As regards prisoners, some 200 Russians are interned in Harbin, there was no room for them "at Sunpei, These prisoners, chiefly young men, who were arrested just before the Soviet Revolutionary Azniversary, have nothing to grumble about. They are housed in a large railway building, which ly extrem ly well heated, and they are well fod, whilst their guards are not strict. They are allowed to receive weekly parcels of foodstuffs from outside, and occasional visits from their relations. Sunpei prisoners have now no complaints to make for heating and bathing arrangements; fare now satisfactory and the food is good and plentiful, for the railway president, has seen that the railway contributes a certain ssu) ply. The only Russians who have hard time are those in the Headquarters Staff, whose prison is former ice-house, and those Fuchiatien prison, which is anything but a model one.
Local residents have received several telegrams from relations and friends from Hailar, byw of China, stating that they are and not to worry about them. Act. wally all the railway towns west of the Khingan range up to Manchuli are isolated, there being neither Chinese nor Red troops there, whils: railway communication is eomple'e. ly cut off in the ordinary sense. 'The military authorities at Bukuty fare not yet allowing railwaymen oF others to go further west, so that the Chinese frontier line' on tye west is the Khinghan range.
Tt now appears that the picked troops of the Tsitsihar Governor never went to Hailar, but are se tered along the railway line west of Tsitsihfar up to the Khingan range, and are keeping strict watch on ther troops, and shooting looters arriving from further west, Volunteers Against Bandits At Hailar a volunteer corps of Russians and Mongolians was form. ed afler the troops ran riot and started looting, having first shot their commander. corps arm self with machine-guns and rifles: thrown away or taken from the soldiery; though they had started with pitchforits, scyths and] qi any ettler handy weapons. They have theniselves shot many soldier-looters and also soldiers fleeing from further west. 'The Red troops at Mancholiy hearing that Hailar being looted, sent an armoured train fall of troops to the later town, but, finding that order had been' restored by the Voluntees Corps, the train immediately returned.
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