Mandate of Nationalist Government Served Upon Whangpoo Road Organization Following the agitation whi ich has taken place in Shanghai recently, and coming on top of that the Communist rising in Canton, the Soviet Consulate officials on Thursday, received notice from the Nationalist authorities to leave Shanghai: A secretary of the Kuomintang halided the officials their passports at fi yesterday, and it is understood that they have been given until Wednesday to take their departure from Shanghai.
The serving of the. notice on the Soviet officials was unaccompanied by any incident, and eve rything was quiet in the vicinity of the Consulate, where police were stationed.
The following statement has been issued by the Kuo Min Agency—the official organ of the Kuomintang:—Ina mandate dated December 14 the Nationalist Government ordered that recognition accorded to the Consuls of the Union of Soviet! Socialist Republics stationed various provinces under the jurisdic tion of the Nationalist Government shall be withdrawn and that, the Soviet State commercial agencies in the various provinces shall also. suspend their functions. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is instructed to superintend its subordinate organs and to act in con-Junction with the other government! authorities concerned to put into execution this mandate with due! care and vigilance, The Sequel to Canton by various reports that the Soviet Consulates and the Soviet State commercial agencies in areas withia the jurisdiction of the tionalist Government have been used as headquarters of Red propaganda and asylum for Communists. An exposure of these facts hus been so far withheld by the Government in view of the International relations existing between China and Russia.
On the 1th of the present month, a rising took place in the city of Canton culminating in the forcible occupation of the city by the Communists, who out off all communications and burnt, plundered, and massacred throughout the city, This startling event] with all its disastrous con. sequences is reninly attributed to the fact that the Communists have!
This momentous step was forced by the startling event which oceurred in Canton on the Ith of the! current month, when the Communists took forcible occupation of the city, followed by an orgy of plunder, masuaere, and incendiarism. It was discovered that this rising was made possible because the Soviet Con-alate end the Soviet State commercial agencies were actually ac~ complices of the Communists, having Tong" since permitted the use of their premises as a base for communist operation. Not considering the material damages consequent to} such armed disturbance, but the fact iteclf that the quarters of diplomatic representatives, enjoying fas they do such rights of immunity, hould be used us headquarters of Red propaganda and asylum for} Coumpnists, is a most flagrant] violation of international ethics.
The Government is in receipt of various reports to the effect that] visitige of a similar nature a th tone which occurred in Canton have been planned to take place in other important districts within the Nationalist jurisdiction, incidental to fan eladorae programme of the Communist Party for the destruction of the Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government. The Party and the Government are determined to stamp out the Communists, whose presence has always been a source fraught] with incalculable dangers, with all the resources at their disposal, which the execution of this mandate must '3e considered us a substantial step forward, The Nationalist Mandate The following ix a translation the mandate of the Nationalist Government:—
The Nationalist Government thas, for some time, been informed availed themselves of the Soviet Consulate and the Soviet State]
Commercial Agencies as a base to direct their operations, and the fear is entertained that oceurronees of like nature may take! place elsewhere,
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