7. On the afternoon of Decembet 2, the Ministry received Notes from the United States of America, Great Britain, France, Holland and other signato¥ies of the Anti-war Pact, requesting China and Russia to settle immediately their dispute by peaoeful means as according to the second article of the Anti-War Pac, On the sate day the Ministry received a telegram from the authority of the Three Eastern Provinces, explaining the difficulty that they were facing and informing the Ministry that they had already commenced sgotintion with Russia in the direction indicated by the Central Government; and that the Soviet Government had already consented to recom. mend a new" manager and a new vice-manager, and had also declared its willingness to carry out strictly the terms of the Sino-Russian Treaties (of 1924). The telegram concluded by asking the Ministry to grant them permission to proceed with the negotiation, The Central Government, taking into consideration the situation inside as well as outside, which all pointed to the benefit of a speedy settlement of the dispute, granted the authority of the Three Eastern Provinces permission to proceed with the negotiation and appointed Teal Fuon-sen as its official representative.
No mention is made in this Statement of the appointment of a new President or of the signing of a preliminary agreement or of the telling of a Conference at Moscow on January 25, which we here insert to make the record complete—Ed.
The Cost to China
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