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conciliatory and peaceable and has abandoned her extreme
policies. Anyhow she can never declare war against us, end therefore we have not mede any particular preparations for the defence of our North-Eastern regions. As regards the resumption of the telegraphic administration on the Chung Tung Railway (Chinese Eastern Railway), to which we are entitled by the Sino-Russian Agreement and the Washington Conference, it is merely for the sake of caution that we
are still negotiating its resumption peaceably instead of
by drastic measures. The Government of the Three Eastern
Provinces will treat all Russians, whether White or Red, as
before, provided the Russians keep themselves within their
proper bounds.
It is a fact that a portion of the Russians,
who have some power, have enlisted a number of Chinese
bandits and Korean desperadoes at Vladivostok, and provided
them with a good equipment of arms. We learn that these men will
will be sent to Urga under Yi Yi Fu Chi Hak in order to
create disturbances in the North-West of China. But since
they are mostly natives of Vladivostok, it is unlikely that
they will obey the order of the Russians to proceed to Urga.
Inevitably when the time comes, they will desert with their
arms, and Russia will not succeed in her plan. The hatred
of Communism of the people in Russia is just as keen as
that of the Chinese. Should war break out between Soviet
Russia and China, there will inevitably be trouble at home,
and the Russian authorities are aware of this difficulty.
Taking the above into consideration, we are convinced that
Russia cannot mobilize against China.
The questions of Fung (Yuk Cheung).
Mukden knows very well the importance of the defence
of the North West, and has devised proper measures for it,
and is busy making various military preparations, which must
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