Taurspay, Dec, 22.
The following official report re-Burding the Soviet Consulate in Shanghai has been issued:
According to information received rom the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, the local Soviet Consular officials Ihave been permitted by the Special Commissioner of Foreign Affairs Jor Kiangsu to postpone their departure till Saturday, the 24th instant, The reason for the delay, it is reported, is mainly due to the. fact that the str. Sishan, which has been "chartered by the So officials to convey their entire staff '0 Vladivostok, has not been able to clear her cargo as promptly a3 expected. Another' report which: has since been confirmed, is: to the effect that the Soviet! Government is. arranging with, one of the European countries to take over all Soviet Consular! affairs in China and that the local: Boviet authorities are waiting for Smatructions from their home government before their departure, Over 130 Soviet, subjects have registered with the Bureau of Foreign Affairs since December 17, ly 28 have applied and obtain passports. The number of "White" Russians who have present ed themselves and requested to be: registered as such was double that of the Soviet Russians, as a result of the announcement made by the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs to ihe effect that failure on the part of all self-declared "White" Rus-inno to register will automatically nullify their self-declared statu While the local authorities have not yet made known their plans urding the treatment of Russians, th Soviet and "White", who fail to register within the ' specified time, namely, December 16 to 23, St is generally believed that adequate measures will be taken to watch and guard against any subversive activities on their part, be they Soviet agents or self-dedo of "Whites."—Kuo Min, Teeny ete 20 Re yesterday, who arrived in Shanghai from Hankow fon Tuesday, the Communists situation in Shanghai showed no change. About 7.90 am. the usual parade of motor vehicles drew up at Haute "in Whangpoo Road, and carried off baggage and personnel, On this oteasion the procession wended its way to the N. Y. K. Wharf, where passengers boarded the Nagasaki Maru, to proceed vi Japan for Siberian ports.
More Risings Moped For The matter of interest to foreigners in Shanghai is the prognos-Weation of the Hankow officials that Communism by no means is dead in the interior, and that in spite of the wholesale executions, there are Probabilities of another Chinese Red uprising. Several of the paso openly boasted that they wou! turn to Chinn shortly. They a serted that their work among the residents of the Wuhan cities and the surrounding country has, not been in vain, and that the seeds of Communism are ripe. Chinese leaders have been appointed, who, they. tate, will force the country. into. open Sovietism. Rifles and pistols with an adequate supply of am munition are being held in readiness for the sighal—then the deluge, Such was the parting. boast.
In Shanghai the Reds have not Jost hope. They are dillydallying and are hoping to convince the Nationalists that severance of commercial rolations—which implies Soviet agents working in disguise the port—will mean a loss to the Chinese incommensurate with momentary political gain. Foreign acvisers have approached the Chinese authorities with various schemes to prolong the apparent inevitable. They have suggested that the hongs cannot Tiquidate their business in the (we weeks "which the Chinese have allowed them, further suggesting hat more or less permanent officials should be stationed here under nominal (?) Chinese supervision.
The Ministries of Communication, Finance, and Foreign Affairs in a joint meeting, according to the Chinese press, have already decided to establish a Shanghat Bureau for: the administration of the Soviet commercial affairs.
Further reports support the suggestion made in our issue yesterday that the Centrosojus will not Viqaidate, but will function in' reality as before.
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