossible makes it undesirable for foreigners Srom the Russian border and knows for them to ce-operate, would not} of any nationality to settle in China, it to be a fact that numbers of ye advisable, To this must be even though they may have Russians, Koreans and Chinese are added the inadvisability of their foreign government back of them. them became asaly shot down when trying sin have not materially changed. trying to settle in other parts of These refugees, however, have no saved for a future day, but lostiall to escape from Russia, But Since they had to leave their native overcrowded China, for they are protection whatever from any spite of this, numbers ave never-and. they' have been without a not welcome there. Besides, the government, for they are without a theless running risk of crossings country, living among people of port cities of the Far East are country. Land cannot be bought in the border:
The G. P.U. does not another race, and, in many cases, already burdened with refugees, China by foreigners but can only be hesitate to come on to Chinese tereiunder exceedingly trying elreammany of whom are more or less, leased for short terms. These leases fare only temporary, for the change of the world, They have been tried tory to attack those who are fleeing. stances, dependent. nor to fire on boats crossing the Hostility of the Soviet 11. Conditions under which these of an official may alter entirely the Axgun, Amor and Ussuri Rivers, nent and its agents has existed people have had to live in, thos contract, which may at any time be is claimed, killing outright, or from the time these refugees fled extreme northern parts of Man-revoked. There is, too, no limit to war as a means of self-defence; but nissing, men, women and children.
Along the frontier churia were well-nigh impossible. the amount of taxation that may love peace, are quiet, resourceful, With conditions Siberia sumi-'The winters are long and the be imposed, or the frequency taxes unbearable to ease people because weather extremely cold there. Liv may be collected, ciently sible for them to fit in well whére-to run auch risks it is preposterous many adverse circumstances these ing. conditions of the Chinese among 19, The cost' of resettling Russian refugees living in people ax a rule seemed to fare whom they had to reside were far Manchuria these refugees who have to exp: Manchuria to return to Russia or better than their neighbours ti Ticlow what they were used to in been driven from their homes would
take out Soviet citizenship and re-across the Tine in Soviet Russi Russia. It does not seem fair be considerable. The homes of many were burned, and the cattle tionary and other undesirable ideas main in China, Life for them in When the conflict broke out be-force them to go back to the same Jand other belongings were carried as held by the Soviet leaders of Rus-this part of the work! since the tween Russia and China the killing territory and have to begin 1 to the Russian side of the border, sia, It was due to this they left Revolution has been bad enoussh of hundreds of White Russians on over again there under such condi their native land, Their ideas of Such houses as were left standing Since the beginning of the Sino the Chinese side of the border was tions, even if protection were guar-at the time have in many cases since government are the same as held Russian conflict last year. life has to be expected because of enmity anteed. by those among whom they would Yecomie even more unbearable, One held by the Reds against the Whites 12. Little protection was had been destroyed or looted of everything of value. Thoke who were not! dwell in North or South America, needs only to visit those sections living in China. these refugees while living in Man-robbed before they left their homes, they maybe expected to fall in with long the Chinese Eastern Railway 8, From the beginning' of the chorion territory, though it' must were nearly all relieved of warm the political ideals and aspirations where the people have been rob-present Russian regime there has be said that the Chinese as a whole clothing, cattle, wagons and other of those with whom they may be bed and looted of everything, 8 the been a general policy to break treated them with fairness, and ings along the way by soldiers! permitted to dwell through the writer has done repeated! if possible, that there was up trouble between who had become bandits. 'The' coming. year Row despicable has been, and how This has made life here uncertain Russians in Manchuri them and the Chinese" population people are, therefore, without home: 7. These White Russian refugees Hopeless remains, their condition. among whom they lived. But since seattle, wagons, household effects, oF give every promise of becoming We were in France during the and undesirable for m the Chinese civilians and the Chi-money. Clothings was taken from good citizens. It ix the dream of great War but saw nothing worse nese military have run away the backs of hundreds eyne after they, nearly every one of them to get to 4. The number of than what has existed for months from all that region where once packed the railway, and not a few tic then they. would tke fo veneer North Americns It thin 1 n@t pone swered by Ked Rus at Pohetu (Bukutu) up the western the refugees made their homes, agents along the Manchurian border Tine of the railway. Although there there will be even less protection at the beginning of the recent conis danger from typhus, which "has for them from the Chinese, and, Thousands came to Harbin, or are)!" South Am ict ix estimated at from 500 to raged here in the refugee camps of course, none from the Soviet being cared for at other places along Where, Pern fa 1,000. Some think the latter mu for many weeks, it remains a task In fact, even more the railway line, absolutely destitute, idence and & ch ber small, for it is still impo: having nothing with which to begin|!hood may be had. may be expected now to get the refugees to return to to ascertain the whereabouts life over again. Some were enable earnestly" hoped that "any their former places of residence in from the Russians across the: to save their cattle by avoiding' the who May be able to render gadist-many who are missing. The C the Three Rivers and other districts -|border. We must not then be sur-nese authorities claim that 2,000 highways, but plague broke out] ance in resetting these people, in Mellungkiang Province, for prised that few of the refugees! among the cattle and carried away some other part of the arid, will, Chinese civilians were massacred hostility of the Soviets across the desire to return again to that part] do. whatever' is within their, the same time. This is mentioned order and bands of Russian and of Manchuria. Those who have re 20.-the high cost of living thus rendering a sorvied of;)nusual because the same conditions may Chinese robbers and Soviet agents turned report that it is impossible Manchuria as compared with yether blessing and help to many ala time he expected these White the Chinese side make life unfor the Chinese to protect them. of unusual need, parts of China adele another burden, Russians remain in Manchuria and 13. We would not fail to give break out between (On account of high freight rates the Chinese authorities credit for because of these condi-China and Russia. It is generally this part of the country, high rate such assistance as they have interest, constant fictuation tions th Refugee believed that the great slaughter rendered in helping the relief com-the money market and constant de-
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