Yen-kai as a member of the Kuomintang. He says that he was appointed to the Shanghai position in February, 1927, by the Central Political Council at Nanchang with Genaral Chiang Kai-shek's approval, He arrived in Shanghai shortly after the Nationalist Army took possession and took up his post. Because of the Nanking Incident which had only reesntly occurred, "foreigners looked upon us as no different from the Communists. Their attitude toward our Government and Party was extremely unfriendly." Mr. Quo then describes the situation of those days, the barbed wires, arrival of foreign troops, ete., and continues:—
"Considering the responsibility entrusted to me by the Party and Government, I felt that to make diplomatic progress, it was first necessary, on the one hand, to obtain recognition by the foreigners of the inherent rights of our Govminent and our people, and on the other hand, to explain'to the for-signers the real policy of the Kuomingtang, s0 as to change the atmosphere and to promote Sino foreign friendship, that the rela~ tions between the foreign Consular Body and the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs' ofice might be such that outstanding cases could be amicably settled without obstructions, With regard to the discharge of this phase of the work, however difficult the conditions may have been, I believe that the result was satisfactory.
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