In 1917 the Bolshevik revolution broke out and the banks being nationalized by a decree of December 27 all properties in their hands were seized, and therefore all the} undelivered bonds of the Russian issue of the Reorganization Loan which had been kept in the vaults; of the Russo-Asiatic Bank in Petrograd for exchange against the remaining certificates, fell into the hands of the Bolshevik Government, At first it was believed that the Moscow Government had no intention to appropriate for its own use the bonds kept in the banks for, account of private individuals and it seems that this was true until! 1919, after which it appeared that Bolshevik agents were attempting to sell such bonds on various foreign markets.
The foreign owners began to lodge protest with their respective Governments. and from August, 1919, these Governments, viz., the Dutch, Swiss, French and Belgian, requested the Chinese Government to take measures (1) to stop payment of the coupons of the Russian issue unless the holders could prove their right of ownership (2) to! assure payment of interest to holders of provisional certificates, After prolonged effort to find a way out of the difficulty the Chinese Government issued the advertisement referred to in the Note of the Soviet Mission.
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