is warning is to the effect that:
(1) Tu any negotiation with the Russian Ambassador and/or his! government in reference to the Chinese Eastern Railway, the Administrative Government' of the Three Eastern Provinces must not only be consulted, but must ticipate on an equal footing.
(2) Any agreement arrived at between the Peking Government and the Russian government, in respect of Chinese Eastern the Railway, without the sanction of the Three Eastern Provinces, will not be recognized but will be' considered null and void.
"(8) The Three Eastern Provinees will take up arms in ease the Peking government and the Russian Ambassador act independently when negotiating any agreement concerning the Chinese Eastern_ Railway, "The Three Eastern Provinces reserve the right to demand a new system of accounting on the part of the Chinese Eastern Railway management, The management has claimed that the railway has shown a profit of some 2,000,000 yuan over and above the' profit shown by the previous management, but it would seem that this profit? has resulted through certain ae-counts contracted by the previous management having not been paid. This system of showing profits! is mot condoned by the Three Eastern Provinees inasmuch as, in the end, the railway will be burdened with unpaid accounts. This system of showing profits' may satisfy the Soviet government but it certainly is not approved by the Three Eastern Provinces.
"We commend this warning to your kind consideration.
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