Mukden, Jan, 16, The situation here jg still obscure. disquieting reports it' the Marshal will sit tight. His resignation at the present time would be @ tragedy, a fact which recognized by most people the Three Eastern Provinces, and much as he would like to retire it fg most probable that Chang. Teoslin will not resign at this june= ture. He has lost all confidence in his staff, excepting of course Yang ting, but he has the support of and Heilungkiang, and with that may yet retrieve his position, A small thing, but yet significant of returning confidence, is the fact that the local authorities have got busy again municipally. Snow which has been allowed to fon the side walks in heaps is. being removed, and there is a renewed liveliness in business circles. This is remarkable in view of the fact that bills aggregating twenty million yen, owed by the Government, are still outstanding. there ip Hie" or no evidence st According tv Japanese belief
Bolshevist activity in Manchuxia, Set a local Japanese newspaper Publishes the terms of a secret Erenty said to have been entered into Uetween Feng Yushslang and the Soviet Government of Russia where-the latter made sh advance of $5,000,000 to. Feng and. provided munitions which were to be trans ferred to Kuo Sung-lings A report to thig effect wes in' efreulation cjalmost two months age, and the reason why it appears again, according to my information, is that copy of the secret treaty was Miseovered on the person of Kuo wife when she was seized Hsinmunfu.
Work on the Mukden-Heitung railway has been stopped. The land through which the line is to pass has been conficeated and funds have been raised by local taxation, consequently the operations have not been viewed with pleasure.
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