Chinese Eastern Railway, made a strong speech at the opening of the third traffic conference to-day, Justifying his actions in connexion with his alleged over-riding resolution of the Board of Directors of the Railway.
Mr. Liu Cheng, acting President of the Board of Directors, replying, [declared that the conference was no place for such remarks as M. Ivanov had made and characterized the latter's speech as political propaganda and his conduct as disgraceful—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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