Tense Prom Ove Own Connesronvest Harbin, Apr. 20. of Soviet citizens
onses are similar in every way t0 mate in. thee the occurrences which were seen he Spring of 192," using the whole of jer whether harbin to another conflict will break' out before the end of June. Such a lconiict is not likely to start before the departure of the League Enquiry Commission from Manchuria, but there are many, signs of its Jcoming, which no doubt will be noted the' members of the League Commission. themselves. bout ten days, sin the Japanese troops. which had gone out to quell the Old Kirin forces, returned' to Harbin and both Generals Tamon and Hasebe stated [that their task had been accomplished ithe country having been cleared of fall bandits and demoralised soldiers Jof the old government, yet now these same "bandits have. returned jin full force, taking back all the towns which they evacuated on the approach of the Japanese. The feast line has been deliberately cut the New Kirin troops who are tral to meet "the Old. Kirin, or who perhaps do not want to fight their own nationals, thus making lit necessary for the Japanese to send out fresh forces to clear the country once more, a job which, at the "present moment. is almost imsible owing to shocking roads Jand foliage hiding the movements Jof the enemy from the aeroplane 'General Ma Chan-shan is, safely jengconced at' Sakhalyan where it Twill be impossible to get ai Jexcopting by the river. The Chinese [gunboats on the Sungari are of value, but there are some now the [Japanese flag, and though these may on the Sungari, their entrance into the Amur would be a violation treaties. There are always at Toast a couple of Soviet gunboats stationed at the mouth of the /Sungati on the Soviet side of the Amur, and these would never permit Jany gunboats of another nation pass up the Amur. to Sakhalyan. Phe Soviet have some very powerfal Jgunboats on the river, the flotilla Jeonsisting of sixteen craft. with many gung, Therefore it would Jappear that General Ba can quietly stay all the summer on the banks Jof the Amor, making his prepara os another the Machi cles tat cal of Memo tort the ae oer eae eons she ners Baar Pee Samia ct ah, arr army and at cee ies Pert pas Sano pert tine ts, peste pele goes arm Th ele it}in. Harbin, ern teco dae ale inten a Eocene cee every day, and thee ce eae Fiza na Saget and Peay gore Meet there will be no clash at all seems
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