Bolshevik Note from Harbin Peking, Dec. 11.
In addition to the ready response from the Waichiaopu, the Diplomatic Note on the subject of Kussian affairs in China has drawn a flank fire from Harbin, in the form of a memorandum' from a united conference of professional, railway and municipal associz~ tions, political parties and social organizations in the Chinese Eastern Railway area.
The preface to this memorandum states that "'it is the duty of the Conference to declare, in the name of the Russian working population of the Chinese Eastern. Railway, as follows "(1) All the measures that the Diplomats' Note proposes as, for instance, the maintenance of' the former Russian courts and their personnel, and the appointment of Russian advisers and judges by agreement between the Diplomatic Corps and the Chinese Government—will by no means satisfy the demands of Russians residing in China.
"((2) The final regulation of the relations between Russian and Chinese citizens can only be made by negotiations between China and the Far Eastern Republic, whose legal mission is now in Peking.
"(3) The regulation of the relations between Russians in China should be governed by a treaty between foreign Powers and Russia.
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(4) In the Diplomats' Note we see a desire to force the Chinese Government to decide the question of the condition of Russians in China in the interests of foreign citizens, and not of Russians, totally ignoring Russia, the country chiefly interested.
"In view of the above we, seeing in the action of the Corps a continuation of the policy of foreign Powers to force their will upon the Russian people and support the reactionary parties, protest most vigorously, and declare that no agreement, and no treaty with the Diplomatic Corps, regulating the relations between Russians, Chinese and foreigners, unless sanctioned by the Far Eastern Republic, can be legal and, there: fore, wil] not be binding upon
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