Peking, Sept. 29.
Rumours of big arms purchases by Chang Tso-lin through various mediums have been numerous here Intely. It is now confirmed on ths invest authority that great quantities of arms and ammunition are nex coming into Manchuria from; Vladivostok, presumably under anese auspices, or at all events with the permission of the Japanese authorities. There is much ulation upon the purpose of tacso purchases here in Tke general assumption Jers returning from Mukden is that another descent upon Chihli is panned and that it will be made upon, an unprecedented scale. This Wa_ Pei-fu's people continue doubt and since the failure of the changehun conference, the theory has been advanced, particularly by the Chinese) press, that the Japan-osa are arming Chang Tso-lin \ngainst the, Bolsheviks.
This idea has taken root and our local authorities now say that both Japan and Soviet Russia went, into the conference determined that it should be a failure. Japan, they say, (and such gossip must be taken '2x what it is worth) entered upon the conference with the idea of making its failure an apology for strengthening her position in Manchuria, whils Joffe only wanted such "face" with the Chinese as his admission to the conference by the "gpanese and his subsequent refusal to meet their conditions would give him. As a theory this explanation is interesting and plause ible.
The entire Chinese nation and all foreign residents in China should now be closely interested to what use Joffe proposes to make: n China of the "face" that he has acquired at Changchun.
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