Blamed nex Our OWN ConuesvoxoenT
Harbin, Dee. 6. led in the Russian language in Harbin has been printing articles for, the cir" larger oven a atdke inthe, Inhabitants and. to prove the fe to. understand pretty Past few days of a nature to frighten Manchuria, and sympathised with [ofers 4 of bringing Japanese Manqhura, ind, aympathsed with cops, into the own for the Due movies in Chine, T sometimes feel when 1 go about in' which. they the people, superstition everywhere the eet are still bound, that the. old folks are a power in the Lig families, when I sec the happy faces of th Tittle girls and [sometimes think thing is changing and that]
still the old China.
Yet there are signs of chang-and) that it is still the better. Many "people are read~ ing, and mere' are. anxious to Team. In many villages there are still schools having a curriculum Cased' on the Four Books, but mort lof these are being modified gradu {y, and most large villages: heve school under provincial. supervision. Orders have "been" given) here as elsewhere to take steps to estab Schools forthe teaching E'really' being done. While i takes phonetic, and in some, places,
2 long time to change old ways. of doing' things, the "minds of the People do seem to be receptive of ow ideas. There is. still great weight of inertia and indifference, but there is enough responsiveness to. make one hopeful. {fansportation is not improving and nothing is being done in this detract fo improve roads, There are. not even any'* motor bus routes anywhere in this region 0 far a Tam, formed. But. bicycles are. being tore "and more used, "and. one fects them on every" "main toad. Not only so but many towns have Tepair, shops, and. some carry ride live of spare parts, observance of St. Andrew's day. Preparations. for her imminent departure made it impossible for them fo'do much this year and so. more cas arranged. The hoo Mess" who spared no. pains in their effort' make the evening the great success jt'was. 'The haggis was brought in Captain W. G. Piteatrn, who in the cause' of the supper was presented with a silver' cigar box to marke the twenty-Afth anniversary jot his marriage, Gifts were also Presented to Mrs, Ross, who carries ith her the best wishes of all her friends Yor 'a quiet, restful, hands life in Scotland. pest of paccing' the forte The fuct of the matter is that the Civil "Administrator General Chang Ching-hui has, from the very first been on the "side of Japan, and Harbin would have " been occupied long ago by Japaneve troops but for the strong opposition of the Chief of alice, General Wang. hua, and the Chief of the Military Guavds-General Din Chao, Both of these mon have distinctly stated that their forces were entirely sufficient to cope with any: possible outbreak, and so far they have proved correct. "General Wang Jul-has been on duty himself every night, the slightest sign of any turbance being instantly quelled the police under his command, Thus those who are in favour of Japanese occupation of the town find themselves non-plussed, as nothing sufficiently serious happens to give an excuse for the intro-Jduetion of Jaganese troops. This Srould not necessitate, the bringing of soldiers into the town as there Jare now sufficient Japanese residents
least 700 strong, at any moment, who. form a battalion of at In the Japenese Military Mission plenty of _ammuni rifles and other' arms. During the interven tion of 1917 the Japanese brought much" artillery into Harbin and [when they evacuated the town, most of the artillery was left here in a large. warehouse which is strictly guarded by Japanese and where not even a Chinese coolie is permitted to enter. Therefore the occupation the town would take very little time, provided that only a. strong enough pretext was found to do so.
Ttis said that the "White Russians in Harbin are all read; to rise with the Japanese and. wil foe supplied with arms and \mmuniion by them, and in the event of such a thing occurring many would take revenge on the Soviet citizens, so that a scene of carnage might ensue, This should be avoided at all costs as it would complicate matters to such a degree that Jof the picture. Possibly Soviet Soviet Ruseia could not be Kept out Russia has also plenty of men reads ease of any emergency, but it is Jquite impossible to gain any know: Hedge on this point,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.