Bickering Over Detailg, sit Ove Ow Contetonert Harbin, Jan, 14
All is not running as smoothly as ould be desired at the CER, Directorate, and there is a good deal fof friction between the Chinese and' Soviet members of the Board. Mr. Fan, who was made acting general manager" of the railway during the conflict, is back again as one of the Directors and it is he who is disputing the actions of the new Sovieg DMficials and the exact reading of the Harbarovsk' Agreement. Mr. Fan is an excellent Russian scholar anda qualified engineer, though in tee ent years he has been in the diplomatic service and was one time consul at Vladivostok, On, hia handing back the managership of the CER, to the new Soviet appointe Mz. Rudyi, Fan alya sent in hhie resignation from the Board of Directors, but Mukden told him to stay at his post. This"may be the reason why he is opposing all. Sovi changes. Mr. Mo, the new Tup ofthe, Railway, is) having a moi iffcult task to try and keep peace between the two sides, and being entirely new to his post his position is very trying.
The Soviet side, it is evident, intend to make the Chinese the smallest details Darovsk agreement, and are ready at any moment to leave the CE.R.; area if, the Chinese make "any breaks, for they are literally living' in their trunks,
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