Nanking, Feb. 3. is leaned' from authentic frees that an understanding has een reached between Mr. Mo Teh-ni, the new Director-General of the chinese Eastern Railway, and the ent leaders here regarding he Harbarovsk Protocol, When the details of ti lions had been entered into which were entirely outside the scope of he preliminary conference. Mr. Mo, Dhina's chief delegate to the coming Sino-Soviet Conference, was, there-lore, instructed to come to Nanking, and there were rumours for some-june that the Harbarovsk Protocol would be repudiated by the National Government, Following almost daily conferences. between Mr. Mo and General Chie Kai-shek and Dr. C. T. Wang, it is now stated that certain points regarding the protocol have been
bability, the protocol will not Neleared up" and that in all bred yopudinted by the National Government.
Statements, however, may be aided to Articles 4 and 6 of the protocol in which the Chinese authorities agree to disarm all White Russian troops in Chinese territory, and to give Soviet diplomatic representatives in Manchuria all protection and facilities according" to international usage, and promise that these Soviet ' representatives! phall continue to enjoy certain "customary special rights,'
The Chinese statements to be added will endeavour to make it clear that there are no White Russian troops Soviet representatives: will be given protection and facilities according to intern:
ional usage, the latter cannot enjoy "special rights."
This matter will probably be Drought up for final consideration at a meeting of the Central Political Council on Wednesday morning, February 5, Mr. Mo is due to leave here for Manchuria within a week.
Affairs, Mr. Chow Lung-kuan, was dismissed this afternoon for alleged incompetency in the handling of the Chinese Eastern Railway issue.
Mr. Victor Hu, formerly Chinese Charge Affaires in Berlin, has been appointed to succeed " him. The new Chief of the Asiatic Department, whose brother was at one time Chinese Ambassador "at Petrograd, can speak and write Russian fluently—Reuter, Tsai Yun Sheng Repudiated Nanking, Feb. 6.
It is. reliably learned that Mr. Tsai Yung-shen, on the ground that he exceeded his instructions at the preliminary conference at Harbarovsk, will also be officially. reprimanded for discussing matters with the Soviet representatives which were beyond his competence.
Feb. 8, 'The Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued to-day the following statement concerning the minutes signed at Harbarovek relating to the' Chinese Eastern Railway controversy:—
"My. Tsai Yun-sheng was auth-erizod by the National Government to enter into preliminary negotiations with Mr. Simanovsky, the Soviet delegate, for the settlement of questions arising out of the Chinese Eastern Railway dispute and for the discussion of the question of procedure for holding a formal conference to be held in the future.
"On December 22, 1929, there! were signed at Harbarovsk' between the Chinese and Soviet delegates: certain minutes purporting to be a settlement of the dispute. Ti minutes, however, contain, in addition to a modus vivendi relating to the questions arising out of the rail~ way dispute, certain other proposals of a general character concerning relations between the two countries, which the Chinese delegate was not} authorized to discuss and—which' were outside the gcope of his in structions. In so doing he has acted ultra vires.
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