8 Or caterer Harbia, Jan, 25.
Mr. Tsai Yon-sheng,, Commissioner of Foreign Affaits, China's chief delegate in the recent negotiations with' Soviet Russia _and China's signatory the Harbarovsk Agreement, odour with the Chinese generally, being made the scapegoat for the down" China was forced to perform. Tsai has tried to make clear the actual role he was asked to play ty Mukden from the time] that the conflict started, at a public meeting he called at the Chinese commercial Society in Fuchiatien which were invited over 100 of "At the conclusion of the Peking and Mukden Agreements of 1924, several people criticized them unfavourable to the Chinese for the reason that the C.E.R. Bourd cor risted of an equal number of Soviet and Chinese members and that the CER. manager, a Soviet citizen, would be practically master with regard ty-railway matters, After these agreements had been signed, misunderstanding frequently arose "In April last the U.S.S, General, M. Melnikot ame that it would be advisable to settle some outstanding questions} and that he would do his utmost in this direction. On my part I approved of this proposal and spai to the Tupan and the Civil Administrator about it, Afterwards: several private meetings were held, land then it was decided to open negotiations.
"Suddenly, two days before. the Antended negotiations the Soviet! Consulate was raided and relations became wexiously involved. I learned that the Consulate search was the result of a secret denunciation by a person acting on our behalf, and that he received $15,000, On July 9 an important meeting was eld at the office of the Civil Administrator, to which all the senior administrative officials of the Special Region had been invited with the exception of myself. As the matter discussed was outside any official position, I did not pay Jamey special attention to my not Bing ace eas art had been decided to deport the CER, manager, Being afraid that] in such case the relations with the Soviet would become impossible, 1 Visited the Soviet Consul in_order to discuss matters with him. Before doing 3. T called on the Tupan and told him that, if it was intended to take over the railway, thi should be done by soft methods as the Soviets would be in a position to dispute matters. However, the next day the order of expulsion of Emshanoff was. issued and th created serious complications between tovir parti "Aiter this, the Chinese Minister] Chi in Berlin tried to open negotiations with the Soviet Ambassador in that town, but. as both persons were unacquainted with the C.E.R. question, the more they talked, the more they got mixed up. When Feng Yuhsiang began his revolt against the Central Government, the latter sent their representative to Mukden with the request that Mukden should yange the conflict with the Sovi as soon as possible, naming me to discuss matters with the other side, This T have done to the best of my ability, considering that a continua. tion of the conflict would have Drought untold harm to my coun-
Mr. Tsai is leaving Harbin for good after the Chinese New Year take up hi8 new post at Mukden, his successor here being the Kirin Commissioner of Foreign Affairs. MWhrough the signing of the Har-Rarovsk Agreement he has made many enemies among the Chinese themselves, who declare that he has sold his country and demand he should be punished, and it is on account of Nanking' also being dissatisfied with the Agreement that] Mr. Tsai does not go to Moscow as tone of the delegates at the coming Konference.
The former-U.S.S.R. Consul Gen-feral, M. Melnikoff has returned. to Marbin, and was met by a big crowd at the railway station who cheered him loudly. With him arrived the Consu to Manchuli who! continued' his journey by the same train. M. Melnikolf takes up his old post immediately.
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