Reports received here to-day from The situation as regards _the tig" correspondents have anding over, by, Soviet Huss complained on the ping-wen has taken rather a eri their respective consuls that they are working at a disad-Government insist on this man Leing Vantage tical turn as the Manchuk their messages must reckoned as a criminal ton this man Long vantage Xtal thee eons mon: trial message to London lately sent cly one of the Harbin corres-'Adaits at Hleinking' Mrz pondents in duplicate via "Great wales at Hainking, Us Revehern and ovis: japan Norest' foreign correspondent Ruste must Rand' coco] 20 hotts and in the latter reached took in the former case more than must hand over Russian sources state that the 200 Jor 30 persons who were recently Kidnapped by bandits from Hengtaohhotze, on the eastern section of the Chinese Eastern Railway, are suffering terrible privation owing to the lack of proper food and clothing.
The captives are mostly Russian jand Chinese and among them are number of children—Reuter. cee aa coa rebels, murderers and all those who are fighting against Man-
Sig fo hain for years fighting against the Soviet PA such' strong "derns for their all his men are not ordinary bandits, The Ministry of the -Interior of Project to reform the Police Forces London in 10 hours, thus. showing. that the direct radio service from Harbin to Shanghai was held up. A telegram sent from Peking to Harbin on December did not in till December 11, thas days on the' way whereas in former days a letter Took only 3 days.
To-day a large quantity of mails which have been stranded at
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