appointed Commissioner in March 1921, "He served as Commissioner at Chungking, Lappa, Chefoo and finally at Hankow, where he and Mrs, Lebas have been most popular members of the community. and their departure has been the for many express years ago. Mr. specially commended promptness and energy in 0 ug and carrying out the relief of the Yochow staff during-the capture of -Yochow by a Communist Army on July $, 1990. He was granted the Third Class 'Chia Ho by' the Presidential Mandate of September 5, 1923." Mr. Lebas thus has served the Chinese Government for nearly 35 years and, both personally and officially, he has won high regard for his maintenance of the best traditions of the service." All ho} that to him and Mrs. Lebas on their return to their own country, a long and happy leisure will be granted, with the pleasantest of memories of China and their friends here, Moscow and the Lytton Report 'The "attempt by M. "Radek, a Russian journalist, to convict the Lytton Report of' mischief-making between Russia and Japan is naive. The recent andetstanding establish: ed between the two cotintries has clearly shown itself in the complaisance of the Soviet Goverment towanls events in 'Manchuria the views of M. Radek read curious Jy Beside the" comments "of japanese press in Harbin, as re-Ported to-day, on Russian activities the Barga' area. logists for thie times adduced various arguments support of their ease. Persistent-however, have they clung to the {Siew that the action taken by their (military was fundamentally justified {by the need to wand off w future [threat from Soviet Russia, Car-to this opinion in the Lytton Report can hardly be" ascribed. any malice on the part of the Commission. Indeed Moscow might account it to the Report for rightfcousness that it makes a. graceful bid for the voluntary association of Russia with those who set out to solve the Manchurian problem, The conditions in Harbin are
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