Attention may be directed to al paragraph in the article concerning the Bolsheviks in Kiukiang which we published on Wednesday to the following effect:
The respect shown for Chiang ok ahd "other members of the "He: elutionary "Government, including Mrs, Yotsn, mas notconepieuour shang the members of their rotsnue. There ant ove an for them. thy Thowid real respects Bor" him alone they "all rise when ho. entered the oom, "On, his appearance the. chairs
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Of course a personality such as this court not but arouse. the.curiosity of the White Russians here, who naturally try to keep an eye on the. ascending or descending fortunes the proletarians who have come into pewer in their country. And from this the interesting of information evolves that Comrade Galens is probably not a Russian at, all, but an Austrian, No officer of the name of Galens seems to have figured in recent years in the Russian Army, either White or Red, but there is rome record of an Austrian officer of that name having. been taken prisoner during the war striking career sub-Wher. the _revoluti [took place in Russia certain captured officers organized Austrian and Polish contingents with the object of the overthrow of authority in [their countries, and among them was one Galens. What his rank iwas then we do not know, but apparently ys was an outstanding man so far as military affairs were Jeoncerned, and it is suspected that this is the came man who is now or has been recently lording it at Kiukiang. Judging by past practice in the German and Austrian armies, it would be natural for him to insist on the ceremonial which our lcorresponden: describes.
The Washington Surtaxes 'A valued correspondent writes point out that our leading article of December 22 headed "The Need of Open Diplomacy" suggests a. misunderstanding. In that part which refers to the Washington. surtaxes the article said that, even if the other Powers did not_agree, there Iwas no reason. why Great Britain should not announce tat the was ready to pay them and "give instruc. tions to the Inspectorate General accordingly," that is, to collect the money. Our correspondent writes oth to for id'yenrr of functioning, i is surprising tee how little the') of the instructions from any. fore ment. It Ia_a component part Haritine "Customs. "Adatinistration, Hien ha Chlnete nation and ts sre conditioned ty treaty stipulation Chinese Government. riy from the We are obliged to our eorrespondent for his Ketter. As a matter of fact we never for a moment imagined or wished to suggest that the Customs are in any way subject instructions from foreign governments, and the phrase used in the original leading article was uwadoubtedly loose and open to mis construction. What we wished. imply was that the British Government might inform the Tnspectorate-General of Customs that it was willing to pay the Washington sur-ting with the department of the Chinese machinery of zovernment—course which might be permissible and certainly would be the simplest, in view of the fact that the Chinese Government has virtually ceased to exist.
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