Dr. Yen Likely to Resign Peking, Dee. 2.
It is rumoured to-day that Premier Chin Yun-peng is preparing to resign. Yesterday it was reported that the Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Yen Wei-ching hag determined to quit his office he cannot get the military authorities in Mongolia and Manchuria to guarantee better treatment to the Russians. Of the time of the withdrawal of recognition' from the Russian Minister, Prince Koudachaff, Dr. Yen gave his foreign friends to understand that, if he could not deal with the Russian situation as he saw fit, he would not hold office. He was given ample rope, and it would now appear that his failure to ensure good treatment to Russians on the frontiers is interpreted in the Waichiaopu as a serious loss of face, Dr. Yen would therefore like to quit.
Fevo's DisincLination FOR
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