ointed
out to him the illegality of his acts, inasmuch as he was not authorized
by his Government to treat with the Bolsheviki when the Soviet
Government had not been recognized by Peking. Wang Tsao-tsun and his
advisor Fu Hsiang were palpably confused at finding we knew of his
secret meetings with the Bolshevik agents. He assured us that his guard
was sufficient to prevent any such pogrom. It was quite true that his
guard was very capable, as it consisted of well trained and disciplined
soldiers under the command of a serious-minded and well educated
officer; but, what could eighty soldiers do against a mob of three
thousand coolies, one thousand armed merchants and two hundred gamins?
We strongly registered our apprehensions and urged him to avoid any
bloodshed, pointing out that the foreign and Russian population were
determined to defend themselves to the last moment. Wang at once ordered
the establishment of strong guards on the streets and thus made a very
interesting picture with all the Russian, foreign and Chinese patrols
moving up and down throughout the whole town. Then we did not know there
were three hundred more sentinels on duty, the men of Tushegoun Lama
hidden nearby in the mountains.

Once more the picture changed very sharply and suddenly. The Mongolian
Sait received news through the Lamas of the nearest monastery that
Colonel Kazagrandi, after fighting with the Chinese irregulars, had
captured Van Kure and had formed there Russian-Mongolian brigades of
cavalry, mobilizing the Mongols by the order of the Living Buddha and
the Russians by order of Baron Ungern. A few hours later it became known
that in the large monastery of Dzain the Chinese soldiers had killed the
Russian Captain Barsky and as a result some of the troops of Kazagrandi
attacked and swept the Chinese out of the place. At the taking of Van
Kure the Russians arrested a Korean Communist who was on his way from
Moscow with gold and propaganda to work in Korea and America. Colonel
Kazagrandi sent this Korean with his freight of gold to Baron Ungern.
After receiving this news the chief of the Russian detachment in
Uliassutai arrested all the Bolsheviki agents and passed judgment upon
them and upon the murderers of the Bobroffs. Kanine, Madame Pouzikoff
and Freimann were shot. Regarding Saltikoff and Novak some doubt sprang
up and, moreover, Saltikoff escaped and hid, while Novak, under advice
from Lieutenant Colonel Michailoff, left for the