About 1,000 refugees from Hailar, mostly natives of Chihli and Shantung who had migrated to Manchuria several months ago as set-tiers along the frontier districts, arrived here to-day from Mukden under the care of the Red Cross Society.
According to the refugees who ars now awaiting transport to their native homes, they evacuated Tal during the latter part of November when the Soviet attack—became more intense, 'The cruelty of the Soviet troops in their invasion of Matichuli and later Hailar was graphically described by the refugees, who stated that "Red" aeroplanes' turned their machine-guns, and the soldiers need their bayonets and swords upon the defenceless civilians, Their homes were me variably looted and then, burned down, The torture of "White" Russians, a number of whom wore that time living near Hailar, wag especially horrible, according to some of the eye-witnesses—Kuo Min,
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