Faom a: Counesroxvent Harbin, Nov. 29.
Hop—jump!—Hop-jump!—'The Soviet vice-Chairmen of the Board of the Chinese Eastern Railway are once again eatrying on their merry game of leap-frog in front of puzzled Chinese audience. Serebriakoff, Rakitin, Grandt, Serebri off again, Savrassoff "and now Lashevitch, have been rapidly suc-"coeding one another in this unstable during the last two years of the joint Sino-Soviet administration of the Chinese Eastern Railway, and the programme of their arrival, activity and departure—_has been more or tess the same Arrival—welcome—speeches and champagne. Then—banquets given and received to the aceompani-
growing friendship between ment of flowery speedes about the the Soviet and Chinese people, unit ce-operation, After this' a lo study of conditions and sudden discovery of lack of power or instruc. Mukden and" Peking ceeasury. tions making a protracted visit to
Finally when further delay: coming to business became possible, some disagreement principle would arise either with Moscow or the Chinese side, follow-by a recall, Farewell banquets tand speeches as above, Departure—Farewell speeches and ebampagiie.
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