The Archive · 1929

Communist Propaganda

Unfortunately recently, in Eh Territory, there have been id evidences of Soviet agent spreading Communist propaganda aiming to endanger the government and its social system, For the der, the Manchurian have taken over the Chinese El 1y and have closed down the Soviet, Consulate at Hi The Chinese Authorities forced to carry out the above acts owing to the civeumstances mentioned.

According to the reports of the the Soviet the Chinese Eastern rail not faithfully carried out of the 1024 agreement.

Therefore the action of the National Government should not be regarded as a violation of the 1924 ports from the Three Esstern Pro-Vinees to the effect that the Soviet manager and other important Russian officials of the Chinese Railway frum the very begining. Ihave never observed the terns of the 1924 Sino-Russian Agreement the provisional management of the Chinese Eastern Railway. For the past several years, the said manager and others hive on nu-nervous occasion acted ilegally and, Jexceeded their lawful authority, making it impossible for the Chinese leficials of the railway to carry out their duties according to the sgreenent. Furthermore, the Soviet members often utilized the said railjway for propaganda, thereby inten tionally violating the stipulations Jef the Sino-Russian Agreenent. For these reasons, the authorities the Three Eastern Provinces are constrained to take this necessary faction against the Chinese Eastern Railway. we are not reopens. {le forthe violation of the Sino-Russian Agreement and the sgreement coneening the provisional management of the Pailway is very, 1000. Chinese Merchants Seized Again, from the reports of our [Embassy "and Consulates in Russia, we have Tearnt that the Soviet Government has arrested more than 1,000 of our merchants without an. pwovoration whatever. Most Chi nose merchants there have been reduced to wretched circumstances due The National Government will always welcome the subjects of the Soviet and Soviet merchants in China, but the arrest of the Russians in Manchuria was only just, being necessary for the suppression of communist propaganda and for the maintenance of order in Manchuria—Reater.

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