Peking, Aug. 25.
The arrival of a new Soviet envoy in Peking and his reception by the "intellectuals," mostly the Peking Government University, has aroused in the Chinese press much comment and controversy which by now must have been echoed to some degree in Shanghai, The extraordinary plenipoientiary of the Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic who has come among us is Mr. A. A. Joffe (pronounced Yoffé), whose pre-war record is obscure, but who was associated with Trotsky on the first. military commission after the revolution. He subsequently nego-fiated treaties with Latvia and Esthonia. He was once the Soviet Minister to Germany, but was expelled because of his alleged participation in Spartadist con-Spiracies. He was one of the Russian delegates to the late lamented Genoa conference. Mr. Joffe was expected in Peking two years ago by the Bolshevist vanguard here at the time Mr. Yourin arrived rather unexpectedly in his stead.
. The intellectuals who received him, were. the representatives of 14 radical organizations and were led by Tsai Yuan-pei, head of the Peking University, Hu Shih (Hu Suh) and others of nation-wide influence within the student and professorial classes. The Chinese papers give a complete list of the 14 organizations. It is not necessary to name them all to get an impression of their general character. They included the Anti-Christian Society, the New Tide Society, the Anti-Religious Society, the Principles of Karl Mavx Society, and what not.
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