File No. 861.00/1740
The Consul at Harbin (Moser) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 5, 1.48 a.m.]
Officially [announced] that Semenov force has advanced to right bank of Onon River. As force nearly doubled by Cossacks, volunteers [Page 151] will endeavor to cross Onon and hold station of Olovyannaya ninety miles east of Karymskaya [omission] and await there the receipt of further arms from Japan including armored [cars] now en route, also help, before undertaking to advance beyond junction. Has now advanced appliances [headquarters] one mile west of Manchuria [Station] and has requested Chinese Eastern Railway to assume operation of [omission] lines as he advances. Is still receiving money and arms from British and Japanese Governments. His advance has aroused enthusiasm and force is said to have [increased] for past ten days.