Kuling, July 26.
Borodin arrived in Kuling on July 15 accompanied by. some half dozen Russian men and women.
The. whole party stayed the Fairy Glen Hotel. Borodin. was protected by civilian gunmen, who} ied automatics concealed in thole clothing. These men accompanied Borodin wherever he went. When hho entered the hotel lounge, they sat about in the seats round him and, when he went in to a. meal, they: stood behind his table. "In addition hho had an escort of about a dozen men too made ives thoroughly at home in tel chairs and lounge: Borodin's face is much' thinner' than it was six months ago. He looks " sick man, He showed' himself very suspicious of any one who approached his person, always asking what was his nationality, where he came from, ete. In fact, hho gave one the impression of being badly frightened man, 'The party lived on the fat of the Ind, The champagne flowed merily. One evening Borodin and Mrs, Prohme (the editress of the' "ifankow People's Tribune") alone after dinner, while sitting at small table and chatting, consumed two bottles of two wine, The party on several puld visits to the Russian pool. whole of one side would then be Mined by the military" escort with Arawn pistols, while Borodin bathed He did not walk much but generally took a chair back from the pool to the hotel, Tt had been Borodin's. intention to stay some time in Kuling and Ihe had arranged to lease a house in the Russian Valley as he fond the hotel too public, But on the afternoon of July 21 a special Russian courier avrived—Minin the Hankow Russian Consulate—from Hankow. On receipt -of hie news the whole" party' hurriedly gommiérced, to pack and left the gel? following morning, taking launch at Kiukiang for Ha set with them but it is Believed it did not give satisfactory service, as the only message receiv was press news from England reporting the movements of the Royal family, The party had a box filled with notes of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, This box was serowed to the Noor of Borodin's bedroom. (These gentlemen do not trust each other). The hotel bill of over $1,000 was paid by Chu Pei-teh's secretary out of Kinngsi Provincial Funds. Little do the poor Chinese of Kiangsi realize that their " hard-earned money goos to pay for champagne for Borodin and his crew, 'The Chinese in Kiukiang strongly' advised the writer not to go up to Kuling us they expected trouble there. They said that there were copie out to murder Borodin and he event might come off at any time.
The Chinese have officially taken over the administration of the Estate, They have placed a secretary in the Hatate Office, but he does rot seem to be there to do work as. spends most of his picnics. The private Estate. office has beet Comrade Lin, the Kiukiany Foreign Affairs, Comrade Lin is seldom self but, of course, finds it cheaper for his family to live ina stolen house than at the hotel, All Eugene Chen's children, cluding Perey, were at the Fairy!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.