Meanwhile the Soviet documents sized at Peking are being examined.
The Times correspondent says that the papers indicate a Soviet expenditure in China of about £2,000,000 during 1926 and 1927. Borodin receiven 14,000 gold dollars a month, though out of that sum be hod to pay his staff. One letter from Borodin refers eontemp- tously to the slovenliness and ignorance of the Chinese generals. Among the papers are various recommendationi for hastening the revolution. There is, for example, a memorandum from a young woman who urged the forma- tion of a group of women assassins to work among the Northern military leaders. She proposed the use of poison in order that the victims might die slowly and painfully. On the whole Moscow is plainly disappointed by the results it has obtained so far. An explanation of the failure by Bukharin which is published in the Soviet organ lzvestia is worth mentioning. Bukharin says that the Soviet " pretended " to co-operate with Chiang Kai-shek because he was a useful companion for part of the revolutionary journey, but that it was alreaty
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preparing for the " inevitable split " with when "he dealt us a treacherous blow before we iverc ready." "Treacherous' in this context is excellent.
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