Unlikelihood of Chinese Taking Action Against Reds row Our Owx Conssroncent A most curious situation hias been created in North China and especially in Manchuria owing to the Ne-with Soviet Russia. It has its amusing features since it is Marshal Chang Tso-lin and the Northern War-Lords who have 20 often openly declared themselves enemies to the Russian Communistic "Party, Most foreigners living in these parts think that the Chinese authorities who hold power in the north, will take some action and, following the ead of Nanking, insist that, Soviet Consulates and vernment institutions are withdrawn. This view is not taken by the writer, who thinks that, for the time being' at any rate, the status quo will not be disturbed, Principally' on account of the com: plicated position of the Chinese Eastern Railway—the spinal cord of north Manchuria. Marshal Chang is far too busy with things in the cap-Ital, where his fature is not at all clear, to bring about change here, where everything is working smoothly and prosperity "exists.
must not be forgotten that Man-churld is supplying him with miltions Which enables him to maintain his army and Keep him in much needed. funds.
E.R, The Main Factor His trusted lieutenant is Tuchun Wa of Heilungkiang, who is like-Wise commander-in-chief of the Manchurian defence, who spends his time between Bfukden and his own capital, Tsitsihar. General Wu is an immensely rich man who is still amassing wealth, being far more interested in the future of this rich and undeveloped territory than in polities. Nothing would be gained by closing the "Soviet Consulates, ete, in Manchuria, for the Soviet of the C.. R, would still unless the Chinese decided ize the Railway itselt—which Present moment would hardly pay them to do, as they have ne-Knowledge Soviet Russia to be the joint owners. "Such an action would cither mean the invasion by Soviet troops into the C, BE. R. area of the entry of Japanese troops for protective purposes at the request of the Chinese, Neither of these courses can possibly appeal to the Chinese offcias, for then the north Manchurian milch-cow—the Railway would become sterile overnight.
The Railway now is earning more money than it ever did, and. the which are being received Russian railway officials are_working smoothly with their Chinese colleagues, and are even more desi-yous on spending money on the further development and improve ment of the C. E.R. than the Chinese themselves. The Russian cenenier oak potty, bare gressive, whilst apparently the Soviet offiiais in the Dalbank, Dalstorn, and other semi-government institutions are leaving polities alone and confining themselves: to business, pure and simple, China Recent domestic political changes indicate that Russian having learnt a bitter Iession through their failure to troduce Communism in south central China, are already changing their foreign' policy in China, Undoubtedly there is a drawing-together between Soviet Russia and Japan as far as the Far East is concerned, so that what position China will occupy has still to be determined, and this must remain unsolved until she emerges from the present chaos.
The attitude of local Chinese many matters is being ized in foreign circles. in press being more or less muzzled and Russians having nobody responsible to appeal to, the game of skinning the rabbit goes on merrily. Harbin boasts of one Russian evening paper the "Rupor" which used to appear at 1 pin, ly, but without warning the pub-lice administration issued an order that no evening peper could appear before 3p. m. The reason for this was that the official organ in Rus-also to issue an evening paper. The latter was short-lived, for it. contained no news except some official information which interested but few Russians, Whether or not the editor of the "Rupor" can get tthe police to allow his paper to appear at the original hour remains to be seen. Russian daily papers are now only allowed to contain six pages except "holiday issues" which may be eight. Whether the origin of this new regulation is due to the same source or const count of the Soviet organ "Malva" being often of eight pages or more, is not quite clear.
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