Harbin, Jan. 20, A pitiable spectacle was presented by the first batch of released Chinese Prisoners from Russia, numbering about 300, who arrived here yesterday from Suifenho (Pogranichhaya). 'The haggard appearance of the men in their threadbare clothes betrayed their acute suffering. 'The local Chamber of 'Commerce' is now attending to the yolief of the unfortunate victims from Soviet Russia, General Chen Tse-yuan, Commander of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade, has been appointed as Garrison Commander of the Harbin-Manchali section of the C. B. R. and concurrently Garrison Commander of Manchuli and Hailar. Besides his an additional cavalry! battalion and an infantry battalion of the Heilungkiang Provincial Forces will also be placed under Commander Chen for the effective garrisoning of the two important clties—Kuo Min,
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