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A big meeting was held on Saturday, th instant, at 1 pam, at the University Hall,' under Mr. Chiang "Mon-lin's, the' Acting Reetor's chairmanship, to celebrate the signing of the Russo-Chinese Agreement. Mr. L. M. Karakhan, who was accompanied by a few members of the Soviet Mission, was enthusias tically greeted upon his appearance on the platform. The Soviet Plenipotentiary" Representative's speech, addressed to the students of the National University, was to the following effect "Today you celebrating the resumption of mutual relations between the Chinese people and the people of the Soviet Union. I wi to congratulate you on this day, and tell you—the future hope of China—that yours is no small part in the efforts which led to the completion of the Russo-Chinese Agreoment, The Soviet's Battle, "Of course, you all know what this Agreement is, you have pro-ably read it; so that T need not talk about it to-day. What T wish to say now Is something about the unwritten part of the Agreement, but one which is perhaps more valuable and precious and which both you and we keep in our hearts. Indeed, when you insisted and demanded that relations be restored with the Union even without the Agreement being necessarily signed; it was because you realized that the crux of the matter was not in the articles of a treaty, but in the establishment of friendship with the 'Union of our Revolutionary Republies, Well did you realize that the Union had, for five long years, bat~ led against world Imperialism, that had' won this battle and. Is now stretching out its hand of friendship and succour to the Chinese people, which has many years yet before it of strenuous and, eventually, bloody straggle for national freedom and Jiberation from Imperialism, Proof of Bolshevik's Goodwill, "As you know, the Agreement which we have signed is not, as it Usually happens, the outcome of a struggle: it is but a manifestation of our goodwill, our respect for the Chinese people, the redemption—in fact—of our own promises. Such an Agreement China will not be able to sign so easily with any other Power, unless she does after a ten-factious' struggle. The greatest woe and misfortune of the Chinese people, that which makes it suffer and. keeps your great nation in a pos tion of almost a semi-colonial country—let me be frank with you—are the treaties which exist between ina and the Imperialistic foreign These treaties have fettered your national liberty, happiness and welfare. The happiest event for your people will be to throw off these chains and conquer the: same national freedom and independence as were achieved by the peoples of the Soviet Republics.
"Now, how ought the struggle to be carried on? You, who are but one part of the Chinese people, cannot do it by yourselves, though I do now that every one of you is ready to die, if necessary, for the happiness of your people. Your task is to make the great majority of the Chinese people understand your own conception of your people's welfare, Drive Out Imperialism, You. must, each of you, open the "people's eyes on the Imperialistic treaties that stifle it, and in this respect you have an excellent arm in your hands in the shape of the Agreement just concluded; you must explain and compare it with those that are a bond upon the Chinese people. You must explain that the Agreement signed with the Soviet Union as an example of such treaties as China must strive to complete Swith all countries.
"We have driven Imperialism out of our country, but only then shall we be satisfied when there will not be a single oppressed nation in the world. When you will be strong enough to start the battle against the Imperialism, which is oppressing your country, you may be assured of the sympathies with your cause of the people of the Union.
"Long live the brotherhood of. the peoples of China and the Union! Long live China, independent and: free from Imperialism!"
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.