The Archive · 1924

Politics Hindering Work

of Committee From Our Own Correspondent.

Harbin, Mar. 13 The outcome of the visit of Dr. Greig, the of Netions Aslegate, concerning the Russian refugee "question has been. the forming of & local international committee which includes repte-Sentatives of Great Britain, Americ, France, Japan and Ghhina, who will collect all netossary information required.

'Though Dr. Greig is most impartial' in hie views, favouring Reither Whites nor Reds, whether {the conanittee will be equally impartial hes stil to be proved.

tated that ne or two of the members have Been on very friendly relations with White onganizations in Harbin and. perhaps. will toot be impartial. If this i 50] the result would be that only re-tigees who wish to emigrate to foreign, lands "would be. found, even if many of the latter were scarcely desirable aliens.

That shore will be no_co-operstion on the part of the Soviet aumitted to the Langue of Nationt mitted. to or unless Dr. Naneen and. the Geneva Advisory Committee come to some understanding with Moecow, in pretty certain, for the attitude taken by the local Sovi authorities is thst the Russian reforce question la "home mat ten," not one for outside inter ference 'As has already beea stated the Soviet authorities moan to start fu' organization of their own take up thie question with the' Chinese authorities; thus shall find he Chinese, author will, have to deal with two distinct bodies, which will have nothing

consequences mean. a conimen wit each other The of friction. which. will "handicap the "solving" of this, important question. the public bear no relation to the actual facts of the case. The Government naturally had ite responsibilities in respect to foreign nations in relation to} responsibilities it could in no way ignote, in The withdrawal, of Rumian troops Pee S Sonn from' Outer Mongols, "isa manifest

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