Peking, Dec. 2.
It is reported on what is believed to be good authority that some 10,000 Soviet troops, including cavalry, infantry and artillery, are concentrated on the Manchurian border, and that on November 30 party of about 150 Soviet cavalry crossed the border and carried out a raid on Chinese territory. The Chinese military authorities are hastily making "defensive pre-Parations, but the troops at their disposal are vastly outnumbered by the Red forces across the border, and it is not believed that they could successfully resist any possible offensive. Gen. Chang Tso-lin is understood to have appointed Gen. Chen Ching-lou commander-in-chief of the Chinese border troops.—Reuter.
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