Peking, Jan. 25, midnight, Comrade Ivanoft's arbitrary action in suspending traffic un the Chinese Eastern Railway and the Notes to the Waichiaopu from Comrade Chicherin and Comrade Karakhan, virtually threatening wat, are having the result here of great revulsion of Chinese fecling against the Soviet and against' Chinese officials who favour the Reds, To-day I met a high officer of the Chinese General Staff, who is closely associated with the Kuominchun (People's Army) and he' volunteered to sum up the situation of the Chinese reaction against the Bolsheviks. "He was also quite will. ing to give his name, if demanded, Most Imperialistie Power "We regard Ivanoff's tactics," he suid, "as evidence of Russian policy, which finally proves the Soviet to be the most Imperialistic Power having relations with China, I hear to-day that Ivanoff has been released and I am glad that Marshal Chang Tso-lin is showing a Gisposition to settle the peaceably. But no honest Chinese can regard the arrest of Ivanoff as unjustified, nor see henceforth anything in Russian activities but Red Imperialism, "The incident is unfortunate, but it is opportune as a test of the patriotism of students and of, officials, who must now show when ther they are working for China or for Comrade Karakhan; it is also a test of the loyalty of the officers of the People's Army, A Violated Pact "The pact between China and the Soviet provides that there must no propaganda in China, but this consistently violated in every part of the country. Sovietized Buriats and other Mongols occupy Mongolia and threaten Sinkiang and Northern Manchuria in. the Russian service, while 3,000 of these troops are actually facing Fengtien (Marshal Chang Tso-lin's) forces, near Chaoyang in this province.
"Now Comrade Ivanoff attempts to assume arbitrary control of the Railway, just like the former Tsarist Viceroy of the railway zone, stopping trafic in defiance of the Commandant of the railway guards, and the Governor of the zone Chang Huan-hsiang, while the Soviet resents his arrest and makes threats of intervention as if he en-Joyed rights of extraterritoriality.
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