THE MONCOL MENACE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 95, 26 August 1913, Page 4

THE MONCOL MENACE.

The Mongol menace to the nortken. frontiers of China, an ever-preseni source of anxiety, appears to be verv real at this time. 'The bare hills surrounding the old frontier town o Kalgau,; a corespondent of the Sydne;.

.Morning Herald says, are ringing onci again with the tumult of the armed camp. : The sous of the Gobi desert' have sent their flocks to distant graz ing grounds, gathered their horses, marshalled their warriors, and furbish'ed their .weapons.; Large supplies arms and ammunition liavo been ac quired from Russia, and distributee among the braves. With rifle and pony the Mongol is at home on tin

Gobi. Tor food the plainest faro sui fiees, and pony and man are able to en dure the greatest hardships and niovi, with incredible swiftness. ..- For un erring aim and magnificent horseman ship, the Mongols are unequalled Backed by Russian officers they are mo bilising their forces for a descent upor China, first through the Kalgan Pass and fhen through another entrance t: the west, near the Shahsi frontier. months past the Mongol hordes hav< ravaged the northern districts oi China, putting the colonists and the: families to the sword, devastating their lands and appropriating then Hocks and herds. The Chinese sol diery have shown little opposition. Tlr men are mutinous, and discipline i c practically non-existent. The Mongols hover about them daily. A night, when the soldiers sleep, the; place men about the camps and mak unexpected attacks, which utterly de moralise the Chinese, who claim tha iho Mongol cannot "play the game.'' -