Recruiting an Army in Zabaikal to be Sent to Kalzan Following is the translation of a Japandse semi-official desrfitch received in Shanghai:
The Soviet Government, with a view to organizing an army of Chinese in the Far East, began to recruit Chinese youths at Zabaikat on or about May 25 and at Man-chub at the end of May. They are being armed at Verkhneudinsk jand sent to Kalgan by motor cars. More than 500 have already been sent. The special object of thi organization of a Chinese army considered in some quarters to be the support of Gen. Feng Vu-hsiang, following close on the despatch of the Verkhneudinsk troops and also of some military equipment According to the—"Russkoe Slovo," a Russian newspaper Harbin, on the Gth instant, a mili. tary council held a meetings pro-aided over by the Couinander-Chief of the Siberian Army, and] discussed the situation in China and decided to give material support to Gen. Peng Vu-hsiang. Four motor trucks containing arms and ammunition were sent to Kalgan vid Troitscosaavsk. Six more trucks are being prepared to be sent to Paotao, in Inner Mongolia (within the region of Suiyuan Speeinl District). Tt was also d cided that strong propaganda should' be renewed among Communists in those districts under Chiang Kaishek's supervision.
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