The Russian newspaper, "Shanghai Echo". on Thursday published an interesting report of a meeting which took place at the premises of the "Shanghai Life," a Bolshevik organ, on the previous day in connexion with the action by the Chinese Government.
The meeting is described as "very conspirative," which may be taken to mean exclusive to the point of secrecy. The matter discussed, says the report, was the question of replacing the outgoing Russian Consul by a special representative to watch the interests of Russian citizens in Shanghai. There was a prolonged discussion and a lack of unanimity which was eventually settled by compromise.
The meeting decided to request the representatives of the Verkhne-Udinsk and Vladivostok Governments in Peking to appoint, by mutual consent, a special representative to act as Consul in Shanghai. The meeting was largely in favour
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