Yesterday there was a directors' board meeting which sat for several hours without any tangible results being obtained for the Soviet members, all backing up the standpoint taken by Ivanoff.
The Consular Body likewise held meeting, resulting in the sending of letters to the headquarters staff and to the C.E.R. general manager requesting that the present conflict be liquidated as soon as possible owing to losses that would be incurred to foreign shippers, ete. Telegrap! despatches were' also sent to the: Peking Legations. The written protests have been sent to the railway administration as well as to the Japanese and Soviet Ambassadors at Peking concerning the stopping of railway transportation to Changchun by the South Manchuria Railway by Director Baron Okura, who is at present in Harbin and by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce, whilst the Chinese Chambers of Commerce of Harbin and Fuchiatien have sent strongly worded telegrams of protest to Marshal Chang Tso-lin.
It is only natural that the local Russian Red papers should support the action of Comrade Ivanoff, though on the first day they re- 7 mained silent altogether until they had got their instructions, but it is really surprising to see' thi American owned paper, the "Daily News" should side general manager and say Harbin is threatened with lawless ness and violence. This of course is bosh, for the police and the military are well able to preserve perfect order here.
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