Mukden, Nov. 4.
The delay on the part of the new Soviet Envoy in proceeding to take up his post in Peking sitreting no little attention and gi se to a Kinds of reports. His prolonged stay in Mukden has been, to say the least, unusual. He arrived here on October 12, and was unfortunate enough to arouse the suspicion the authorities here by the words "ad into appearing after his several titles on his visiting card. The authorities feared that he was merely deputizing for. Karakhan, who was, of course, non persona greta, Moscow had to assure the Waichiaopy that Karakhan had re-simed his post as Ambassador to China and that Comrade Chernich was now the accredited represents tive of the Soviet Government, assurance was passed on to Mukden and Marshal Chang then consented to receive the new envoy, but not before he had been kept waiting for' ten days.
That was a fortnight ago and Comrade Chernich has not yet taken train for Peking. According to report, he has declared his intention of remaining until he has re-opened the Russo-Mukden Conference. If that be true, his stay is likely to be prolonged, inasmuch as the authorities here' take—the attitude that the conference. in Mukden cannot be re-opened until after the conference in Peking has been re-opened. any rate, Comrade Chernich has for the moment retraced his steps. He left for Harbin on Tuesday avowedly to discuss railway' matters with the director of the Chinese-Eastern Railway.
Rumour, however, associates the stay of Comrade Chernich in Manchuria to instructions from Moscow to the effect that he was to delay his arrival in Peking in order that he present his credentials tothe Cantonese Government which Moscow anticipated would be funetioning in Peking about the middle of last month. Tt is recalled, too, that Karakhan last year arrived in Muk-' den and was received by the Marshal on the very day that Kuo! Sung-ling raised the standard of revolt against Chang Tso-lin, To say the least. the coincident is
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