ABSTRACT
IN the enormous province of Heilungkiang, General Chang Hai-peng, one of Japan’s friends, had proved a failure, and Chang Ching-huei, brought over from Harbin, had excused himself of the responsibility of taking charge. The rightful Governor, General Wan Fu-lin, was in Peiping, where he had been ill, and whence it was difficult for him to get back to his province. The men whom Japan tried to place in authority were both afraid of General Ma Chan-shan, who had come down from Taheiho, on the Amur, and given the Japanese a good fight at the Battle of the Bridges on the Nonni River. The Japanese had occupied Tsitsihar, contrary to the diplomatic assurances that they would not.
